Myddleton House - 23rd January 2016

[David King]

Sunday and busy processing a few photos more from yesterday.

1.  David MacLennan
2.  Mike Broadhurst
3.  Arthur Nichols
4.  Sue Staines (Glenchantry)
5.  Wol Staines and customers

[David King]

Another five.

1.  General view
2.  General view  (John and Janet Lecore, far right)
3.  Richard Bashford (Woodchippings)
4.  Nice hat for my annual picture of Val Bourne. (she will hate it.....the picture that is!)
5.  Matt Bishop (far right) talking to forumist Paul Barney.

[David King]

For more from Myddleton.

1.  Anita and Andy Thorp's table.
2.  Sue Staines having a sort out.
3.  Nearly all gone on the Glenchantry table.
4.  Janet Lecore and John (back to camera) talking to a very tall Mick Martin.

[David King]

The final four sale pictures.

1.  The Monksilver tables and Joe Sharman
2.  Near the end of the sale
3.  Chas and Brian Ellis at Monksilver.
4.  And finally the hands gave in to temptation and treated themselves.

[David King]

Before the sale began I went for a walk to keep warm and took a few pictures at the front of the house as the early light was rather nice.

[Hagen Engelmann]

Hello David,
had a lot of pleasure at home with you exellent picture gallerie.
There was a lot of fun at this day on this place at Myddleton.
Thank you so much ...

[Brian Ellis]

Loving all the photos, and would love to hear what people brought?? Do tell?? 

Fresh from the studio upstairs!  Two lovely 'drops, the first 'Faint Heart' from Paul Barney and the second was on my list of those to eventually source and came, a complete surprise,  as a very generous gift yesterday.  Named for our good friend on the forum the late David Quinton.  It is still an immature bulb and it is a much larger poculiform when mature - it was only when it's portrait was being taken that we realised what a heavy honey scent it has.  A gem in the collection.

[Maggi Young]

Lovely drops, Brian - and what a bosker that is  to commemorate  David Quinton. Stunning.

(Kind thanks to the Photographic Consultant, working Sunday overtime!)

[Brian Ellis]

I should have said that Joe raised it by crossing G.plicatus 'E A Bowles' with G.nivalis 'Poculiformis' so you can imagine how superb this will be as a mature clump, it is indeed stunning and so nice to have a decent 'drop named for him.

[David King]

Hello David,
had a lot of pleasure at home with you exellent picture gallerie.
There was a lot of fun at this day on this place at Myddleton.
Thank you so much ...

Hello Hagen,  Pleased you enjoyed the pictures of what was a very pleasant day particularly for photographers!

[Matt T]

Thanks for your pictures, David. The shots of the house and garden are rather fine. You've provided great entertainment for those of us who could not be there this year. I will be making every effort to get along myself in 2017.

[David King]

Thanks for your pictures, David. The shots of the house and garden are rather fine. You've provided great entertainment for those of us who could not be there this year. I will be making every effort to get along myself in 2017.

Pleased you have been enjoying them Matt.  Gives me something to do while the galanthophools are rushing around all over the place!

[David King]

I am re-posting this picture as Janet LeCore (Judy's Snowdrops) has very kindly supplied some information that you may find interesting.

The tall gentleman is Mick Martin, from Bodmin moor, a friend of Janet and John's.  He is 6ft 10ins tall.  John LeCore is 6ft and Janet is 5ft.  Apparently Mick's wife Lesley is shorter than Janet!

Thanks Janet for all this and identifying Mick.

[Maggi Young]

If I remember correctly, Mick Martin is a friend of  young Mr Bishop and often helps him out at such sales.....
 Mr Martin towers above  everybody, I think - he's even  taller than Big John Amand!

[Brian Ellis]

Just to prove no-one is safe here is David MacLennan's picture of the photographer David King with Margaret MacLennan and myself