Colours Keukenhof 21.4.26
Another day and an important one – the coach reappears – a good five minutes walk away as it cannot reach the hotel – and we climb aboard for a trip of about an hour to Keukenhof which are gardens laid out to show off the wares of Dutch Bulb growers enabling people to walk amongst a mass of flowers – at their best – for a period of about six weeks – which is the only time the gardens are open.
There are also specialist displays inside some of the buildings but we only tried one of these – with a display of orchids – but at some point in the past we have (for once) been somewhere better – we just cannot remember where!
Flowers galore Keukenhof 21.4.26
We cover much of the site – but to do all of it requires more walking than either of us can manage – a trip we should have done earlier. Pain killers for my pain can sometimes work and sometimes not. It is not clear sometimes why something has worked or why even having taken something the pain appears.
Tulips Keukenhof 21.4.26
Although the site is pretty busy it remains possible to get photographs without too many people in shot – but there are different colours and flowers everywhere, along with statues and other aspects to achieve variety.
Bluebells among the tulips Keukenhof 21.4.26
Equally impressive are the ordinary growing fields we pass on our journeys – both yesterday and today we pass fields of flowers in strips each of a single colour. Some strips have been picked and others are just reaching that point – all amazing bright colours. I have over 70 photographs so those included are just a small extract to indicate the variety which exists.
We dine in the hotel this evening. Not particularly worth recounting according to my memory.