Yesterday.....

I came across........

Gertrude Jekyll

Darcy Bussell

Anne Boleyn

Falstaff

Jude the Obscure

and Tess of the Durbevilles

to name but a few. They were all here......

The gardens were looking so beautiful but some of my photos weren't great as it was too bright in the sun.

You can wander through the long garden and the cloister

 make your way around the Victorian Garden

 and follow your nose into the Renaissance Garden.

The man in the white shirt was whirling around like a dervish, flapping pieces of papers and talking into his phone.
 

 We did wonder what on earth it was all about when a camera crew arrived with a huge camera and one of those large, fuzzy microphones.

Then a woman appeared with a small, sprightly elderly gentleman with white hair.  They moved one of the benches out into the garden and soon he was being interviewed. We made our way quietly out of this part of the garden.

 We think from what was being said about him starting up the business that it was probably David Austin himself.  I wonder if this will eventually appear on the television?

Above is not a great photo but I had to take one of the Wedgwood Rose.

 The pretty rose above is called The Lady Gardener

David Austin Rose Gardens and Plant Centre are in the village of Albrighton in Shropshire.  We usually visit when we go to the RAF Cosford Museum which is close by.

After spending quite a while in the gardens we drove the short distance round the lanes to Cosford to see if we could see anything about the Dornier 17 plane that has recently been brought up out of the sea on the south coast.

I won't mix planes with roses on this post as it is over long already.  I'll just give you a - link  - to Paul's latest blog post where he has written about the Dornier 17 conservation display we saw.