On the morning my parents departed for Tblisi, we drove them down to Gatwick Airport. Since it's a bit of a long drive to get there in London traffic, Paul & I decided to take a break at the nearby Nymans House & Gardens before heading back home. It's a National Trust site, and ended up being the perfect place to spend a few hours to let Charlotte run off some energy. She slept the whole way home! (Just over 2 hours.)
The house partially burned down in the 1940s (not associated with WWII) and the remains were never torn down. It makes for a really neat backdrop to the gardens, which are beautiful! We were in awe of the hydrangeas and roses in particular. They had some fun kids-oriented activities scattered throughout the garden, including croquet and "naughts and crosses" (tic-tac-toe). After wandering the gardens and touring the house for a couple of hours, we grabbed lunch at the cafe on-site before heading home.
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| Amazing hydrangeas! |
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| She is surprisingly gentle with flowers, I credit her Grammy for an earlier understanding of how to treat plants! |
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| "Playing" naughts-and-crosses (not really, but she did say "O!" a lot of times) |
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| The ruins of the house |
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| Anybody home? |
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| Charlotte monopolizing the entire croquet court (at first) |
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| Charlotte and me on the croquet court |
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| Enjoying the views from a bench in the garden while Paul toured the salvaged rooms of the house |
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| The rose garden! Slightly past peak bloom, but still gorgeous. |
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| Enjoying lunch, proud to be a "big girl" sitting at the picnic table. |
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