Plant fair coming up

• howard mcsweeney1

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  7 May 2015     19:09282103
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  Usually very successful.
  
  
  
  http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/wra-1356319341620/article-1356396420439/
• Guest 698

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  9 May 2015     10:36282223
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  A word of warning: although the event is being promoted as free by the NT they conveniently forget to mention that you still have to pay to park. We just popped up there to buy a few herbs and veg plants (£6.30 altogether) and had to pay £3.50 for less than 15 minutes parking, which makes DDC's pricing look positively philanthropic.
  
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• howard mcsweeney1

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  9 May 2015     11:06282226
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  I forgot about that, I know somebody that went up to their cafe and had a thoroughly enjoyable cream tea only to have it ruined by the excessive parking charge.
• Guest 653

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  9 May 2015     18:28282266
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  Thanks for letting me know Peter. I would have thought that to encourage people to this event, parking would have been free.
  It makes the cost of the plants etc. quite a lot more expensive.
  
  Perhaps I'll go to a nursery.
  
  
  
  Roger
• Reginald Barrington

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  10 May 2015     09:52282303
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  Thanks for info Peter, we were intending to go today to support NT But shall follow Roger to the nursery
  Arte et Marte