Angelsey Abbey

Yesterday was Saturday, and Saturday is knit-in-the-pub day in Cambridge. However, the weather forecast was for a nice day on Saturday and rain all day Sunday, so I bailed on knitting and Stephen and I got on our bikes and went to Anglesey Abbey. I'd heard there were dahlias there and we wanted to catch them before they were finished.

Google maps told us it was a 30-minute ride. They didn't tell us that the bike path was closed at one point and we would have to take our bikes over the train tracks on an overpass (luckily there was a little groove for bike tires and we didn't have to actually carry them up and down stairs) and then through a field.

I must say they do sky very well here

We rode down a tiny road with two-way traffic and down a big road with much more traffic, and it all took rather more than 30 minutes! But we got there and immediately went to get lunch!

There is a house...

carving on the bottom of an outer door

...and a flour mill...

...and there are gardens. Oh, my, are there gardens. Roses, dahlias and a few random extras.

When we had finally ogled all the flowers and were ready to head home, we went back to the visitor centre, where I followed this woman into the gift shop to snap a picture of her sweater. Very intriguing stitch pattern!

The ride back was much better. I don't know if we missed something obvious on the outbound journey, but we found much nicer paths on the way back and didn't have to go on the little road.

We were totally worn out, ate our leftovers and went to sleep. The end.