On 09/02/2012 23:07, Sacha wrote:
On 2012-02-09 19:09:37 +0000, Spider said:

On 09/02/2012 14:50, Sacha wrote:
On 2012-02-09 14:43:20 +0000, Spider said:

Hello Sacha,

You asked me to let you know when we might be passing your delightful
establishment. We have finally got around to booking a week's holiday.
We will be staying in Redruth from 14th to 21st May, then staying
overnight in Ashburton at the Dartmouth Lodge, so we hope to call in
and see you on the 22nd May.

We have an interesting agenda, including: Heligan, Rosemoor, Buckland
Monachorum, Burnham (Orchid) Nurseries, hopefully Burncoose Nurseries,
Coleton Fishacre, Lanhydrock, Knighthayes Court. Hope we can fit all
these in! If not, we'll have to try again another year:~).

Fantastic! We'll look forward to seeing you. You forgot to add Wildside
(Thursdays only, I believe)!! That's Keith Wiley's place. It will be
lovely to see you and we'll x fingers for good weather. Wildside is
extremely close to The Garden House, in the same lane, in fact.


Oooh! I'll drop a hint to the chauffer, then. Mustn't miss an
opportunity. Thanks, Sacha.

We may even come with you if I can get Ray away. Thursdays are bad days
for us to 'escape'. But we haven't been for a while and would like to
see what he's achieved so far. Afaik the nursery is open all the time
but the garden only on Thursdays. It's worth checking to be sure I'm
right, though. Burnham Orchids are about 15 to 20 minutes from us and we
can explain to you how to get there but if you've got SatNav that will
do it for you! Coleton Fishacre is well worth seeing though I hope the
cannas etc. they got from us have survived the winter by the time you
get there! It's a stunning garden but we haven't seen it for two years.
Another good one is Overbecks, just to add confusion. We love Lanhydrock
- the house always gives the impression that the owners have just
stepped out. And if you get time it's worth visiting Cotehele because
it's so old and so beautiful. Go on a sunny day as there's no electricity.


Oh, that would be lovely if you could escape for a while, but I won't
rely on it. I'll have a Google on Wildside and see what they say about
opening times. RG does have a SatNav (he loves to argue with it), but
I'm sure he'd be glad to hear the 'local' approach to Burnhams.
Hopefully, he won't argue with you the way he does with the "route
recalculation" device!

By the time we see you, we will have visited Lanhydrock and, perhaps,
Cotehele too. I confess I'd forgotton about Overbecks. I'll check that
out and see how we can fit it in. It's going to be a busy trip:~))!

--
Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay