Lake District , September, Day 5

As we turned into the car park at Sizergh Castle we were astounded at how busy it was. At this juncture Anna was walking back to put a parking g ticket in their car and recommended the overflow car park which we duly parked up in.  We soon joined Gordon at an outside seat in the cafe where we enjoyed a pleasant lunch.  It was then time to explore the beautiful gardens.  We were keen to see the stampers which we had last visited on a rainy day in 2016 just after its installation.  It comprises a  small sunken area of the garden liberally supplied with old gnarled tree roots.  In 2016 it was very raw but now is verdant with ferns, tree ferns and other fascinating plants scrambling over the stumps.  We moved onto the still colourful late summer borders and then the kitchen garden with, not only very healthy vegetables, but myriad flowering plants, some perhaps attracting insect 'pests' away from the veg.  Moving on to the sunken rockery garden we were I pressed by the beautiful acers. After a quick look out over the Lake garden it was time to head back for a cup of tea and a lust over the several Morgan cars waiting for their owners.

An excellent day.  We mustn't leave it another 5 years before our next visit.

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