Yesterday, I went for a walk round the grounds of Temple Newsam. After dropping off some books at the Little Free Library in Colton the other weekend and being curious about the village, I wanted to go back and explore some more but my daughter wasn’t that keen, so I enlisted the help of a friend.
The way we chose to walk turned out to provide very easy access to the grounds. It also provided me with a view which I had never seen before.
My friend had togged up in wellies after recent experiences of flooded fields and large amounts of mud but the ground was solid with the continuing freeze, which made walking much less messy. It seems however that the farmers round her village are plagued every year with flooded fields, which need to be pumped to enable them to be used for arable purposes. I’ve noticed also at my local farm that the ground is waterlogged in winter and I can hardly imagine that things are going to improve.
Growing out of chaos 
I hope everything dries up soon – but not too much
Definitely, Derrick 😊
Wonderful trees Helen! It must have been a lovely walk. Seems everywhere is so wet. My sister’s pebble driveway was washed down the road and she had a hard job getting it all back in the garden.
Goodness, Agnes. That must have been a stress for your sister!
It was but she fixed it quite quickly with the help of her husband, hard workers those two and they have a most lovely garden !
That’s good to hear 😊