A Summer's Day @ Hestercombe

 

 

A glorious Summer day. .  . .

At long last, a Hestercombe visit once again!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A visit along time coming.......

Busy as a Bee......

 

 

My life certainly is as busy this bee,

Busy, Busy, Busy........

 

A very hot summers day may encourage

you to take it easy,

but certainly a busy time for the bee population.

Good to see when there are general concerns for  their existence.

Gran Canaria, Canary Islands.

 

 

The early part of June,

 I travelled to Gran Canaria for a much needed break.

The warmth & sunshine was a real bonus to this holiday.

 

Although my hotel was high  on a hill,

from my balcony,

this was my view.

 

 

The tall palm trees stretched so tall close to the sandy beach.

 

 

 

The beach at Puerto Rico also led to a harbour & marina,

where many boats gathered.

 

 

 

 Even though the terrain was barren with volcanic rock,

the splashes of flora really offered some beautiful colour.

 

 

 

 

 

 My hotel was at the top of this photo,

although I walked down to the beach,

 I was truly grateful for the local taxis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 This holiday really did give the chance to chill & relax.

I certainly couldn't have asked for more.

 



 

 

Montecute House, Somerset

A wonderful National Trust property situated in Somerset.

 

Montecute House was a place I visited during April.

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Although I renewed my National Trust membership last October,

this was truly the first time I had been able to use it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Although a cold murky day,

I thoroughly enjoyed this.

A time to relax & walk around at my leisure.

 

 

Down A Country Lane. . . . .

 

 

Yesterday,

I found myself driving down very narrow country lanes

 in the Somerset countryside.

 

 

There was a purpose to my visit, although,

what I stumbled upon, was totally unsuspected.

The end of my journey saw me parking up on the edge of an orchard,

which was shown off to its best with wonderful sunshine,

 something which we had craved for,

 for some time.

 

 

 

There was a wonderful old fashioned vintage cart

 nestled in amongst the apple trees.

 

 

I had arrived at Perry's Cider works,

 but this was a centre with it's own shop, museum & cafe.

 

 

 

The courtyard boasted more vintage carts,

 which had obviously been used in their time,

 to transport the barrels of cider.

 

 

 

 

The barrels were lined up with an old cider press on display.

 

Even old bicicyles lined one of the walls,

 rusting with age.

You can just image workers of years gone by,

 cycling to work in this wonderful location.

Surrounding the cider works,

were a few thatched cottages,

it really felt like you had gone back in time.

 

Cider is definitely a Somerset tradition

Lets hope it lives on!