Alnwick Beef Wellington

After our buffet breakfast we scrapped off the snow from Bartholomew || and headed to The Alnwick Garden. The gardens had an expansive network of formal gardens with a cascading central fountain - all if which was covered in snow. But the main reason for the visit was the Poison Garden!

Though small, UK's deadliest Garden is filled exclusively with around 100 toxic, intoxicating, and narcotic plants. The boundaries of the Poison Garden are kept behind black iron gates, only open on guided tours where we learnt about different plants and the effects they have on humans.

We then frolicked in the snow and made a snowman named Ralph.

As we left we decided to detour and check out Edlingham Castle, 14th-century riverside ruins of a fortified manor house. This was STUNNING we had the ruins to ourselves, and they were covered in snow. After climbing places that told us not to and a few more snowball fights we headed to Greggs to pick up another mystery bag!

The bag was again full of goodies and more than enough for dinner. A bargain for the £3.5 we paid for it!

The night ended with us getting our steps up by walking around the hotel for a while, and then watching Gordon Ramsay yell at poor restaurant owners.

We are sad as the weather forecast is for rain for the next week, as opposed to snow. So today will likely be the end of our winter wonderland for at least a little while.

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