Yesterday, whilst on our travels, we dropped into the village of Tissington which is near Ashbourne in Derbyshire for refreshment.
We parked opposite Tissington Hall which is still owned by the FitzHerbert family. The Hall is sometimes open for guided tours. Usually around the time of the Well Dressing festival and on Monday to Thursday in August.
We walked down to the old coach house to Herbert's Tea Rooms. I've just noticed it was obviously wheelie bin day!
A view of St Mary's church from the street in front of the coach house.
Another view through the huge windows in the tea rooms.
The Hall Well one of six wells in the village, the Well Dressings here are held during May for seven days after AscensionDay. When I was a child at junior school we always used to have a bus trip to see the Well Dressings. I have memories of the cattle grids you walk over to get into the village and the picnic we used to have on one of the grassed areas, bottles of water or lemonade and usually egg, potted meat or salmon spread sandwiches wrapped up in greaseproof paper and stored in a brown paper bag.
Trees in the middle of the village
Lovely door to the Kindergarten closed during the school holidays.
Just out of the village is the Tissington Trail, which runs between Ashbourne and Parsley Hay. I've taken you along parts of this in many posts.
I loved these old mounting steps with the view of the church behind them
On our walk around we spotted rose hips in the hedgerows
A southern hawker dragonfly? Can anyone help identify it?
and a migrant hawker dragonfly? Again not sure but would be grateful for help in idenficication. Edit - this one could be the southern hawker, not the one above.
Butterflies - not sure what this one is as it didn't open its wings enough to be able to see it properly, it was rather faded with damaged wings, perhaps a pale Meadow Brown?
Red Admirals on white Buddleia
and an adult Wren feeding one of its newly fledged offspring. It was such a joy to be able to capture these in a photo as usually they are so quick. All the wildlife were basking in the warmth of the afternoon sun.
Link to one of my previous posts aboutTissington
Such a lovely and picturesque village - those wells must look really stunning in May and great to read of your childhood memories of school visits there :)
ReplyDeleteThe tearoom has a rather lovely view too. Super photos and adore those newly fledged wrens :) Not sure about dragonfly id - not my best subject!!! but I think the second one might be the Southern Hawker? Hope someone else with more expertise can help.
I was so pleased to get the photo of the wrens. Will have to see what I can find out about the dragonflies, Paul knows more than me but he wasn't sure about either of them. It's a lovely village to visit:)
DeleteI've actually been there and saw the well dressing too so it was lovely to see your photos. ��
ReplyDeleteIt's a very popular place especially during the well dressing festival, I've been to Tissington a few times over the last few years but not at well dressing time:)
DeleteHow lovely to not only see the wrens but get a photo too! I've not been to Tissington for ages.
ReplyDeleteI usually find wrens too quick to get a photo of but the little one kept still waiting for its parent to bring food:)
DeleteSuch lovely photos. The wrens look so cute :). Looks like a meadow brown but as you say it's very pale. Tissington hall looks worth a visit. It's time I visited your part of the world again, so much to see. Have a lovely weekend. B x
ReplyDeleteI haven't been in Tissington Hallbut it is somewhere I'd like to see the inside of one day. We always seem to be on our way somewhere else when we visit:)
DeleteWhat a wonderful place, I would love it here... the church looks different too. You got to see some lovely insects, I too are not very good at dragonfly ID.So nice when the village houses are all dressed up with flowers during the summer month.
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed the photos..
Amanda xx
Thanks, there were quite a few people working in their gardens, I love the way they all seem proud to live there. the church is interesting inside but I haven't been in it for a while:)
DeleteWe were in Tissington a few weeks ago. We decided to treat ourselves to a night away at the Snake Pass Inn. (very quiet and the food was good!) On the way home we dropped into Tissington and had lunch at the same tea room!
ReplyDelete(We spent around an hour saying "How much??????" into the shop windows in Castleton first though.)
You spotted a lot of wildlife. Well done capturing shots of the dragonflies.
The tea room is nice inside and the village fascinating to walk around. The prices in the gift shops in Castleton are eye watering aren't they? It's nice to have some time away as a treat:)
DeleteI love the photo of the wren and her chick. How lovely to see them so close. This looks like a very pretty place. Marie x
ReplyDeleteThanks, Marie. I was so lucky to be able to photograph the wrens as they are usually so quick and hide themselves easily:)
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