The Tea-Party Oak

A favourite place for a winter walk for us is the park at Ickworth House. Yesterday was a lovely frosty, but sunny, morning so we wrapped up warm and set out. Turning left out the car park we followed the road away from the house towards Ickworth Lodge. In the field off to the left is this oak tree surrounded by fencing.

It is called the "Tea-Party Oak". There is a plaque that tells the story...

700 years old. Wow. That means it was growing before the Black Death and the Little Ice Age.

We carried on round the walk down to the Rive Linnet and along it, iced over in places, to the Canal. Ahh, snowdrops, this Missus' favourite...

The lake itself was nearly completely frozen over. The ducks did look funny walking on the ice...

"Well cool", as Big Miss would (and did) say.