Gunby Hall’s virtual walks amid coronavirus lockdown
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Gunby Hall closed last Wednesday (March 18) to help stop the spread of Covid-19.
However, it is now inviting people through its gates digitally, via its social media platforms.
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Hide AdVisitor experience and volunteering manager Astrid Gatenby said: “On Monday, when I was still allowed to work on site, I went for a long walk in the sun-drenched gardens and took lots of mini clips of spring colour. I will share a mini clip every day on Gunby’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts so our followers can go on a virtual spring walk too. The clips are even better with the sound on as you can hear the birds singing and the wind blowing.
“A few staff members need to undertake essential work on site while we’re closed and these colleagues will continue to take up-to-date photos too while our regular volunteer photographers are looking through their photo archives and share some of their favourite photos from previous years.”
Astrid says she will share her clips every morning and will add recent photos too when the team are on site to take some.
You can follow Gunby on Facebook at www.facebook.com/NTGunbyHall, Instagram at www.instagram.com/ntgunbyhall/, or on Twitter at twitter.com/NTGunbyHall
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It suggests adults and children who can see a tree in bloom take a moment to pause, actively notice and enjoy the sight, and share their images on social media using the hashtag #BlossomWatch. Next year it intends to launch a blossom map to track the colours as they move across the country.