I have to say I don’t believe it but according to some source on the web Belgrave Hall is the most haunted place in Britain.  There are youtube videos and assorted stories.  Well I have been around the building at the dead of night and I can’t say I didn’t see any ghosts.  However, the gardens can be a bit spooky.  They are slowly being allowed to degenerate – now this might be due to budget cuts or for some other reasons.  Whatever the reason is when you are down at the bottom of the garden there is an awful amount of strange noises and rustling going on.   Now these tend to be wood pigeons squabbling amongst themselves in the over grown trees but it can be a bit unnerving.

Anyway I went to photograph the plants.  It is still too early in the season for many flowering plants but there was one cameilia   – cameilia x williamsii  – anticipation that really caught my eye.  Most cameilia  tend to have medium size flowers but this one had rosettes the size of adult man’s hands.  They were an enticing salmon pink and when captured against a green background look great.   I will work on the rest of the photos over the next day or so but the cameilia is my favourite.

Simon Marchini LRPS

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