Shugborough Hall across the fields from our mooring
Having arrived early we took the opportunity to visit Shugborough Hall and the Staffordshire County Museum. A real treat was in store for us! Not only an amazing house, formerly the residence of Patrick Lichfield, with some beinderful architecture and beautifully maintained interiors but also a living museum where we transported back to the kitchens, laundry and farm yards of the Victorian era. The gardens are a tantalising mixture of colours and aromas and such a pleasure to stroll through as well as the most amazing Wisteria we have ever seen. Too much to be seen in just one visit.
This is possibly one of the most delightful times of the year to be on the water with the countryside changing with every passing day. I have mentioned the trees, now nearly in full leaf and even the ash trees are catching up, but now the hedgerows are coming alive and are thick with may blossom, looking as though we have had a snow fall! The aromas of blossoms and emerging wild flowers fill the air and cygnets, duckling, baby moorhens and coots (not sure if they have a special name) can be seen and heard all along the way. Mother nature at her best.
Majestic Horse Chestnut
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