May 26, 2012
An intriguing patch of green land can be seen across the sound from Plymouth. Mt. Edgcumbe is a park of over 800 acres. Take the little Cremyll ferry across the River Tamar, £1.40 or so each way, and in approximately eight minutes you're in Cornwall. The park is free to visit, the house isn't. Believe it or not, the Cremyll ferry crossing has been in operation for over 1000 years.
Formal garden by the Orangery. Every place like this I've been to has an orangery - a place to house orange trees - now often turned into restaurants.
There were several different garden areas.
The English really know how to do grand sweeping lawns. I was using the new camera at this point and wasn't comfortable with it. I had bought a Canon PowerShot in Plymouth to replace my broken Canon Vixia camcorder.
View from up at the house.
A garden to one side was closed to the public.
I walked around the other side...
... and found neat old stables transformed into a cafe so I stopped in for a bite to eat.
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