A National Trust property which appealed to us all. Not least for its scones. Or was it just high tea? We packed so much into this week I’d be hard pressed to tell you when we had scones or sandwiches. It was a late afternoon visit and there were lots of things we find accessible about NT properties.

I bought a guide book as it was not me that went inside. I wandered around the gardens and bought the guidebook to prompt my memory – which was startlingly prescient as I’ve forgotten the day we visited… or when.

I think it was maybe the day the restaurant had run out of fruit scones. I mistakenly thought that I’d be okay with a cheese scone, but it didn’t stand out as an acceptable alternative and I’ll be sure to stick to sultanas in future. But as I can’t be sure which day or which garden I can’t besmirch any specific kitchen! In fact that might not have been Nunnington as I had a late lunch of a salad bowl.

As the house was designed by the Lutyens of the North, I probably should have gone inside, but time was short and I’m more interested in trying to understand the organic principles the House is trying to encourage in its gardens but again this was explained best by the garden tour I took round Nunnington garden. The guide was hugely knowledgeable and was definitely en pointe about how the garden recycles and reuses all of its eight compost bins.

There was a stop by the ancient apple tree that was hit by lightning and we saw some of the oldest fruits still being grown alongside medlars.