NORTHANTS - JULY 2023 - Stanwick Lakes

 With Marta. A five mile stroll, with pauses for coffee and lunch at the Visitor Centre.

Lovely to see groups of school children around the place, pond dipping and other activities. 

I was impressed by the Heritage Garden, which I hadn’t seen before.

I’ve not seen one of these before and it amused me, though I guess it comes in handy !

The medlar - according to a wikipedia entry’ “ In the southwest of England it historically had a number of vulgar nicknames, such as open-arse and monkey's bottom, due to the appearance of its large calyx.”