Garden Tour remembered

Dear all,
Trying to fill the gaps. Our 'grand tour' visiting UK gardens was beyond expectation. Travelling in such a small group of like minded people was so much fun that we opted to have dinner together even on the nights when nothing had been arranged by Botanica. We only ate separately once and this was in Oxford. Oxford was where I last blogged on tour.
After returning from Blenheim we had a free afternoon. Roger was happy to rest for a while. I had seen advertised an exhibition of Howard Hodgkin at Modern Art Oxford. There were twenty four paintings of various sizes responding to Time and Place. Many had painted frames as Night and Day at the NGV. I think we are very fortunate with the colour of our painting. This exhibition was a bonus. Afterwards I met Roger for evensong which I had been told started at 4.00pm. This was incorrect as it was not till 6.00pm. Wasted time in between by looking at shops. It was not till later that I discovered an Internet cafe. We queued for Evensong at Christ Church and were fortunate to hear the last performance of the choir before their term break. The singing was glorious. It was interesting that both the Wesleys had studied at Christ Church in the 1720s and were ordained in this cathedral. We had tea in a traditional little pub with much character. I left Roger there to finish coffee and sweets slowly while I went to play on a computer in a basement Internet Cafe. We eventually met again and walked three quarters of the way home before I realized Roger didn't have his stick. Ran back and although I didn't see it immediately found that Roger had neatly placed it on the window sill so the walking stick is still with us. This stick has been useful for him on the uneven ground and enables him to look at more than just his feet.
The next morning we visited Hidcote, my favourite garden with lush plantings and flowers of great height, quite remarkable when compared to their Australian cousins. This garden has obviously been of great inspiration to Jeremy at Cloudehill. Once again trimmed yew trees featured but the contrast in colour and texture were brilliant through out. This was exquisitely designed and shows the borders at their
best in the climate for which they were designed. Need to do some revision before completing the blog. It is so difficult revisiting the tour two weeks after the event. Need some help to remember Sudely Castle gardens. Shall have some sleep and do some revision and hopefully complete the last five gardens before I arrive home

Cheers Jo and Rog