Trengwainton Gardens and tearooms are but  a 20 minute walk from here or a 5 minute drive by car or 10 minute cycle ride or for myself a 10 minute ride on a horse. If I’m riding past, Gem is always very keen to pop into the back entrance for a carrot whilst I enjoy  a latte astride! The contrasts of colours at the moment in the gardens is just amazing!

A beech tree in its Spring colours.

A Mexican firebush

One of the many azaleas

Not sure what this one is Hibiscus? Cistus? Walking stick tree? But it’s lovely and about 3m high

The candelabra primulas along the stream beside the main drive are truly a picture

The bluebells in the woodland are perfection

And then there’s the tearooms………………..never to be missed!

and this is Gem and I on the way home after a carrot and coffee ride!

Life is good!

We are very close to where much of the filming for Poldark took place:

The Crowns Mines at Botallack – we see the miners walking up from here.

Mine workings  with the Crowns in the far distance.

Levant Mine – jut further along the coast

Well worth a visit – just 20 mins drive from Boscrowan.

Just above Nanjizel  – a shot from another scene where Ross rides up and Demelza is sitting above on the cliff. This is further along the coastline just beyond Lands End

Remember the scene where Ross casts his clothes on the beach and jumps into the sea, much to Demelza’s delight – she just happens to be on the clifftops above. This is Porthgwarra  – one of my favourite places in the far south west – great for a swim in the summer and fabulous all year round for a walk or a ride.

out near Lands End

Yes those are Gems ears – a shot from the saddle with David in the distance, just close to Nanjizel last summer.

Part 3 tonight!