As we had a dental appointment on Thursday we opted for a day out on Wednesday.  Today we decided to visit somewhere and as it was a nice day we went to Consall Hall Gardens http://www.consallgardens.co.uk/  I had sent some guests here a few years ago and they had enjoyed them.  They are just the other side of Leek so it did not take long to get there.  The gardens are spread over seventy acres and includes six lakes and various follies.  There are four miles of paths and I think we walked most of them and as dogs are allowed on leads they got a walk too. It has taken over fifty years to create the gardens as they stand and work is still ongoing.  The current owner has done a lot of the work and we saw him inspecting his creation from his buggy, he will be 91 this year!  It also has a tea room and we had a nice lunch there.  Took loads of pictures.  We came back a different way, via Ashbourne, although we didn’t stop there.  No sooner had we got home when we we went down and rounded up the cows for Ian.  It was warm enough to eat dinner al fresco at our peak district cottages.