Yesterday was Heritage Open Day, and as usual the gardens and house at Wightwick Manor were open without their usual entrance charge.
The gardens are usually well worth a visit to see what flora and fauna can be spotted by their ponds, woods and large open area. But yesterday’s dismal dampness didn’t encourage sticking around for long – just enough time to grab these few pictures.
The saturated moss growing on a rock seemed to typify the weather. The overcast sky brought out the best of the liquidambar’s leaves beginning to change to the colours of autumn, and the berries of a spindle tree growing by the edge of the upper pond, and the more muted colours of a bear’s breeches in one of the borders.