Buckland Baaaah-bbey

It's a must to visit Buckland Abbey at this time of the year if you live even remotely close to it. Yeah its a standard National Trust property with the usual old buildings, shop and restaurant serving cream teas, however its the estate which always draws us back each year. Véro summed it up - its the variety of things you see, not just fauna but flora and types of countryside you can walk through. When spring is in full bloom it is a magnificent selection box of everything you would associate with the season in Devon. You have everything from open pastures brimming with lambs, to mixed woodland which has its annual carpet of bluebells and some of the tallest pines in Devon which provide excellent cover for deer as well as a variety of birds. The gardens around the Abbey itself are pretty colourful too. I'll let the pictures do the talking this time....