Barrington Court

Barrington Court, a National Trust property,

a large country estate,

nestled in the Somerset countryside.

With various walk ways,

leading to hidden walled gardens,

Colourful signs of Spring much in evidence

Old fashioned stables, with ageing gates to keep animals in,

A rhubarb patch beneath the old stone wall

The heavy weathered gates,

 protect the kitchen walled gardens

A brief interlude to my day, 

unfortunately, 

not a lot of time

 to savour the complete tranquillity

 this wonderful place offers.

I will look forward to returning.

A Church with a View

Selworthy Church, Somerset.

A church emerging from the hillside to overlook the surrounding countryside,

with the heights of Exmoor in the background.

On a good day, the landmark of Dunkery Beacon is visible,

the highest point in Somerset.



Vintage cars & Flowers.....

The weather was more like a summer's day than Spring.

Glorious sunshine throughout.

The Wedding I photographed,

 was a day full of happiness combined with laughter.

The day was almost perfect,

although the Vintage car

did break down on the way to the church,

causing some initial panic,

although resolved fairly swiftly.

The colour wedding colour theme was purple.

The choosen flowers certainly enhanced & complimented this.

Spin off...

I photographed a Wedding upon request,

 last Spring,

this has led to other requests,

the latest taking place this weekend!

Just hope the English weather will be kind!

Busy, busy....

A busy time,

 with the challenge

 of producing photography

 for  a wedding.

When I was first asked to do this,

I thought it was going to be a quiet small affair,

but that was not to be.....

A village church, vingtage car,

7 bridesmaids, 2 flower girls,

2 page boys,

 heaps of ushers & many family & friends.....

But, although a few moments of anxiety

 as to what I had agreed to take on,

I also relished the challenge.

The reception certainly mirrored

 the colour theme of the day

And overall,

I did enjoy the occasion,

 a learning curve but also I think

 I did quite well for

the photography of my first major wedding.



With respect to privacy,

 bridal party or guest are not shown,

but there were many, honest!

Uplifting.....

Ford Abbey, Somerset

Apologises, but problems with Blogger!  

Posted this post once only to find I couldn't access the site,

& eventually to find this had been withdrawn form my posting!

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This post relates to a visit to

Forde Abbey, Somerset.

An Abbey,

 which was desolate for  many years,

 before being taken into hand,

 to be run as a

 family estate for at least 4 generations

exsisting to this present day.

The above fountain,

 is only displayed at certain times of the day,

but definitely worth seeing.

The beautiful gardens have won awards,

& was definitely full of colour when I went to visit.

This is definitely a property full of character & unique charm

The estate even boast gardens

 that provide produce

 to help cater for the restaurant

 

Still have more photos to show

 the best of the gardens at Springtime.

More to follow........!