Heading back south from our stay in Carlisle, we stopped first at Rheged centre near Penrith for a print exhibition and lunch, then at Sizergh Castle near Kendal for a walk around the gardens.
It was tulip season, and we encountered them almost everywhere around the garden.
These beds leading up to the castle were probably the most impressive though; each one given over to a different shape or colour.
Elsewhere there were others - in pots, in mixed bedding, or as solitary colours.
As we sat for a while, we got talking to two regular visitors who said we'd caught the best time of year to visit; and I think they were right

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