A rare Sunday free and so we jumped in the car and headed for Calke Abbey.
It’s a National Trust property in South Derbyshire and calls itself the unstately stately home. It was my second visit, but I’m still yet to go inside. There’s enough fun to be had exploring the gardens, old sheds and boiler houses and the stables.
It’s a photographers dream, with many of the old gardener’s buildings apparently abandoned, but filled with rusting tools and woodworm-ridden furniture.
It’s perhaps more camera-club friendly than my usual subject matter, but it was still a fun morning, chasing Emily around the place.
The house.
The stables.
A display of snowdrop varieties – there are more than you might have imagined!
The gardener’s sheds.
The palm room.
A hidden tunnel.
All pictures snapped with a Leica M9 Monochrom and 35mm Summicron-M ASPH.
Barnaby Nutt 
I’ve never been. I’m clearly going to have to remedy that! Super work here. Those cluttered old sheds provide loads of interest and I’m loving your use of the window light.
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