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Welford Park

If you are a fan of a certain British cooking program, this post maybe more relevant to you.  I have never watched Bake Off but Nancy has and she knew of Welford Park, the location where it has been shot.  The grounds are not normally open to the public – only paying TV crews – but once a year they open up for the snowdrops which I previously posted about.  After walking through the woods and seeing the flowers, we came back to the main house where they had a café since a spot of lunch was in order.

Having not watched the show, I am not familiar with the layout of the grounds.  However, I am told that the steps down to the lawn from the house are a feature of some of the TV footage.  The house itself appears in shots and the lawn area, which was clear while we were there, is where they have the tents in which the contestants undertaken their challenges.  If you have seen the show, hopefully these shots will be recognizable to you.

Snowdrop Carpets

Not far from where we were staying while in the UK and en route to the wedding venue was Welford Park.  Nancy was interested in this place because it is the location for the filming of Bake Off.  However, it isn’t normally open to the public.  Spring is the one exception when the snowdrops flower in huge numbers in the woods on the estate and they open up for visitors.  Fortunately, the timing of this coincided with our visit so we scheduled a stop on our way to the wedding.

The weather was not looking like it would play ball.  Just as we arrived in the parking area – a field – the heavens opened.  We figured it was the UK so things could change quickly so waited it out.  Sure enough, ten minutes later the sun was out and we headed in.  There were a couple of times when the rain threatened again but we stayed basically dry, and we walked around the wood checking out the snowdrops.

They weren’t kidding.  We saw quite a few as we walked into the estate but then we got to the woods and the place was carpeted with them.  At first, I thought it was just the distance that made it look so dense but, no, when you got closer, it was really that many flowers.  We wandered around the grounds taking them all in.  It didn’t take too long, of course, before you started to get a little blasé about just how many there were.  Sure, more snowdrops!  No biggie!