Saturday 13 March - With the aid of another rental car Ian and I were able to take a trip to the Queen of the Cotswolds, Painswick and visit the very lovely Rococo Garden. The fashion for Rococo gardens was short lived and Painswick is the only complete survivor in the country. It has many lovely features including a duck pond, hedge maze and many benches tucked in among ornate architecture, however the most stunning part of the visit was the thousands of snowdrops which carpet areas of the garden as well as the enclosed woods.
We had a thorough stroll through the gardens before driving to the village proper and having a nice pub lunch at a pub which boasted the country's oldest bowling green. After lunch we meandered through the village and the churchyard with its famous yew trees. There are two legends about the yew trees the first is that if you count them you will never get the same number twice ( a legend somewhat lessened by the fact that each yew has a numbered plaque on its trunk; the second legend is that there are only ever 99 yews as the devil always shrivels the hundredth.
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