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Thank you very much for the tour! And I will get to England in this lifetime. I walk around the area on Google Maps and am so surprised by the attention to flora—the gardens! I work the yard soil two seasons a year, and respect a nation that makes living beauty a pastime. By the way, there’s a Throop village in Dorset (probably a relation), but far from the ancestral stomping grounds.
My good friend Damian is from Manchester. He will have my ear when I begin planning the trip. See? I am already planning.
And I certainly will ask you for tips. Although there’s one you already provided that just won’t do: Renting a car in the UK.
Did you realize you’re driving on the wrong side of the road? For me that is a learning curve longer than an earth left turn around the sun :)
No way. Trains and feet for me.
Thank you @petface!
Pleasure is all mine @ronthroop Please come over, explore, have fun and get inspired. People here like a bit of gardening and enjoy spending time outdoors. I personally love visiting the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London. There is an orchid festival there that just started celebrating Costa Rica which I got tickets for. So keep an eye out for my next post. There are many formal gardens here in England managed by the National Trust. It is very cost effective to become a member and have unlimited access to all their properties. If you go to check out Throop village make sure you spend a few nights in Lyme Regis which is on what we call the Jurassic Coast. I shared a few photos of it here last year Another Day Another Beach If you are down here south already and have time you can check out one of the best gardens in England, Heligan. Then carry on to the Isles of Scilly known as the British Caribbean where you can do an island hopping and check out my favourite garden on Tresco.
I am pretty sure that your Manchester friend would love showing you around. Trains are reliable so you will be totally fine. There is Uber in most places too and people in the smaller towns and villages are quite friendly so I bet you will be offered a lift to a station if needed. If you are coming the other side of the ocean, why not call in Scotland too?
Yes, reliable trains.
The U.S. used to have those until Eisenhower and Ford decided the people were having too much fun, and built the ugliest highway system on earth.
The Jurassic Coast looks marvelous. There’s too much to see and do for the time and money I have left to spend on planet Earth. I’ll have to hone our European trip down to a few choice places in UK, France, Spain, maybe Italy.
We’re planning an October journey.
Thank you for all this dreamy stuff:)