Birthday Treat

 Wednesday August 3

In all my years of teaching, meeting hundreds of young people, I never met anyone with the same birthday date. The only person I know of, is the long dead Terry Wogan, who even matched the year of birth. 

My Alpines have taken a bit of a beating during this long, dry, and very hot spell. West Acre gardens and Nursery , near Castle Rising in West Norfolk prides itself on having 'different' herbaceous and Alpine plants compared with other garden centres. We haven't been for years, so when Pam mooted a birthday outing, it seemed like a good idea.

There are no Blue Badge parking spaces, we were lucky that a car left as we arrived, leaving us very near the entrance to the large walled garden within which West Acre lies. Everything looks well tended with plenty of the Summer colour we were looking for.


 

We did not leave empty handed. The drink, and shared cheese scone, in the cafe, were good too.

At the bottom of Tumbleyhill Lane which leads to the centre, we stopped to admire a Summer scene. The size of modern machinery never ceases to amaze.



 

Two enormous adjacent fields held hundreds of white geese, clustered in large fenced off paddocks. A truly fantastic scene to come across. Where are these birds sold and bought? Do we have a foie gras market? I don't think that they are fat enough for that.

 



Home for supper and a glass of wine. Room temperature red wine has a new meaning.

Comments

  1. David Bryant6 August 2022 at 13:25

    Happy belated birthday! Our garden is gasping for water: fingers crossed!

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