A lovely day out

Date: 06 April 2007 21:05:32

This is where Smudgelet and I spent the afternoon of April Fools Day. Westover Park The gardens were open to the public for the first time since it was purchased last year: http://www.nqsouthern.com/digitalpublication/digitalpublications/index.cfm?dpid=148&section_id=1185 Just look at this!

We had a lovely day (though with some deep and meaningful conversations and not a few tears from both of us). One big surprise was meeting one of the gardeners..... and discovering I'd taught him when he was nine! He was one of those kids that you always wondered where he'd end up, and it was so rewarding to see him well established in a job which he so obviously revelled in. When it all boils down to it, that's what matters most.
The gardens were beautiful and with so much to see and enjoy - heavenly indeed.

And where we parked the car in Calbourne - a car park I'd never known was there - we discovered a really rather quirky garden ( a bit unsettling, to tell the truth) with some weird and wonderful carvings. The best ones were either side of a welcoming bench at the roadside. In comparison, Smudgelet looked quite normal ;)