The Lost Gardens

The Lost Gardens of Heligan

The Insect House

The Jungle

The size of the blooms was incredible!

It's lambing season.

The Rhododendrons in the Flora Garden 

Yesterday was an incredibly beautiful day completely full of sunshine here in Cornwall. We took advantage of the good weather to tour The Lost Gardens of Heligan. It was amazing. It's an old family estate that is enormous and fell into disrepair and then an aging former rock star took over renovation of the gardens and grounds and it turned into this spectacular public garden. We were only able to be there for a few hours but it can take days to see it all. Sir IF's friend Pat had lent us the book that told the whole story of the renovation which Meg read before we left. There was also a documentary filmed about it that we would love to get our hands on.

Sir IF and MEG walked through to The Jungle and The Lost Valley. At the Jungle Garden we got to walk across a Burma Rope, definitely the exotic highlight of this trip for Meg. Not exactly zip-lining, but it worked for MEG. They also have a barn and lots of farm animals, chickens, pigs, sheep and lambs, roosters, pheasants etc. Little P and her parents would have loved this place. They had special activities for the children set up for Easter and a gorgeous kitchen and gift shop. We'll let the photos tell today's story again.

We lunched in St. Mawes at The Rising Sun and had another chance for photos there as well. This is the closest larger town next to where we were staying. Very Doc Martin-ish. 

There were kids in swimming and playing in the water near St. Mawes (tho not in this photo) and some Stand Up Paddleboarders as well.

Later in the day we drove the DJs to Truro to catch their train to Bath. We had no idea what a beautiful city Truro is and have all agreed it would be a nice place to spend more time. We will miss the DJs and hope that we are able to ford our way through all of the digital requirements of this trip without their assistance. We did manage to make it back to our home away from home so things are looking pretty good in that regard. 

MEG on the Burma Rope Trail