Sheringham Park

Today’s Wide Wednesday’s theme is “Trees.”
So not difficult as we had a walk round Sheringham Park this afternoon.
Designed by Humphrey Repton in 1812, and now has some wonderful specimen trees.
Also a fabulous collection of Rhododendrons planted in the 20th century by owner Henry Morris Upcher from seeds collected by various plantsman including Ernest Wilson.

The rain held off until just before we got back to the car.
I must say the woods smelt wonderfully fresh after the rain.
There were still some rhododendrons in flower, but for me the stars today were the foxgloves ( see extra).

The morning we spent looking round another National Trust property, Felbrigg Hall.
A 17th Century Jacobean property with a Georgian interior.
The last owner of the house , Robert Wyndham Ketton- Cremer, never married and with no heirs, left the estate to the National Trust on his death in 1969.
Although the house interior was very interesting, it was the walled garden which we enjoyed most. ( see extras)
One thing we noticed was that there were a lot of bees on the alliums. Hardly moving, and certainly not flying about.
We then realised it was because they were so wet. Their wings must have been saturated.
Hope they dry out soon. ( see extra)

Finished off with a meal at the Dun Cow, Salthouse. Delicious fish pie.

After Allison’s huge breakfast we didn’t need any lunch, but did manage a cheese scone mid afternoon at Wiverton Hall Cafe. Great view over the marshes and out towards the sea.

Another very enjoyable day. We have been lucky with the weather, even though there was no sunshine.

Many thanks to Freyjad for hosting Wide Wednesday.