Penshurst Parkland in the snow

I thought I ought to show you what I was talking about at the end of December. Christmas and New Year intervened to interrupt, I'm afraid. However, I'm back. I'll start with a photo taken about a mile away from Penshurst Place to give you the lie of the land.

The feature on the left is the Lancup Well, an ancient small lake. Beyond the three trees in the middle ground is the snow-covered  cricket pavilion.

With luck you will see the trees on the right which form a small wood near the camera and an avenue going towards the house after that. The Lancup Well is again on the left with, beyond it, another avenue of trees.

Here is one of the avenues showing both new replanting on the right and some on the left, together with the old planting on the left. The strange object towards the bottom of the slope is a World War II Pill Box (Grade II Listed).

In the Autumn I photographed some of the trees here. I'm afraid I couldn't resist them.

In the foreground is all that remains of what was once a magnificent tree for children to climb. Unfortunately it got burned down (?by accident) once it became too dangerous. Beyond are the colours of a young avenue.

The Ash tree standing tall has sheltered me and the dog from rain more than once.

I've mentioned the Bear Oak in an earlier blog. Here the beast is. You can see that I wasn't exaggerating when I described its derelict state.