Cotehele Estate,Cornwall,UK April 2014-Part Two

Monday 14th April

Wheelbarrows at the ready for the army of volunteers to distribute 15 tons of mulch!!!

( photo / image / picture from Kiasmum's Garden )

Before lunch we walked down through the valley garden.

Another Rhododendron in the Valley garden ( photo / image / picture from Kiasmum's Garden )


Lichen-covered azalea in the Valley garden ( photo / image / picture from Kiasmum's Garden )


Rhododendron in the Valley garden ( photo / image / picture from Kiasmum's Garden )


Azalea in the Valley garden ( photo / image / picture from Kiasmum's Garden )

The air is so clean that lichens and moss cover almost every plant surface.

Moss and lichen on the apple trees ( photo / image / picture from Kiasmum's Garden )

More pictures from this day can be found here:

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Tuesday 15th April was when we chose to go and have a closer look at the house.We went over as soon a it opened and there weren't many visitors

This clock was made in 1520 and it is still working today to ring the bell calling the faithful to pray and the estate workers to lunch.

Pre-pendulum clock made in 1520 and still working!!! ( photo / image / picture from Kiasmum's Garden )

The tiny private chapel is also still in use for weddings

Stained glass in the private chapel window ( photo / image / picture from Kiasmum's Garden )

Always handy to take a drink away with you.

Portable drinks box ( photo / image / picture from Kiasmum's Garden )

Just one of the wonderful fabric examples

Entirely hand-quilted bedspread. ( photo / image / picture from Kiasmum's Garden )


The door just near the flowers on the left and across the courtyard is the one to our apartment.

( photo / image / picture from Kiasmum's Garden )

After exploring the house we walked down to the quay where the scenery is open and very different


Through the reeds to the opposite bank of the Tamar river ( photo / image / picture from Kiasmum's Garden )

More pictures from this day can be found here:

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Wednesday 16th April,our last day :-(

The absolute best part of staying in a place like this is that you have the garden entirely to yourself before the day visitors arrive.The sound of the birds is all that fills the air.


The view across the front terrace,which was added in about 1860.

( photo / image / picture from Kiasmum's Garden )

All the beds are filled with colour and plants for bees.

( photo / image / picture from Kiasmum's Garden )


( photo / image / picture from Kiasmum's Garden )


This bee almost seemed overwhelmed by all the pollen

( photo / image / picture from Kiasmum's Garden )

The last of my pictures can be seen here:

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I hope that you have enjoyed your visit as much as Mark and I did.

 

I am just imagining myself, early in the morning with birds singing, walking thru those gardens... heaven!

 

Beautiful Karin! What a lovely estate. I especially like the photo of the wheel barrows awaiting volunteers.

 

We certainly did Eileen and are planning to go back again,probably not this year but maybe Autumn next year.

Netty,its like being in a little slice of paradise.

Thank you Cayuga Morning.It sure is beautiful.I couldn't let those barrows go unphotographed...glad you like the shot.

 

Oh those are so nice to see. I especially liked the bed shots.

I see the bees are flying over there...and that barrow shot.
proper cool.

 

Wow. Impressive.
I love the "clock"... were they also making wrist-watches back then?

 

Calin--Yes I was struck by that clock too. One typically expected some sort of 'face' or numerical read-out on a clock. It was not needed in this case.