Sep 04, 2011

Our trip for Father’s Day was to Leeds Castle known as “the loveliest castle in the world” which was just beautiful. As luck would have it there was a ‘Bentleys and Balloons’ event happening as well as a display of heaps of other Vintage cars, many of which we had progressively passed on the Motorway and also some awesome Steam Tractors plus operating scale model replicas so a bonus for Norm. There were no balloon rides happening as the wind was a bit unfriendly but there were some awesome kites flying instead.



Leeds Castle

The Castle was just beautiful and maintained well. Easy to see why so many of these Castles have been left to the state…their upkeep bill would be massive! Leeds castle however is owned and managed by a charitable trust whose aim is to preserve the castle and grounds for the benefit of the public forever. There was a real carnival atmosphere today with huge numbers of up-market type stalls and families picnicking on the lawns. The lists of events in the coming months was impressive to say the least.



The Culpeper Garden

We particularly enjoyed the Culpeper Gardens which used to be the kitchen garden but was changed to an English Country garden as a memorial to the Culpeper family who owned the castle in the 17th century. The flowers herbs and vegetables throughout were reminiscent of the gardens we were familiar with as we grew