{"id":1272,"date":"2013-07-06T23:08:02","date_gmt":"2013-07-06T22:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/?p=1272"},"modified":"2013-10-05T18:18:33","modified_gmt":"2013-10-05T17:18:33","slug":"sun-shines-righteous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/06\/sun-shines-righteous\/","title":{"rendered":"The sun shines on the righteous"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"48e5397a39c6ea4ae31e40d674b2fea7\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- july 2019 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9380921822254336\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9798147637\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Last week the 13 year old went off to France on a school trip, whilst his father fretted and worried about him I was happy that he was off on a Big Adventure, and saw it as a great opportunity for a few day\u2019s leave, so that we could go out early and stay out late because we had no-one to come home to feed or make sure homework was being done or bed time adhered to. If only the weather had been kind! It rained and rained\u2026 and rained. I found myself humming the Travis tune \u201cwhy does it always rain on me, was it because I lied when I was 17?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1274\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1274\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1-IMG_4757.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1274\" alt=\"beautiful Iris and Hostas\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1-IMG_4757-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1-IMG_4757-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1-IMG_4757.jpg 427w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 85vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1274\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">beautiful Iris and Hostas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By the third day I was determined to enjoy my day whatever the weather. We had planned to visit a National Trust property near Manchester but couldn\u2019t face a wet, grey journey down the M6, so we headed east towards promised drier weather. We drove to Skipton for lunch then on to Bolton Abbey and Wharfedale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, to visit a famous garden attached to Parcevall Hall; which comprise 24 acres of formal and woodland gardens which rise up the hillside for 200 feet giving wonderful views in every direction.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1281\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1281\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1-IMG_4776.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1281\" alt=\"Parcevall Hall \" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1-IMG_4776.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1-IMG_4776.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1-IMG_4776-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1281\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parcevall Hall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The house itself is not open to garden visitors, sadly; it must be fascinating, dating back to 1584 at least and extended in the 1920\u2019s. It belongs to the College of Guardians of the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham and is used by the Bradford Diocese as a retreat house and conference centre. Hardly surprising then, that as we arrived in the neighbourhood of Parcevall Hall, the sun was shining in a clear blue sky, my spirits lifted, the gardens were a little piece of Paradise, so it\u2019s true what they say the sun really does shine on the righteous.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1-IMG_4774.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1280\" alt=\"Iris\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1-IMG_4774-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1-IMG_4774-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1-IMG_4774.jpg 427w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 85vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe last three miles as we drove towards the Hall were nerve racking, the roads narrow and winding, we both held our breath in fear of meeting another vehicle coming the other way; mostly we only passed walkers and cyclists.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1282\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1282\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1-IMG_4793.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1282\" alt=\"Candelabra Primulas\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1-IMG_4793.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1-IMG_4793.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1-IMG_4793-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1282\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Candelabra Primulas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We had tea before exploring the gardens; a little sparrow came and begged for food, even standing on our table inches from my hand. On the garden wall I spotted a baby sparrow just fledged and not quite in control of itself. There were beautifully planted terraces nearer to the house, an orchard of rare old apples trees, a lake and a babbling brook, woodland walks and a walled garden. Against a wall in a sheltered spot there was a crinodendron I&#8217;ve only seen it once before.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1275\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1275\" style=\"width: 173px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1-IMG_4766.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1275\" alt=\"Crinodendron\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1-IMG_4766-173x300.jpg\" width=\"173\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1-IMG_4766-173x300.jpg 173w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1-IMG_4766.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 173px) 85vw, 173px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1275\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crinodendron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1277\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1277\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1-IMG_4772.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1277\" alt=\"fledgling Sparrow\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1-IMG_4772-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1-IMG_4772-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1-IMG_4772.jpg 614w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1277\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">fledgling Sparrow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Later I spotted a wren, I stood for many minutes camera to face so as not to frighten it, hoping to get a picture but sadly she was too fast for me, I only got one blurry shot, I used to have a little wren in my garden, they are so tiny, so pretty, I love wrens.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1276\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1276\" style=\"width: 478px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1-IMG_4770.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1276\" alt=\"a Purple shirted Bishop and lesser spotted female in dog collar.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1-IMG_4770.jpg\" width=\"478\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1-IMG_4770.jpg 478w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1-IMG_4770-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 478px) 85vw, 478px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1276\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">a Purple shirted Bishop and lesser spotted female in dog collar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As we left it seemed that the roads had become even narrower, so much so that if we met a vehicle coming in the other direction both drivers and passengers needed to breathe in, in order to pass safely. It\u2019s strange what you see in the hedgerows, once when we pulled over to allow another driver to pass I spotted both currants and gooseberries growing wild, I didn\u2019t look too closely under the gooseberry bush, never know what you might find!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1283\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1283\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1-IMG_4798.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1283\" alt=\"Gooseberries in the hedgerow\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1-IMG_4798-300x244.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1-IMG_4798-300x244.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1-IMG_4798.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1283\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gooseberries in the hedgerow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the sun was shining in a clear blue sky, my spirits lifted, the gardens were a little piece of Paradise, so it\u2019s true what they say the sun really does shine on the righteous<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[394,396,404,395,399,400,397,146,393,402,398,403],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1272"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1272"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1516,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1272\/revisions\/1516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}