The day before we left on our trip to Scotland, Charlotte & I headed to Hitching Lavender Farm with Mom & Dad to see the flowers in bloom! A friend had recommended the place, and also advised me to dress Charlotte in long pants/sleeves due to the number of bees there. Wow, was she right! The fields were really humming like a hive as we walked through them, and we had to proceed carefully to avoid annoying any of them. However, for all the mildly scary buzzing happening, all the bees were very hard at work pollinating and showed zero interest in us. Not once did a bee buzz near my head or act aggressive at all.
When we arrived, there was a bit of a queue in the cafe to get tickets to the field (later we saw that we probably could have purchased them from a stand next to the field itself). It was just a couple of pounds to gain entry to the fields, which included borrowing a pair of scissors to harvest a bag full of lavender. There are a few basic rules -- just had to progress into the field a certain distance marked with flags, then cut from the sides of the plants -- to help the rows of flowers to maintain their shape & color. We picked a row that looked the least crowded and slowly waded in. Charlotte did a great job pushing through the flowers gently, but got a little weary halfway up the hill so Dad carried her much of the rest of the way. Meanwhile, Mom & I gently cut bunches of lavender from spots where the bees weren't currently busy. There were several different shades and varieties of lavender in different rows, some of which had different scents to them. We got 3 bags full of lavender, which are now hanging in bunches around our house to dry. Maybe I can make some sachets with them to remember our fun day out!
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| There was also a children's play area next to the cafe; a good spot for a day out with kiddos! |
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