Gallavanting around Guilford



Today we decide to visit somewhere called Painshill, which I saw incidentally in some tourist mag. This turned out to be quite a find-18th century gardens which had fallen into disrepair but resurrected by volunteers in the in the 1980s, and a very fine job they did indeed. Navigating there was a challenge with the sat-nav announcing we had arrived at our destination in the middle of the M3 motorway!
Veggie patch






Man made grotto








Fishing English style


Killing pigeons with a slingshot






Nice!!!
"Afternoon tea" was at the Row Barge public house

and then dinner at the local Indian.

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