These beautiful photos were taken by my sister-in-law, whilst visiting The Royal Landscape, an area covering over 1,000 acres in Windsor Great Park. It is made up of three key features – The Savill Garden, Valley Gardens and Virginia Water. These photos are from Valley Gardens and Savill Garden. The flowers are so colourful, and beautiful.

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The Valley Gardens and Lake are part of the Park and are free to walk round – all the walks are really well signposted and there are miles of them. The Savill Garden costs £7 (£6.50 for seniors). If you are doing the Valley Gardens and various walks, the best place to park is at Savill Garden and walk from there. Parking is free for first 90 mins and then I think £1 an hour thereafter. You can then have a coffee and there is a loo and shop etc by the car park.

For more information visit: theroyallandscape

We went out for a picnic on Sunday. It was the first sunny, warm day we have had this year, so we wanted to make the most of it.

We went to Chatsworth in Derbyshire and walked around some of the beautiful grounds. Sheep were grazing everywhere, along with their babies. I took lots of photos but couldn’t really get close enough for a good shot. They walked away as you got close. These may not be great quality photographs but the subject matter was worth posting.

Mo trying to touch one.

Chatsworth is the home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, and it has been the home of their family, the Cavendishes, since December 1549.

Mary Queen of Scots, was imprisoned there on various occasions, in fact we stood on the very spot she was claimed to have used for exercise.

If you click on the photo you can read about it.

The grounds are massive, and we will definitely be going back there to see a lot more, and view the inside of this great house.