A first visit to Squerryes Court

It dawned - and not that sunny today.

Early on a Goldfinch perched singing on the telephone cable just outside the window where I sit at the PC.

I met up with Pete at Squerry's Court - first visit for us to this rather pleasant house and gardens. Regrettably no pictures in the house.

There's a small area of more formal garden and the remainder is more like parkland around a lake. Some of the residents:

and as we walked around the lake the house came into view.

A seat dedicated so one of the former residents of the house

Through the hedge a glimpse of the house where the tea-room is. Jacket potatoes at lunch and a cuppa with a rather wicked slice of carrot cake for tea, were very nice. (I nearly missed my cake as it had been "appropriated" by Pete when I disappeared for a few minutes!! lol

The gardens and surrounding areas were rich in wildlife and heard and saw a Green Woodie as it bounded away ahead of us... this one of the many birds we saw.











A good day's outing and an easy location to get to... I didn't even get lost on the way there... thanks goodness for road maps!

Thanks for the company and a pleasant day Pete