Last weekend was our 13th annual get together with my old work friends and their partners … Jude and Rob and Phil and Sue. This time we were heading for Pickering in Yorkshire for three nights … with plans for a bit of exploring, a bit of mooching about and plenty of time catching up and just chilling out.
We were staying just outside of Pickering in a Premier Inn, Jude and Rob at their touring caravan and Phil and Sue in a local B&B.
As has become a bit of a tradition we opted for calling in at a National Trust property on the way and this time we stopped off at Nostell Priory. It’s somewhere neither of us have been before and it wasn’t much of a detour from our overall journey at all …
The car park attendant took pity on us when we explained Martin was walking with crutches and let us park in the disabled parking area, which saved us the walk from the car park. We had also booked a mobility scooter so that we could have a good explore of the gardens and some of the parkland.
After picking up Martin’s transport for the afternoon … and completing the accompanying Health and Safety briefing we were off … and started by exploring the kitchen garden behind the old stables …
After picking up Martin’s transport for the afternoon … and completing the accompanying Health and Safety briefing we were off … and started by exploring the kitchen garden behind the old stables …
From the kitchen garden we meandered alongside the lake …
We finished our visit with an ice cream in the sunshine …
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We too loved Nostell Priory & found the gardens beautiful. If I remember rightly, there was even a banana tree tucked away somewhere. Thanks for sharing & look forward to seeing more Yorkshire snaps. Take care & hugs.
ReplyDeleteThanks Susan. It was a really lovely stop off. Plenty more Yorkshire snaps to come from Goathland and Thornton-le-Dale and another National Trust property on the way home x
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