Making the most of the weather...

I enjoyed all of it! Lovely photos and a very interesting looking place, thanks for such a good blog:)

loved the blog it was great to see the canal and boats, I could just do with a ride down the canal. Lovely pictures of your plants too :O)

Thank you Louisa.

Oliveoil, Thank you. I'm sure there'll be a canal near you and lots do boat trips :)

It wasn't too long. I enjoyed it all.
I love those historical places. They are so interesting.
Beautiful flowers in your garden too :o)
Very nice ...

Great blog Waddy...I would love a canal boating holiday, think it would be great fun....Love your garden flowers too...:>)

Hywel; Thanks, glad you enjoyed it :)

Motinot; Thank you, I'd like a holiday like that too, but they tend to be a bit expensive for just the two of us.

Really enjoyed your blog stunning plants in your garden .

A blog of two halves......in the first part of it I can almost feel the warmth and sense the peace of the place.
In the second part it is lovely to see such colourful pics of your garden. The clematis plus delphiniums is a sight to behold!!
:-) I enjoyed ALL of it!

Ah,my neck of the woods,Waddy..Tunnel End at Marsden,and Eastergate. I love the old Packhorse bridge..it's a while since we were there. Can you imagine them having to walk over the Pennines in all weathers? Did you see the poetry on a stone,written by local poet,Simon Armitage? Apparently he has done a few around the area..
Your garden is so beautiful,and such lovely plants and colour.Pretty Clematis,and Delphs too.I know you will be enjoying your garden.like the rest of us..:o).

Thanks for sharing your walk with us all. Very enjoyable blog.

Kidsgran; Cheers! Glad you liked them.

Wildrose; That's nice of you to say, Thank you.

Bloomer; Ah, I thought you might recognise it, Bloomer. Yes I did see the poetry, I suppose I should have taken a pic of that too. I love Simon, he's one of my favourite poets, but then as he also comes fro Marsden I'm a bit biased lol! Thanks for the compliment, hope to get out there this weekend too.

Dianebulley; You're very welcome, glad you could come along!

A great day out Waddy - your pictures are great.
You certainly aren't short of colour in your garden - your hanging baskets are certainly full to bursting!

It really looks lovely there Waddy...I love the cottages!
And lots of colour in your garden!the Clematis and Delphs look great.Delphiniums never come to much in my garden(clay soil) but yours are very healthy looking

Scottish; Thank you. You're right about the baskets, they need an awful lot of watering and feeding.

Paul..; They are nice now, but I don't think they would have been so idyllic when the original 'Water men' lived there. Have you tried growing Delphs in pots? I have a neighbour who grows them this way, very successfully.

I have one in a pot ...I only bought it earlier this year(you may have seen my blogs back in May/June when I did some National trust garden visits) at Sheffield Park and I decided to put it in a pot for this year at least but it suffered in the cold winds and died back but some new healthy looking shoots are growing again now! perhaps I'll keep it in the pot next year(sunk in the soil in the border as it is now)

Good luck with that Paul, just remember to give it some support next year :0)

Hi Waddy a lovely interesting blog, we have been to Stanedge Tunnel with Sandra and Russell, even went through it on a boat [not legging it lol] amazing to think about how it was built I think I put a blog on awhile back.
You have a beautiful garden your baskets are gorgeous! I love the Evening Primrose? and the Fuchsia above it [is it a hardy one? the Antirrhiniums are looking so pretty and colourful I must remember to sow some next year;0).