North Yorkshire (3): Thorp Perrow Arboretum

Fri 3rd June 2022

Thorp Perrow Arboretum is only a couple of miles or so from the campsite at Bedale. We planned to spend the full day there, so we took Fufu along.

On arrival, we were informed that there would be a falconry demonstration starting imminently, so we set off towards the venue at the far end of the arboretum. What we had not realised, this was a good 15 minutes walk away.

We missed about half of the demonstration, but did see a couple of owls flying.

There were also a number of other birds in this area:

Next to the aviary, there is a small mammal area:

The main attraction of Thorp Perrow is however, the trees, which are set in the landscaped extended garden of the house:

The Acer Glade area is a favourite:

There was also a nice sense of humour in evidence:

There was also good evidence of gnomes in the area:

The gnomes clearly come in various sizes, because these are never going to fit him.