Travelling around England I have been making the most of my Australian National Trust card, which gets me in to all the UK National Trust properties.
SCOTNEY CASTLE, KENT
The original moated castle at Scotney was allowed to become a ruin and a folly when the 'new' castle was built
The Brits would never let a drop of rain spoil their day out. It's on with the jacket, up with the brolly, and onward with the stroll around the gardens. Such fortitude.
What a shame I wasn't able to 'take the waters' Where else would you find something that can 'loosen the clammy humours of the body' and 'dry the over-moist brain. I hate to imagine what the symptoms might be.
After some excellent sunny weeks, it is now interspersed with some heavy rain |
| A Squall |
The people in this painting looked like they were doing a circle dance to celebrate the harvest.
LANHYDROCK ESTATE, CORNWALL
The entry gateway to Lanhydrock House
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| Walking up to the front of the house. The lawns are looking very dry after all the hot weather |
Every lady should have a boudoir. This was a very cosy room in an otherwise rather unwelcoming house with huge rooms.
These tiny childrens' boots looked incredibly stiff and uncomfortable. Their poor little feet.
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| This room had a pretty tiled mosaic floor |
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| The morning room walls were covered in tapestry |
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| The last line reads "a good cigar is as great to a man as a good cry is to a woman" |
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| The great hall with domed roof with biblical scenes depicted in the ceiling |
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| Never a truer word spoken. Most of these old country houses only had one flush toilet, although they had a pot in a small cupboard in the corner of the the gentleman's room for their use. |
I would rather have been eating in the grand dining room, than working in the kitchens.
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| An early version of a slow cooker, in a box packed with straw, and somewhere to keep the porridge warm |
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