On Saturday, we had a family get-together, and spent most of the day at Anglesey Abbey, a National Trust property near Cambridge. The name is misleading, because there is now no real indication that the property ever had anything to do with a religious institution. Instead, the real attraction is the gardens (there is a house too, but I find it less interesting). These were laid out by a Lord Fairhaven starting in the 1920s. The weather was amazing on Saturday, and we had a nice lunch followed by a very nice wander around the gardens. The gardens cover 98 acres, and even on a sunny Saturday, there was no suggestion of crowding. For much of the time, it was easy to imagine that we had the gardens to ourselves.
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