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2 Castles, 1 eagle, 1 garden & a wardrobe
Posted by Karen Thorne on 28/03/2010 11:09:47
The guests announced yesterday morning that they were going to visit Powis Castle up near Welshpool. It is my favourite National Trust property, so given the weather forecast was good and we haven't visited since Autumn, we decided to go as well.
It's a very pretty drive through the mid Welsh Hills to get to Powis, particularly at this time of year with the fields full of lambs and the daffodils all starting to bloom. The road follows the Welsh/Shropshire border so you're in and out of Wales for much of the journey.
On arrival we saw a large herd of roe deer, all ignoring the tourists. And, at the entrance of the garden, 2 young lady peacocks were being fed crumbs by the attendant. Our guests look very surprised to see us walking up the path!
The gardens at Powis Castle are rather fabulous and we try to visit in each of the seasons. Yesterday it was still looking a bit bare with the daffs and primroses just starting to come out. However there were also azaleas and some camellias in blossom.
We then popped down the road to Coed-y-Dinas, a large garden centre that sells everything! I came away having ordered a single oak wardrobe for the new B&B room, a hamper for our new "breakfast in bed" offering, 9 wildflowers and 2 silicon egg rings.
I was also very pleased to have been there to see a falconry display, something they are doing every day for the next 2 weeks at 2.30.
We then decided to drive home via Montgomery, a very lovely little town on a hill with its own castle and one of those old fashioned hardware stores that you can spend hours in.
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