The gardens are set around two man-made lakes - the Upper and Lower lakes - and are really pleasant to walk around. And it was a lovely day!
One of the main attractions are the fish which are very tame, used to being fed (fish food for them sold in the shop) and which emerge at the water's edge mouths wide open! Children just love them, even big children like us. They were so fat that I had a vision of a little lad feeding one and the food being that bit too much that it caused the fish to explode! I'm not sure if that would have upset the children or delighted them!!
Tread softly because you tread on my ... lily pads!
The Stewart Museum within the gardens is dedicated to the extraordinary life of Major Percy Marlborough Stewart who made eight round the world tours between 1916 and 1926. It contains the artefacts and photos that he brought back to Pocklington from his tours. It was Major Stewart who was the inspiration behind Burnby Hall Gardens.
Mairead?
These little gardens were created by Primary School Children from the local area. They are gardens that attract insects. They were very pretty and well thought out.
We returned home for lunch and then set off for Hull which is in a great state of dissarray as it prepares to be the UK's capital of Culture for 2017. The square where we visited the Maritime Museum looks like it will be very nice when all the work is completed and all the hoardings are gone. There are some very nice buildings there
Hull doesn't seem to do Sundays as all the museums, if open at all, close around 4pm. Both going there and coming back we saw the Humber Bridge which is quite impressive but we have no proper photo of it.
Dinner (at home) was good - I cooked it!
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