The third thing that went wrong over Christmas, my car, was sorted today; they gave me a courtesy car so I popped over to Rufford Park that we’d been told about by a fellow photographer we met at Hartsholme on Boxing Day. The weather was biblical; the river Trent has burst its banks at Newark (where my dealership is) so I went a round-about way. The standing water on the roads, and fields, is incredible but not that surprising given the rain we’ve had of late (over 200 flood warnings in England alone as I write this). Had a quick walk around the park, the grounds of the old Abbey, very very slippery underfoot and the camera stayed in its bag (far too wet). I basically conducted a quick recce for when better weather will make another trip worthwhile. As Carole said, it’s English Heritage so a ruin.
Car repaired, not as expensive as I feared and not either of the wheels Carole and I thought it was.
Looks like an interesting place to visit. Next time I am sure you will get lots of photos when the weather is better.
Glad you managed to get your car fixed. I had to have new shock absorbers and two new tyres just before Christmas on my Subaru to get it through roadworthy.
It's a nice place but it isn't especially big , you can walk around it in less than an hour , some tame wildlife and the Ford / River road is now permanently closed .
Glad you managed to get your car fixed. I had to have new shock absorbers and two new tyres just before Christmas on my Subaru to get it through roadworthy.