It has been a busy old couple of months for us, moving house among other things, so it was really lovely to have Sunday morning off from the chores & head to one of the open garden days from 'The Yellow book' it was the village of Cotherstone nestled in the Pennine Hills, a lot of the gardens open & some allotments too. The rain stayed away which was great & the sun even made a couple of appearances.
We stopped off in the 'naturalists garden' for tea with fruit cake & Cotherstone cheese, this was our favourite garden with so much wild life packed into a small space, we saw Robins, Tits, Wrens and many more even Siskins, and what we think could have been a Redpoll! They also have a love for all things vintage, with old riddles & tools dotted around as interesting features, also a great set of chicken legs!!
All of the other gardens were lovely too, a runner up on our favourites list was this lovely terraced garden, which was jam packed with plants & flowers, so lovely, & again filled with birds.
There is something on every weekend now from The Yellow Book, and it is such a cheap and lovely day out, what a great idea, and a great effort by all of those who open their gardens.
