title Snowdrops at Talconeston Hall, Tacolneston, Norfolk - 7th February 2020 intro There's a sort-of Snowdrop festival at Tacolneston Hall, which opens for a single day a year in order to let people have a poke around in the grounds. imgp9111 Fred outside Larter and Ford in Diss imgp9112 Classic old-school ironmongers, Larter and Ford imgp9114 Pigeons on the roof imgp9116 There's almost a lawn growing out of the guttering imgp9121 Beales department store in Diss has closed imgp9122 A classic old Cortina drives through Diss imgp9123 Harry hangs on to the trolley imgp9124 The boys in Morissons imgp9125 We head off to Tacolneston Hall imgp9128 Some sort of pumping station imgp9130 Fred looks at a K6 phone box imgp9133 Silvery trees in a blue sky imgp9134 A massive gnarled oak imgp9137 Walking up the long drive to the hall imgp9139 The impressive Tacolneston Hall imgp9142 A view over the pond imgp9143 An iron chair imgp9149 We roam around the snowdrops imgp9151 More snowdrops imgp9153 Winter woods imgp9154 Fred looks around for a photo imgp9156 Megan, Isobel and Allyson imgp9160 Harry does a bit of whittling imgp9164 A random statue in the woods imgp9171 The gang in the woods imgp9172 Fred photographs the snowdrops imgp9175 The snowdrops of early spring imgp9176 Fred holds up a dropped snowdrop imgp9181 The quaint old part of Tacolneston Hall imgp9189 There's some messing around in an ornamental pond imgp9193 The sundial is actually telling the right time imgp9194 The gardener's shed imgp9195 A distressed window imgp9196 A door into the potting shed imgp9198 A very rustic garden gate imgp9199 A wrought-iron bench imgp9201 Harry has a bit of a run imgp9205 The bench looks like some sort of iron spider web imgp9208 The lord of the manor provides tea and biscuits imgp9210 Pointy topiary in the setting sun imgp9215 The bridge over the pond imgp9222 The gang leave the hall imgp9224 Reflections in the pond imgp9225 On the drive back to the road imgp9230 Harry scratches his initials into a log imgp9231 The girls walk backwards for some reason imgp9233 Tacolneston Primary School imgp9235 A red K6 phone box imgp9236 A 1970s estate imgp9238 Harry wanders up the drive to Allyson's imgp9239 Fred outside the house imgp9242 Harry's doing some more whittling outside imgp9244 Around the kitchen table imgp9246 Storm Ciara lashes next door