Walmer Castle Gardens in Spring

I can't believe it has been so long since I last blogged, time seems to run away with me now!

Walmer Castle is always worth a visit, the gardens are beautiful, these photos were taken in April and May this year.

Lovely Spring flowers

In the Queen Mothers Garden.

Lovely walking through the wooded areas :) I am not sure what the flowers are in the above photo, but they looked lovely.

Part of the woodland walk. There is always such a sense of peace there.

Hiding under the trees - I love primroses :)

Fritillaries, I don't remember seeing these before, but they were beautiful :)

The main lawn.

Tulips and Narcissi growing in pots in the Kitchen Garden.

Garden full of gorgeous Tulips :)

I am not sure what these are, but they were really gorgeous.

The picnic area, so tranquil when I was there.

 In the summer lots of families bring their picnics here.

The Magpie was enjoying the peace and quiet :)

The famous wobbly hedge as seen from the picnic area.

I am pretty sure this is a Crow, he was enjoying the peace too :)

Apple blossom.

The espaliered Apple trees in the Kitchen Garden.

I hope you have enjoyed my visits to the Garden, I will try not to leave it so long until the next blog!

Canterbury Cathedral 2024

Magnificient Canterbury Cathedral. which we visited in September 2024.

This blog will mainly just be photos, unless I am sure which part of the Cathedral is in the photo :)

The Quire screen, behind the altar.

Amazing architecture.

Wonderful ceilings.

Just one of the amazing stained glass windows.

The Pulpit installed in 1898.

The Nave

The Cloisters

Part of the Herbarium

The Quire from one of the side aisles.

The Quire.

The beautiful Cathedral Clock which has been moved into one of the side chapels

Love this green dragon :)

The Warriors' Chapel.

 

East Kent Ploughing Match 2024

The East Kent Ploughing Match is held every year in September. 

I have always wanted to go to this event, and in 2024 I finally managed it!

My lovely son said he would come with me, so off we went to a farm near Canterbury. 

We had a quick look round and a much needed cup of coffee, then we spotted a Falconry display was about to start in the display ring. We found some seats and settled in to enjoy a lovely bird display.

Above and below just a few of the gorgeous birds.

A small part of some of the stalls on the site, showing some very black clouds, luckily it didn't rain while we were there.

Our first sight of the heavy horses ploughing, these are what I really wanted to see :)

Above and below, a great steam engine, lovely to see.

Back to the heavy horses, there were two teams ploughing. This pair just knew I needed to get some good photos :)

Arthur and Alfie :)

Such handsome horses.

There are two horses in the photo, but one is hidden. This is the other pair of horses ploughing but I was unable to get a good photo of them.

Sadly we only had the morning at the show, as my son had to go to work, but we both thoroughly enjoyed our visit,  and intend to go again this year :)