Friday 28 July 2017

Ripley - Castle Grounds and Village

My previous post ended with us leaving the church. We finally entered the castle grounds via the shop (where I made an unexpected find - more of that in a future post). Admission to just the grounds is free - the family charge only for visiting the castle itself, which is understandable. And "just" the grounds sounds a bit diminuitive, but it isn't - the grounds are vast and consist of beautiful parkland surrounding a lake, equally beautiful walled gardens and greenhouses.

You've seen the castle, park and garden on my blog before, but here they are again, the way they looked on the 17th of July:











Sweet peas in the walled garden. The picture does not half do them justice!







And, for good measure, some pictures of Ripley, the village:









Eventually, we took the bus back to Ripon; that took about 20 minutes... what a difference to our adventurous walk earlier that day!
Ripley is, in any case, a place well worth visiting. We've been there before, and I am sure this was not our last time, either.

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  1. The grounds are beautiful! They must have an army of caretakers to keep it looking so good!

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    1. They do have some gardeners and game keepers, but altogether there are a lot less people than you would expect.

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    2. You can even spot one of the gardeners in one of the pictures! :-)

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  2. Beautiful! I would love to explore the walled garden!

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    1. I know you would! You have probably seen my older pictures, too, including the wildflower meadow. If not, simply put "Ripley" in the search bar at the top left corner of my blog, and you'll find the older posts.

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  3. The photos of the gardens and grounds remind me of one of my favorite books (one of yours too, I think) - "The Secret Garden", which is set in Yorkshire and I should hope the people there are proud of that fact!

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    1. I know, own and love "The Secret Garden", Kay! You are right, it does remind me of the book, too. Must read it again at some stage, it is wonderful.

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  4. Beautiful! I would love to explore the walled garden!\


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    1. I am sure you'd enjoy that! Look for my older posts about Ripley to see more pictures of the walled garden, for instance of the wildflower meadow.

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  5. What magnificent grounds and landscape. Really lovely photos, and nice of you to share. Greetings!

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    1. Magnificent is the right word, Blogoratti! Thank you for visiting and commenting.

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  6. It was good (for me s a reader) to spend a little while revisiting such a lovely place. Thank you.

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    1. You are welcome, Graham! It was good for us, too.

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