We wanted to fit in Strawberry Picking before the end of the season, so we went the day after visiting Paradise Wildlife Park. As it was a Sunday, not many places were open. After a good half an hour of hunting around the internet we came across Lidgate Farm near Ely.
We headed off and picked my aunties up along the way. We had a browse around the shops and ate lunch in Ely first.
The road to Lidgate Farm was very straight and long from Ely, but extremely bumpy, which made us all feel a little sick.
When we arrived all we could see was a house and some parked cars. So we dutifully parked up and then wandered around the back of the house where we saw a glorious field of Strawberries. They had other berries too, but only the strawberries were ready to be picked. There were no paths through the rows so we had to climb over each one until we reached the back of the field where fewer people had been picking. It felt really traditional with the plants being on the floor rather than in raised beds like some of the more commercial strawberry picking farms such as Bury Lane.
I mainly concentrated on taking photos rather than picking the strawberries myself.
I’m really impressed with the photos I got. They’re all really sharp and full of colour.
The strawberries were really cheap at only £1.50 per punnet. I would definitely recommend Lidgate Farm.
