Taking advantage, day two and three.

Day two of our friends stay we all awoke to another warm and dry day, after a rather middling summer you have to take full advantage of warm dry days, especially if you wish to picnic. We decided on a trip to Florence Court in Co. Fermanagh. We have visited this National Trust attraction many times but we never get bored with it, for our friends it was a first visit.

The only bit of the house we got to see, maybe next time.

We have however never had the 'House' tour, and this visit was no exception. Unfortunately the house tour that we had hope to do for was fully booked and the next one would have made it rather too late for the trip home, there is always the evening feeding and bedding down the poultry, making sure they are safe from predators.  However, for us the main attraction is the beautiful woodland walks,

you never know what you will find growing,

in this case it was Broad leaved Helleborines,

and the newly restored walled gardens.

We were last there ten months ago and things have certainly progressed,

it is taking on an established look.

The rose gardens are still in bloom

and the herbaceous beds were a riot of colour,

I thought bees didn't go for Dahlias.

the bees certainly appreciated them.

Bergamot.

I want to know what this plant is, it's lovely.

Astrantia.

On our way to Florence Court we stopped off by

the river at Swanlinbar to eat our picnic,

it was a lovely spot but was devoid of any midges, wasps or other flying insects which is a little worrying.

The little river was in full spate, and the water brown from the iron ore which is in the nearby mountains, possibly the Sliabh an Iarainn  mountains ,which translated means the iron mountain.
Once again the day stayed fine for us, it really doesn't rain all the time in Ireland, although to listen to some people you would think it did.
The next day was our weekly visit to the farmers market and the day we  deliver our eggs to various people, as we were also going out for a meal that evening we had to stay close to home and

The perimeter wall at Clogher Fort.

Clogher Ring fort is less than half an hour from home and always worth a visit no matter if you have been there before.

Lauren, being small and slim even managed to explore the souterrains,

Jason got part way in, both of them were very impressed.
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