Fadedgingernut Returns!!

You asked for it.....

and now you've got it!!

Don't blame me!

She tried not to do it....but....

so many asked for it..

I have had to tie her to the chair....

please ignore any screams!

Visit to Aberglasney

Over to Fadedgingernut.....

It's 13 years 

since we first visited here

so there have been a tremendous amount 

of changes...

I've tried 

over the last number of years 

to revisit but 

my dearest daughter 

(the so and so) 

refused to take me!!

However she relented......

....now that I am nearly 95!

I've been told that the portico

was stolen 

several years ago 

and then seen advertised....

It was bought and restored to its former position.

The yew arch 

is apparently unique in the UK

When we visited before

it had been stripped right back 

to promote regrowth

I was so pleased to see it in its full glory!!

The ancient cobblestones 

in front of this spectacular arch 

were discovered 

when a visitor shuffled their feet 

and dislodged 

some of the soil to reveal 

the beautifully patterned cobblestones!

I couldn't take my eyes off 

the beautiful flowers and 

perfectly manicured garden!

We climbed the lovely old steps

and walked around the top of the cloisters

looking down onto the beautiful 

Elizabethan Cloister Garden

When we were here 13 years ago

we looked down on a sea of mud...

what a difference!

(Pembrokeshire Lass says, 

"She was a nightmare

....so excited

...running hither and thither

...up and down steps...under archways...

exclaiming all the time ....

'Look at this' ....

'how much it's  changed' 

and 

'how beautiful it is'..... etc...etc...!!

I hobbled after her saying 'Come back Mum

 'watch that step'

...watch the uneven cobbles'

...don't walk backwards....'

......'come back Mum'!!)

We turned a corner of the cloisters... 

and found ourselves....

 in a higher garden....

where there were a series of aviaries...

To our horror someone popped up 

in the first one...

we were chatting and laughing to her

 and then 

another appeared!

then the next

....then the next

etc....

Eventually....

there were.....

FIVE!!!

Can you see them all??!!

We walked back through the walled garden...

and under the arch

to have lunch

We chose a table

overlooking the lake and the glorious gardens..

to have a leisurely lunch

BUT....

we can't show you any pictures

AS...

we had to demolish it so quickly

BECAUSE....

THE WASPS FANCIED IT AS WELL!!

(Yes...you're quite right...she's striding out again...

'Mother waaaiiiit for meeeee')

quick look at the sunken garden...

which was ....

sunken ...

as you can see...!

Back through the cloisters.....

along the wonderful cobbles....

a quick look 

in through the front door of the house.

Last time 

we were not allowed inside 

as it had been vandalised.

Now the scent 

of the beautiful oak paneling and stairs

 assailed us.....

(So home....

thankfully in one piece

...but the problems I had keeping tabs on Mum!!))

If

she hadn't been 

my only way of returning home...

I would have

pinched her crutches...

to pay her back.... 

for all the cheek.. 

I have had to put up with!!

Thanks for asking me to write again...

and also.....

the very many

lovely comments and

wishes for a Happy Birthday....

I had a whale of a time!