I’m afraid my link to bird photography becomes rather tenuous at this time of the year. Many bird photographers often turn to butterflies at this stage but my focus turns to gardens. All the same, nature in all its glory is very evident in these wonderful tended gardens.
Our trip to The Newt in Somerset was a birthday treat. In fact, due to the inclement weather my birthday treat turned out to be watching cricket on the television as England levelled the “Ashes” series with Australia. So, our trip to Somerset was delayed by a day and generally we had dry but very cloudy weather.
Why The Newt? The name has been chosen because of amphibian friends that have been found on the estate. As The Newt’s own website says: ‘They also possess the incredible ability to regenerate, retaining their functional and structural properties. And so this resident was a perfect fit. ‘The Newt hotel in the backgroundThe Garden Café offers a perfect vantage point over the kitchen gardens and orchards below Lemons from Babylonstoren, their sister property in the Western Cape of South Africa, greet visitors to the gardensThe gardener’s cottage (at one time!)Windows around the garden lead to one spectacular vista after anotherPerhaps an onion from this plot formed the main ingredient of one of my dishes at lunch?Can’t wait to go back and explore further afield and perhaps find some birds!
I’ll let my slideshow of our trip to The Newt in Somerset do the rest:
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