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Days out (gardens, countryside, stately homes) - 2017

This is a vague attempt to keep track of all my outdoors exploring - mainly houses, gardens and country parks with possibly some lengthier walks in the summer months, though nothing too strenuous!
Hopton Hall Snowdrops

January -    2 - Shipley Country Park

February - 18 - Shipley Country Park - snowdrops
                19 - Calke Abbey - snowdrops


March  -   4 - Hopton Hall - snowdrops
               13 - Cromford - village and mills
               14 - dogwalk round the Wood - primroses, sloe + bird cherry blossoms,
               16 - Shipley Country Park - daffodils

April   -   2 - Chatsworth - daffodils and rhododendrons
                 3 - Shipley Park - evening stroll
                 4 - Lea Gardens - rhododendrons
                 8 - Stoney Wood, Wirksworth
Bluebells at Felley
                 9 - Canal and Lea Wood, Cromford
                21 - Felley Priory - gardens and bluebell wood
                22 - dogwalk to the Wood in search of bluebells
                23 - Lea Gardens - rhododendrons
                23 Shipley Country Park - bluebells

May  -     7 - Bow Wood - bluebells
               14 - Calke Abbey gardens
               21 - Chatsworth - evening stroll round the park

June -     5 - Kedleston Hall
Haddon Hall

July -     9 - Lea Gardens

August -12 - Haddon Hall - house and gardens
                                             Shadows and Whispers, mechanical sculpture exhibition
                     Shipley park sunset walk

              13 - Darley Park - hydrangea collection
                   - Great Northern Greenway, Derby
              20 - Kedleston Long Walk
              21 - Chatsworth House Style Exhibition
              27 - Melbourne Hall and gardens

September - 2 - Wirksworth
                    10 - Chatsworth - sculpture exhibition
                    17th - Calke Abbey -  flower gardens,
                                                        fruit and veg,
                                                        decay, decoration, details
Lincoln Cathedral

October - 15th - Leicester - watching the marathon and exploring
                 22nd - Chatsworth sculpture exhibition again
             -  26th- 29th Edinburgh - museums, shops, parks and hills

November  - 5 - Shipley Sunset Walk
                   - 12 - Christmas at Chatsworth
                  - 19 - Short Sunday walk at Carsington
                  - 26 - Christmas at Hardwick Hall
             

December  - 2 - Christmas at Kedleston Hall,
                  - 15 - Lincoln
                  - 18 - Christmas at Haddon Hall

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