Our first visit today was to Lyte’s Cary Manor, a small manor house and grounds near Ilchester:

We started off by taking one of the waymarked walks around the estate. There were many teasels by the path:

Further on, we crossed a river, so Rocco had to be on the lead:

And a geocache!

Unfortunately, the gardens were “assistance dogs only”, so we had to visit them, and the house, in shifts:

An interesting visit, marred slightly by one or two very loud little boys…