Wollaton - Park Life
w/e 26 January 2025
All of this week's
pictures were taken with a Nikon D3300
Life in Wollaton Deer Park
follows a regular rhythm and we are part of that rhythm as it
is usually in January that we are drawn back to it. This year
was no exception.

On a misty morning we parked on the car park and, lacking a phone
app, made our way through the courtyards behind the stable block
to pay the parking fee in one of the shops there.
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From the side of the stable block, some of the park's deer could
be seen sheltering beneath the trees.
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We headed away from the stable block and followed the path and
through the gate into the passage leading up to the formal gardens.
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It was a hive of activity in the formal gardens as park wardens
and volunteers were busy tending the area - another part of the
regular rhythm of the park. Speaking to one of the wardens we
discovered that the yellow "scarecrows" dotted about
were in fact, to deter badgers who had been causing damage in
the area.
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Before moving on we had a quick peek in the Camellia House. the
oldest cast-iron-framed glass house in Europe.
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We continued along the path past the Camellia House with a wooded
area on the right and the golf course just visible in the mist
beyond the trees. Some of the trees, damaged by the winter weather,
had been coned off where branches had fallen.
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To the left steps lead up to the gardens at front of Wollaton
Hall. This is the front, the more familiar views of the other
side actually show the "tradesmen's entrance".
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As we continued on the path around the Hall we were surprised
to see early daffodils already in bud.
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As we neared the completion of our circuit of the Hall we reached
the model of T Rex that has stood here for many years. It was
providing a lot of entertainment for several young children as
they skipped and played around it.
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Before leaving the park there was still time to view the landscape
from the car park and see more deer in the distance.

This is the same photo, cropped and enlarged as the one above,
to show the deer. The rhythm of life in Wollaton Deer Park continues.
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