Gilberts Nursery and Tearooms

This morning we went up to the village of Sherfield English, just west of Romsey, to visit Gilberts Nursery.

We last came here a couple of years ago and it hasn't changed at all. Its not a big commercial garden centre, but just a small family run business, which is lovely.
Infamous for its dahlias, and its acre field with over 300 different varieties of dahlia on show. You can order a catalogue and order plants/cuttings of them all.

Sign in ladies!

We went for breakfast first in the little quaint tearoom. Small and old fashioned, we both ordered the full English with coffees (£13.00 total)

 Lovely coffee with individual filters. Had to wait for a bit for breakfast, but nice place to wait as the tearoom is within the small garden centre and overlooking the dahlias. They have a lovely outdoor seating area, but it started to rain while we were there so not an option.
Breakfast was good - a choice of toast or fried bread (the latter unhealthier option we obviously chose!), beans, egg, tomato, mushroom, lovely bacon x 2 and sausage.

The rain got heavier while we were eating, and amusingly (for me!) Margaret was sitting under a small leak so was being increasingly dripped on!
Had a wander round the dahlias afterwards. They really are lovely the amount they have on show. Probably would be better to visit early September to catch them at their best.

Pom Pom dahlias!

Drove home via Whiteley Village to visit the 'Italian Food Market 'http://www.whiteleyshopping.co.uk/whats-on/events/italian-market'  on this weekend. Really not worth the visit. About 8 different stalls of very overpriced Italian cheeses/bread/nougat. Hardly anyone visiting so we weren't the only ones who thought that.

After Polly's weekly hydrotherapy - left her sleeping, and with Peggy, Jake and Jessie went and parked by St Marys Church in Warsash, and walked through the woods to Hook Park. Jake seems to have a new burst of energy considering he was so poorly a few weeks ago, and bounces along.
Trying to get them all to pose on a tree stump was hard work though!

All wriggling and trying to jump off.....

Successful pose!


See you all next week!