29 May 2023
We have been so lucky with the weather. Today was another stunningly sunny and hot day, which was perfect for exploring the RHS Garden at Harlow Carr just on the outskirts of Harrogate. The gardens in England have so much more variety of flowering plants and trees than we seem to get in Queensland (obviously climate related), so walking around gardens here is such a pleasure and there always seems to be something else to take a photo of. Patrick and Hillary have been such wonderful hosts and have gone out of their way to make us feel welcome and have very generously shown us wonderful treasures such as these gardens. We feel very lucky to have been able to spend this time with them.
This afternoon we had some much-needed downtime where we were
able to sit in the sun and chat, look through family photos and resources, wash
the rental car, and reorganise suitcases. Mum even tried her hand at water divining!
Not too sure about the science behind this, but the two rods did cross over and
Mum is sure that she hadn’t moved her hands.
Tomorrow we head to Leeds for our final stop in England
before we head over to Ireland. A few days ago I posted a request on a Cork genealogy
FB page for assistance/advice with our Macroom ancestors, specifically looking
for suggestions on where we should be visiting while in Ireland. Based on this request,
we have had so many people offer us guidance and share resources with us – much
of which would be very difficult for us to find ourselves. It seems that
throughout this whole trip people have been going above and beyond to help us. I’m
feeling very grateful and lucky.
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