Friday 11 March 2016

Hellebores and Pasties!

Last weekend saw us visiting the wonderful Eden Project.

We used to go lots with the children, Eden do a great locals pass and we made full use of ours! Now the teens are less keen and so I haven't been for almost a year.


The sun was out (although there was the odd patch of hail) and the view from the entrance never fails to impress.

Wandering down to the domes we saw...

 Anemone Blanda in the sun...



Drifts of Hellebores surrounded by Daffodils and Hyacinths...


more Hellebores, Daffodils and enormous Crocus (although it started to hail just at this point so they don't feature in the photo)


...and lovely ferny glades of naturalised Daffodils.


 A slope of impressively clipped box circles containing drifts of bulbs.


Mounding drifts of heather.
And is this what took us to Eden on a bright sunny Saturday morning in March?

No.

We were there for the World Pasty Championships (yes it is a thing!)
One of my friends was a judge and needed support - it's an honour that is fraught with danger and proved very stressful! 
We celebrated the Cornish Pasty, Cornish Clotted Cream and all things Cornish. There was even a performance by The Pasty Rappers (yes - that's a thing too)


As if that wasn't Cornish enough, it was also St Piran's Day.

So I hope you all had a good St Piran's Day and celebrated with a 'proper job' pasty.




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