Excavation work in the woodland area, directly behind the back sheds, was suddenly halted. The archaeologists took a while to evaluate the findings.
The house in the woods
Category: 2003
A pot of gold
A microclimate is the distinctive climate of a small-scale area, such as a garden, park, valley or part of a city. The weather variables in a microclimate, such as temperature, rainfall, wind or humidity, may be subtly different from the conditions prevailing over the area as a whole and from those that might be reasonably expected under certain types of pressure or cloud cover. Indeed, it is the amalgam of many, slightly different local microclimates that actually makes up the microclimate for a town, city or wood. It is these subtle differences and exceptions to the rule that make microclimates so fascinating to study.
Croome portrays all of the symptoms of this climatic peculiarity. Location, location, location…
Rise and shine
Over the centuries the Head Gardeners first view of the day, from the bedroom window of the cottage, would have been like this. Well perhaps not exactly like this. The sight of a JCB and a 4 tonne dumper truck instead of 20 men with shovels, for example, might be stretching the imagination a little.
Looking good on all fronts
June is always such a special time of year because it marks the anniversary of the restoration project. It’s so easy to forget just how far we’ve come if we don’t remember to look back from time to time.
WOW !!
A good friend who lives nearby often says that he wishes he had a photo album of 365 sunsets at Croome. One for every day of the year. Well here’s a small contribution..
