Blenheim Palace

Blenheim has become our place to visit and we spent the afternoon there on our final day of the summer holidays.  Perfect weather and lots of time to relax and we got lots of photos which made photo of the day very hard!

Here were the other contenders:

We bought lunch from a deli in Woodstock and after parking we caught the train over to the Pleasure Gardens.

 I had never been to the Pleasure Gardens before (that I remember) and it was a fun experience.  The place seemed fairly full of primary school children - it was getting us acclimatised for the new school year.  We ate our lunch leaning against a wall and had a go at one of the floor mazes - the kids just started flocking! 



We had a go at giant draughts.  I feel the last time I might have played was outside at the Ruislip Lido.  Turned out not to be one of my fortes and then spectators appeared and started siding with John!  Most surreal!  Then it was time for the hardcore hedge maze.  It somehow represented a battle to do with blenheim.  There were two bridges so we were able to get a good overview.  And we did make it to the middle!

 Next up was the putting green for Jemima and Bartholomew.

Also had a quick (due the heat) wander through the butterfly house.



And we shouldn't be surprised that we found some good trees to hang out in!  Super cool!

Make a wish.  And wait a while to try and get the perfect photo of the moment!







And finishing up the outing with fun relaxing times by the lake.

Walking back to the car, it looked like we were going to collide with the purposeful line of ducks!

14/9 This just needed to be added!