{"id":1756,"date":"2009-08-21T22:26:51","date_gmt":"2009-08-21T22:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/justthesam.com\/2009\/08\/anglesey-abbey-gardens-and-lode-mill\/"},"modified":"2009-08-21T22:26:51","modified_gmt":"2009-08-21T22:26:51","slug":"anglesey-abbey-gardens-and-lode-mill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justthesam.com\/?p=1756","title":{"rendered":"Anglesey Abbey, Gardens and Lode Mill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A good few weeks back now, we visited <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationaltrust.org.uk\/main\/w-vh\/w-visits\/w-findaplace\/w-angleseyabbeyandgardenandlodemill.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anglesey Abbey, Gardens and Lode Mill<\/a> &#8211; a National Trust property near Cambridge. As usual no photos of the house (it&#39;s not allowed) so you&#39;ll have to take it on trust that it was an enchanting time-warp covering the last several centuries, with a warm, lived-in feeling.<\/p>\n<p>The gardens were large and diverse, with natural woodland, formal gardens, meadows and everything in-between. There was a strong emphasis on nature, with many habitats set up to encourage wildlife. In one corner runs the river smothered in lily pads, to Lode Mill &#8211; an interesting building in its own right, but sadly the gear wasn&#39;t working when we were there. Moorhen chicks ran across the leafy surface of the river seldom touching the water and Banded Demoiselle damselflies glinted in the sun.<\/p>\n<p>Onto the pictures! First, a rather fun door in the middle of the woods, followed by a Painted Lady butterfly at the edge of the dew pond.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/justthesam.com\/wp-content\/tp\/6a00e5550e015888340120a50dcb64970b\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"AngleseyAbbey 4\" class=\"at-xid-6a00e5550e015888340120a50dcb64970b \" src=\"http:\/\/justthesam.com\/wp-content\/tp\/6a00e5550e015888340120a50dcb64970b-350wi\" style=\"width: 350px; \" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/justthesam.com\/wp-content\/tp\/6a00e5550e015888340120a50dccaf970b\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"AngleseyAbbey 3\" class=\"at-xid-6a00e5550e015888340120a50dccaf970b \" src=\"http:\/\/justthesam.com\/wp-content\/tp\/6a00e5550e015888340120a50dccaf970b-350wi\" style=\"width: 350px; \" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A quick glance of the house itself, with the corner of a formal rose garden, then a nice carved post head &#8211; literally.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/justthesam.com\/wp-content\/tp\/6a00e5550e015888340120a50dcd75970b\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"AngleseyAbbey 5\" class=\"at-xid-6a00e5550e015888340120a50dcd75970b \" src=\"http:\/\/justthesam.com\/wp-content\/tp\/6a00e5550e015888340120a50dcd75970b-350wi\" style=\"width: 350px; \" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/justthesam.com\/wp-content\/tp\/6a00e5550e015888340120a564c56d970c\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"AngleseyAbbey 2\" class=\"at-xid-6a00e5550e015888340120a564c56d970c \" src=\"http:\/\/justthesam.com\/wp-content\/tp\/6a00e5550e015888340120a564c56d970c-350wi\" style=\"width: 350px; \" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Finally, the approach to Lode Mill, which I absolutely loved, being a sumptuous watery green pathway.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/justthesam.com\/wp-content\/tp\/6a00e5550e015888340120a564c343970c\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"AngleseyAbbey 1\" class=\"at-xid-6a00e5550e015888340120a564c343970c \" src=\"http:\/\/justthesam.com\/wp-content\/tp\/6a00e5550e015888340120a564c343970c-350wi\" style=\"width: 350px; \" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A good few weeks back now, we visited Anglesey Abbey, Gardens and Lode Mill &#8211; a National Trust property near Cambridge. As usual no photos of the house (it&#39;s not allowed) so you&#39;ll have to take it on trust that it was an enchanting time-warp covering the last several centuries, with a warm, lived-in feeling. 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