Very special is also the characteristic scenery of manors and their land, typically stately homes, chateaus with miles of high quickset hedges, stone-walls woods, copses, orchards and private gardens of all sizes.

All very lush. It sprouts, blossoms and flourishes everywhere, you simply have to sit down to take it all in - turn it all over in your mind - whether you are sitting by the flower bedecked roadside or seated in a charming inn where wholesome food is being served.