Occasionally I come across an image in my photo library and think, ‘that would make a good picture for a quiz! I wonder how many people would know where it was taken…’.
So following this line of thought, here are 12 photos I’ve taken on my gem-hunting travels, some of which have appeared on the blog already, but not all (just to test how much attention you’ve been paying!). How many places can you correctly identify?! You can find the answers at the bottom of the page…
And now for the answers…
(no peeking before you’ve finished though!)
The Stagshaw Garden is a natural woodland garden owned by the National Trust, and looks at its best in spring when its collections of azaleas, rhododendrons and camellias are in bloom. You can read more about the Stagshaw Garden in a post I wrote earlier this year.
You can read more about my visit to the viewing station and the Café in the Courtyard, and the many great options for getting there (walk, boat, ferry), in my post about Claife Viewing Station.
English Heritage’s Brougham Castle, near Penrith, is well worth a visit. I love the way you can climb up to the third floor of the Keep via spiral stairways and explore the stone passages, looking to the views below – find out more about Brougham Castle…
The Lingholm Kitchen and Walled Garden is one of the newest places to visit in the Lake District, opening in the summer of 2016. It looked great when I visited, and I’d highly recommend the food there – take a look in my post written shortly after the Lingholm Kitchen opened.
Even if you can’t make it to an open day, if you’re at all interested in gardens and plants you should make the time to visit this particular nursery. Its outdoor ‘rooms’ seem to go on forever – take a look at what I mean in my post about Larch Cottage...
I’m always amazed by how few people have heard of this garden, so it’s a true ‘hidden gem’ – you can see the spectacular range of planting on show here in my post about Holehird Gardens.
I think you can really appreciate Coniston best from Coniston Water itself – you can read more in my post about Steam Yacht Gondola from earlier this summer…
The Grot is just one of several ‘hidden gems’ to be found in the grounds of Rydal Hall.
So how did you do? Did I make it too easy or too difficult? Let me know in the comments below!