Anglesey Abbey

This Sunday we took an annual pilgrimage to Anglesey Abbey. It's only about 1/2 hour drive from Bury St. Edmunds (along the A14 towards Cambridge and take the first Cambridge exit and head through Stow-cum-Quy following the brown signs).

It has a fantastic winter walk and masses of snowdrops and winter aconites. There are some lovely scents too...

I was amazed to find some daffodils out before the end of January.

These birch trees look surreal. Maybe it's the brown mulch that makes it look like a location from Lord of the Rings.

If we had been on the Saturday we would have seen the Lode Mill in action. But even static it is a fascinating building. We bought some wholemeal flour and oatmeal that had been milled there (and later made some delicious Parkin with the recipe leaflet that came with the oatmeal).

But the real drawer of crowds is the mass of Snowdrops.

They are countless.

The snowdrops are out about 10 days early this year, so do go soon to be sure of seeing them!

By the way, you can find a bunch more of my photographs of Anglesey Abbey here on Flickr.