Anglesey Abbey Secrets…..
As Geoff flies to his apartment in the french Alps on Tuesday, for the whole of 
January.
Today was our last chance for a good walk together for a few weeks.
I decided I would like to do one of my favourite walks from Cambridge to Anglesey Abbey.
One of the reasons I wanted to go was to see the stunning Himalayan silver Birch trees.
I have often wondered why these trees always seem so sparkling and smooth, compared to other silver birch tre
es that I have seen.
I now know the answer ………. A lot of water and elbow grease.
As quoted by Richard Todd, head gardener for the Abbey
"its because we wash them. we use a pressure washer at the beginning of November and once more during the winter season. It takes best part of a day but the impact on the garden is huge."
So that is the secret for anyone wanting to try this at home 
A bracing 17 mile walk in the winter cold taking around 5 hours.
Geoff’s Everytrail route can be seen here
CherryPie on 04 Jan 2009 at 11:02 pm #
I wonder how the trees feel about that
your dad on 04 Jan 2009 at 11:48 pm #
i think he was winding you up
sally on 05 Jan 2009 at 12:09 am #
Dad…. dont think its a wind up… got info from a big articule in a local cambridge magazine