Hanley and Endon hoped we would wake up to snow this morning, but it was actually a bright, sunny day. Polar didn't have to go to work today, so she and Grizzly went for a walk around the lake at Trentham Gardens, and we bears went with them.
A few days ago, there were floods at Trentham, and there was still a lot of extra water in the River Trent and running over the waterfall from the lake.
We had to be careful where we went to play, as some of the grassy banks were quite boggy. Polar lifted us up onto a hollow tree so we could do some climbing and exploring, then carried us along to a bank where there were lovely spring flowers growing, violets and primroses.
When the sun came out from behind the clouds, it was quite warm, so it didn't matter that we had been hasty bears when it was time to go out and had forgotten to bring our hats!
We did some more exploring in the woods, where we found some fascinating fungi growing on rotting logs. We had to run to catch up with Grizzly and Polar, who were watching the grebes on the lake.
There were more spring flowers in the woods further along the lake shore - these were violets and oxlips. Polar said that the oxlips were flowering very early, but we had noticed some in flower all through the autumn and winter, which is quite strange.
Endon found a small hazel tree to practice his climbing, while Hanley and I did some more exploring in the flowers. The violets had a lovely sweet smell!
We found a bench with a good view across the lake where we could sit and enjoy the sunshine, until we saw Polar and Grizzly, and asked them for a lift in our bag, to the Stumpery, where there are plenty of opportunities for us all to climb.
There were more flowers near here. I recognised them as hellebores, like the ones Polar grows in the garden at home, although there were some pretty peach-coloured ones at Trentham, which I had never seen before.
We enjoyed playing in the sunshine for a little while longer, until our human guardians said it was time to leave the gardens and go for lunch. We were hungry, so we had some of Polar and Grizzly's pie with mash and mushy peas!
We always enjoy our visits to Trentham and we hope to visit again soon, but I think there might be snow and ice tomorrow, so we will have to stay home.
Next time we visit, we expect there will be daffodils in flower, which we bears love because they are so cheerful. We hope to visit more of the parks and gardens around Stoke-on-Trent too, so look out for more blogs soon!
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