This cottage is just along the road from the Manor House Gardens which is where we were headed, hoping the rain would stay away long enough for us to have a quick look around. We were lucky as it turned out, and although it wasn’t the warmest of days it stayed dry enough until we went into the cafe for a bowl of soup. There were more flowers than we expected for this time of year, but the Gardening team have apparently been hard at work to extend the flowering season to please the large numbers of visitors they have throughout the year.

The next post will show what I painted after we had been around the gardens.