POD was beside herself with excitement at the prospect of jumping in muddy puddles. Waterproofed from head to toe she must have said “we jump in muddy puddles” at least ten times before we left the house.
We’ve visited The Royal Landscape before, its a man-made landscape that’s been shaped and planted over 400 years. Covering a thousand acres of garden and parkland, you’ll find the Virginia Water Lake there and its surrounding Georgian landscape. Not to mention two Internationally famous gardens – The Savill and Valley Gardens.
It wasn’t the day for browsing the gardens so we opted for a walk in the parkland. There’s a lot to see 
too whether it be the 100 foot Totem pole, a cascade, an obelisk raised by George II and part of a ruined city imported from North Africa.
The 100 foot high Totem pole was erected in 1958 to mark the centenary of British Columbia as a Crown Colony. POD enjoyed looking up it whilst gripping the railings.
She was in here element here. There were muddy puddles everywhere and we even came across a pond with both brown and white swans. Birds sat comfortably in trees surrounding the lake.
The knobbly trees were fascinating. Several looked like they had faces and one even looked like it had the head of a rhino! We also saw acorns and chestnuts on our travels.
At the waterlily-filled Cow Pond, the heavens opened. Taking shelter for a short while, we all donned our waterproofs and continued walking. The monsoon like rain did keep us entertained though and POD was happy, it meant even more muddy puddles!
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Absolutely delightful! POD is looking as cute as ever! And you had muddy puddles too 🙂 x
Thank you Lydia. It was so wet that day, we got soaked but it was good fun 🙂
Pod is perfectly dressed for some messy play in the muddy puddles – I bet she had a great time! What a beautiful place to visit, and so vast you would have to keep returning to see something new. Thanks for linking up your fab photos and joining in with Country Kids.
POD had a brilliant time thanks Fiona. It’s amazing there, I wish we could have explored it fully but it got so wet! Beautiful place though 🙂
i love the sound of this place. I want to go!
Thanks Sarah. It would have been great to spend more time there, it’s a wonderful place although it got very wet the day we were there!
oh such beautiful photographs as usual Charly. The trees are just fabulous and the picture of POD running down the path is a heart melter x
Thank you Nichola, limited sunshine but the trees were wonderful. I do love that photo of POD too in her funny outfit LOL 🙂
Looks like a beautiful place to visit.
Thank you Laura, it’s a fabulous place. We’ve got much more exploring to do there though 🙂
Looks beautiful, I like the thought of a landscape that has been shaped for that long, how interesting. POD certainly looks like she enjoyed herself 🙂
That looks great – fabulous photos too, as always!
Looks wonderful. I grew up not a million miles away from Virginia Water but never visited the Lake or Savill Gardens.