#cotehele

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Applejack has been hanging around with apples for such a long time she is turning into an apple.

At Cotehele, in Cornwall, England.

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Early spring in Cotehele, one of England's largest working estates.

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[Newbridge in Gunnislake is a a Scheduled Ancient Monument, and was made in 1520 by Sir Piers Edgcumbe, owner also of Cotehele and Mount Edgcumbe]

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Medieval garden characteristics:

Gardens enclosed with wattle fences or quickthorn hedges

Trellis walkways and arbours providing shade and privacy

Raised beds to prevent plants becoming waterlogged

Grass treated as a flowery mead planted with low growing wild flowers

Turf seats usually built against a wall with flowers planted in the grass

Physic gardens with regimented beds of medicinal herbs

Orchards providing apples for the kitchen and for making cider

Fish ponds and stew ponds (where fish were purged of muddy water before cooking) to ensure a regular supply of protein during the many fast days of the Christian calendar

Dovecotes to provide pigeons for the kitchen, feathers for cushions and dung for fertilizing the garden

Pleasances, or ornamental parks for recreation, relaxation and sport

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[andtheniwore]

🦋 . . . . #butterfly #nationaltrust #nature #photography #beauty #flora #fauna #cotehele #saltash #tavistock #pl12 #vsco #vscam (at Cotehele)

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Cotehele Cornwall One Saturday morning myself and two lovely friends went for a walk at a National Trust Estate, Cotehele in Cornwall. Yet again another place that is literally on my doorstep, that I have never been to. I didn't go into the estate house on this visit, but did walk around the quay and in the woods. The best part of the walk was the challenging walk across the river over a fallen log. It was quite funny really, I have done a skydive and a bungee jump amongst other challenges but for some reason walking across this log really freaked me out! We didn't stay for long, but I think over the Summer I will go back and have a look in the house and take a longer walk around the woods, maybe bring a picnic to eat. So so many places right on my doorstep that I have never even thought about going to. I love finding these places and really embracing what is around me locally, especially when I haven't had the chance to go abroad and adventure recently.

[travelling-my-little-pony]

Sunset Shimmer has found fungi.

At Cotehele, in Cornwall, England.