Prinknash Abbey

[smallhobbit]

Yesterday was a sunny day, so we decided to visit Prinknash Abbey, which is not far from us.  It's somewhere I've thought of going for some time, but we finally got around to it.  After our lunch of carrot and coriander soup and cheese toasties we went for a walk in the gardens.

Being early March, the trees are not yet in leaf:

   

But the early flowers were out:

   

The fish were happily swimming in their pond (which is netted off)

   

The hives too, are behind mesh, although some bees had just started to fly.  I bought some honey from the shop.



And there were plenty of flowers in the grounds

   

Comments

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Very nice! Looks pretty!

[smallhobbit]

It was very pretty. We enjoyed our visit.

[debriswoman]

Lovely:-)

[smallhobbit]

Thank you :)

[corvidology]

We've always gone there a lot, even back in the days when the brothers first finished the 'new' building and were allowing tours before they shut it down to the public.

My mum loved to get a cuppa and a slice of homemade cake there.

[smallhobbit]

That must have been really interesting.

Having been for our walk around the gardens we returned to the café and had a cuppa and delicious homemade cake - it would have been a shame to miss out.

[adafrog]

:)

[smallhobbit]

Thank you 🪻

[shallowness]

<3 spring flowers! It's always satisfying to get around to visiting somewhere that's been on the mental list.

[smallhobbit]

It was nice to see so many. Yes, definitely worth visiting and we may go again, some time!

[rusty_armour]

I absolutely love your photos of Prinknash Abbey, especially that first one! It's nice to see all those signs of spring. It sounds like you had a delicious lunch and a lovely visit. I hope you'll enjoy that honey. :-)

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much! It was great to see spring starting, especially as it's got colder again this week. I'm not a fan of honey, but J says it's very good :)