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Title: Lovely garden visit
Post by: caroline7758 on August 01, 2017, 21:04:14
We spent the weekend at Warwick Folk Festival and in a break from the music visited Hill Close Gardens, restored Victorian Pleasure gardens. If you are ever near Warwick, do go:

http://hillclosegardens.com/ (http://hillclosegardens.com/)
Title: Re: Lovely garden visit
Post by: ACE on August 02, 2017, 18:22:12
When we stayed on the racecourse I was going to have a look around, somehow it did not happen, next time perhaps, do they have peacocks because I used to hear some calling from that area.
Title: Re: Lovely garden visit
Post by: caroline7758 on August 02, 2017, 18:44:45
Not as far as I could see- no livestock at all though some of the old pig sties and chicken pens are still there.
Title: Re: Lovely garden visit
Post by: Tee Gee on August 02, 2017, 19:09:53
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do they have peacocks because I used to hear some calling from that area.

These are in the castle grounds or at least they were the last time I visited Warwick
Title: Re: Lovely garden visit
Post by: ACE on August 02, 2017, 19:51:09
The sound certainly carries well, the castle is quite away off from the camp site and loads of houses in between.
Title: Re: Lovely garden visit
Post by: caroline7758 on August 02, 2017, 21:21:01
I thought you might have been playing t the Folk festival, Ace!
Title: Re: Lovely garden visit
Post by: pumkinlover on August 03, 2017, 07:02:35
Will put it on my list looks lovely.
Title: Re: Lovely garden visit
Post by: ACE on August 03, 2017, 08:57:51
I thought you might have been playing t the Folk festival, Ace!

No, doing Wickham this weekend and Vdub the weekend after, not looking forward Wickham it as they are having trouble with muddy ground and people are getting towed in. I will inquire about Warwick next year at least it is in town and not a muddy field. How was the festival?
Title: Re: Lovely garden visit
Post by: caroline7758 on August 03, 2017, 21:43:45
It's the second year we've been and enjoyed both, though there were more well known bands and the weather was better last year ,though as most of the music is inside that's not too much of a problem. It's very civilised as it's in the school with use of showers etc. Ceilidh every night, lots of Morris dancing and mummers etc and Fringe events in town.
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