Gardens Open & Dinner out

The dragon sculpture outside the Welsh college of Horticulture
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Having an amble around someone else's garden is the perfect solution to a slight hangover on a Sunday morning. We have visiting various private gardens taking part in the National Gardens scheme(http://www.ngs.org.uk/gen/default.aspx?) for a couple of years now and some of them have been truly lovely. Today we visited The Welsh College of Horticulture in nearby Northop. The grounds were pretty enough but I do prefer visiting the private homes in the scheme as you get a chance to glimpse how the other half live (these houses are often large,stylish and very expensive).
Last night we had a lovely huge nosh out at Anna and Tim's. Too much good food, too many gin and tonics and relaxed conversation that ranged from immigration,the setting up of a village community group ( Chris is thinking of setting up a reading group),Scottish ancestry (Ned is a "Welsh" Macdonald), family gossip and the banalities of everyday life.We had an enjoyable night.
Weather remains cold but a tiny bit more spring-like. Wild flowers are starting to bloom along the field borders.

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