{"id":30458,"date":"2019-07-04T17:02:56","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T16:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=30458"},"modified":"2019-07-04T15:07:22","modified_gmt":"2019-07-04T14:07:22","slug":"our-15th-wedding-anniversary-at-cae-hir-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/07\/our-15th-wedding-anniversary-at-cae-hir-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"Our 15th Wedding Anniversary at Cae Hir Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Quite how Anna has put up with me for 15 years I&#8217;ll never know. She has though, so we headed towards Lampeter on Wednesday morning for a day out together at Cae Hir Gardens. It wasn&#8217;t really a &#8216;day&#8217; out to be fair, more an hour or so strolling around the gardens in the sunshine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Garden-and-Tearoom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Garden-and-Tearoom.jpg\" alt=\"Garden &amp; Tearoom\" class=\"wp-image-30459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Garden-and-Tearoom.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Garden-and-Tearoom-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Garden &amp; Tearoom<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We had to do a few things in town first and then drove out in what was looking like a lovely summers day. We hadn&#8217;t been to these gardens before and it&#8217;s always nice to explore somewhere new. They were certainly very nice and as usual when visiting such places they tend to put your own gardening attempts to shame whilst giving us a few ideas to try as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Manicured-Lawns.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Manicured-Lawns.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Manicured-Lawns.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=640&#038;ssl=1 640w\" alt=\"Manicured Lawns\" data-height=\"480\" data-id=\"30460\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=30460\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Manicured-Lawns.jpg\" data-width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Manicured-Lawns.jpg?ssl=1\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Mature-Trees.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Mature-Trees.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Mature-Trees.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=640&#038;ssl=1 640w\" alt=\"Mature Trees\" data-height=\"480\" data-id=\"30461\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=30461\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Mature-Trees.jpg\" data-width=\"640\" 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decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Sunny-Gardens.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Sunny-Gardens.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=640&#038;ssl=1 640w\" alt=\"Garden Views\" data-height=\"480\" data-id=\"30464\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=30464\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Sunny-Gardens.jpg\" data-width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Sunny-Gardens.jpg?ssl=1\"\/><\/a><\/figure><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Sweeping-borders.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Sweeping-borders.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Sweeping-borders.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=640&#038;ssl=1 640w\" alt=\"Sweeping Borders\" data-height=\"480\" data-id=\"30465\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=30465\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Sweeping-borders.jpg\" data-width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Sweeping-borders.jpg?ssl=1\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Topiary.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Topiary.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=480&#038;ssl=1 480w\" alt=\"Topiary\" data-height=\"640\" data-id=\"30466\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=30466\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Topiary.jpg\" data-width=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Topiary.jpg?ssl=1\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/well-kept-gardens.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/well-kept-gardens.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/well-kept-gardens.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=640&#038;ssl=1 640w\" alt=\"Well Kept Gardens\" data-height=\"480\" data-id=\"30467\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=30467\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/well-kept-gardens.jpg\" data-width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/well-kept-gardens.jpg?ssl=1\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There was nothing particularly spectacular about the garden but it is a pleasant place to be. It&#8217;s on quite a steep hillside and features well kept lawns between various herbaceous borders and beds all interspersed by a number of mature trees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/15th-wedding-anniversary.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/15th-wedding-anniversary.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/15th-wedding-anniversary.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=640&#038;ssl=1 640w\" alt=\"15th Wedding Anniversary\" data-height=\"481\" data-id=\"30468\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=30468\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/15th-wedding-anniversary.jpg\" data-width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/15th-wedding-anniversary.jpg?ssl=1\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Admiring-the-view.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Admiring-the-view.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=480&#038;ssl=1 480w\" alt=\"Admiring the view\" data-height=\"640\" data-id=\"30469\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=30469\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Admiring-the-view.jpg\" data-width=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Admiring-the-view.jpg?ssl=1\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Anna.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Anna.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=480&#038;ssl=1 480w\" alt=\"Anna at Cae Hir Gardens\" data-height=\"640\" data-id=\"30470\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=30470\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Anna.jpg\" data-width=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Anna.jpg?ssl=1\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Are-you-lying-to-me.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Are-you-lying-to-me.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=480&#038;ssl=1 480w\" alt=\"Are you lying to me?\" data-height=\"640\" data-id=\"30471\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=30471\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Are-you-lying-to-me.jpg\" data-width=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Are-you-lying-to-me.jpg?ssl=1\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Cae-Hir-gardens.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Cae-Hir-gardens.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Cae-Hir-gardens.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=640&#038;ssl=1 640w\" alt=\"Cae Hir Gardens\" data-height=\"343\" data-id=\"30472\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=30472\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Cae-Hir-gardens.jpg\" data-width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Cae-Hir-gardens.jpg?ssl=1\"\/><\/a><\/figure><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Dappled-Shade.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Dappled-Shade.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Dappled-Shade.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=640&#038;ssl=1 640w\" alt=\"Dappled Shade at Cae Hir\" data-height=\"480\" data-id=\"30473\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=30473\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Dappled-Shade.jpg\" data-width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Dappled-Shade.jpg?ssl=1\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/made-a-friend.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/made-a-friend.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=480&#038;ssl=1 480w\" alt=\"I've made a friend\" data-height=\"640\" data-id=\"30474\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=30474\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/made-a-friend.jpg\" data-width=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/made-a-friend.jpg?ssl=1\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There are also a number of bonsai trees dotted around the place. I&#8217;ve got a thing about bonsai trees. I&#8217;ve had one or two indoor bonsai over the years but they usually succumb to cat attack or something else. I&#8217;ve therefore been meaning to try some outdoor native species as bonsai for years. This is what they have at Cae Hir. Again none of them were spectacular well groomed miniature versions of the real thing but some of them did look nice. Maybe I&#8217;ll finally get around to giving it a go myself as I do have an Oak seedling in a pot at the moment!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Bonsai-Trees.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Bonsai-Trees.jpg\" alt=\"Bonsai Trees at Cae Hir Gardens\" class=\"wp-image-30475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Bonsai-Trees.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Bonsai-Trees-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Bonsai Trees at Cae Hir Gardens<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After our stroll around the garden we had a chat with one of the owners and a cream tea from the  tea shop before heading home once again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back at home the wind was blowing so it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/anniversary-windsurf\/\">off to the beach for a windsurf for me<\/a> before a nice beetroot and goats cheese salad for dinner followed by romantic Ben &amp; Jerry&#8217;s Ice Cream, complete with pink heart shaped chocolates that I&#8217;d bought specially (who says romance is dead!) and a bottle of champagne. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Love-Heart-Ice-Cream.jpg\" alt=\"Love Heart Ice Cream\" class=\"wp-image-30476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Love-Heart-Ice-Cream.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Love-Heart-Ice-Cream-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>Love Heart Ice Cream<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s to another 15 years, and lets hope we can still stroll around a garden together and that I get to go windsurfing on our 30th wedding anniversary as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quite how Anna has put up with me for 15 years I&#8217;ll never know. She has though, so we headed towards Lampeter on Wednesday morning for a day out together at Cae Hir Gardens. 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