Magnolias (In Sir Harold Hillier Gardens)

昨日もとっても良いお天気で、マグノリアを見に「Sir Harold Hillier Gardens」に行って来ました。いつ頃が良かったんだったかなと去年のブログを見てみたところ、３月２１日に行っていて少しピークを過ぎていたと書いていたので慌てて昨日行ったのですが、結果的にはまだ少し早い状態でした、１週間先くらいが見頃かなと思います。日当たりによって早く咲く木と遅く咲く木の差が結構あって、ずらっと並んでいるところの片方は今が見頃、片方はまだまだ、という感じでした。今年は結構寒いので、遅れているのかな。それでも、なかなか綺麗でした。お天気は、家を出た時はとても良かったのですが目的地は少し曇っていて風も結構あったので、思っていたより寒かったです。

It was nice and sunny yesterday so we went to see magnolias at “Sir Harold Hiller Gardens”. When I checked my blog to see when we went there last year I fond out that it was on the 21st March but it had already been after the best time, so we thought we should hurry. However, this year we were a bit early, perhaps it’ll be the best in about a week. The trees on one side of the magnlolia avenue get a lot more sun so they were in full bloom or some had already started to fall off, but the trees on the other side didn’t have a lot of open ones yet. They were still very pretty, though. It was very sunny when we left home but as we got closer to the destination it became more cloudy and it was also quite windy so it felt colder than we expected.

そして、お決まりのお茶とケーキ。ケーキはレモン・ドリズルがなかったので「オレンジならありますよ」とのことでそれをいただいたのですが、「これってグルテン・フリーとかかな？食感が変ね。」と言いつついただき、後で見たらヴィーガンでした。

Then, tea and cake as always. When we ordered a piece of lemon drizzle the staff said it has just sold out but they had an orange cake so that’s what we had – but the texture was a bit strange. I was wondering if it was gluten free or something but when we checked later it was actually vegan.