What a lovely day we spent together at the Willow and Wetlands Centre in Stoke St Gregory! Sue R, Sue V, Jan P, Caroline, Val and I had a very relaxing and interesting day. Some of us wandered along one of the wetlands trails (and back again quite quickly in order to arrive in time for lunch!). The museum and furniture displays were fascinating, and it was a revelation to discover just how much willow has been used in everyday life since production increased around 1900. Both world wars saw huge increase in demand for willow items - seats for WWI aeroplanes and baskets to transport pigeons in particular. During our guided tour we saw a huge pile of enormous hampers which are being made for Fortnum and Mason's, there were also some large chess pieces which had been made for the Olympics - alongside a chess board, they formed one of the jumps in the show jumping arena!
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| Is this where I find the water closet? |
This caption made us chuckle!
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| We began the day with a cup of coffee in the café! |
What a lovely day we spent together at the Willow and Wetlands Centre in Stoke St Gregory! Sue R, Sue V, Jan P, Caroline, Val and I had a very relaxing and interesting day. Some of us wandered along one of the wetlands trails (and back again quite quickly in order to arrive in time for lunch!). The museum and furniture displays were fascinating, and it was a revelation to discover just how much willow has been used in everyday life since production increased around 1900. Both world wars saw huge increase in demand for willow items - seats for WWI aeroplanes and baskets to transport pigeons in particular. During our guided tour we saw a huge pile of enormous hampers which are being made for Fortnum and Mason's, there were also some large chess pieces which had been made for the Olympics - alongside a chess board, they formed one of the jumps in the show jumping arena!
It was a lovely day out!
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