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Category: National Trust
2019 Day 134 – Buckland Abbey
I love it when pieces of the historic jigsaw click firmly in place. There’s a one such pleasingly moment today, at Buckland Abbey, linking it to Portsmouth’s Southsea Castle, which we toured on our return […]
2019 Day 132 – Killerton
In a first, Himself has located his inner house elf well before I have. He’s busy in a frenzy of activity, washing the motorhome. Meanwhile, I think my elf is in denial of the work […]
2019 Day 130 – Tyntesfield
Eeek! 130 days! No wonder I feel like we’ve been gone forever. Having completed our sojourn north to look at new toys, today we’re focused on our aim west. The countryside is lushly verdant green, […]
2019 Day 128 – Hanbury Hall
You’ll not be surprised in the least to hear that we’re on a trek north, to see the latest, 2020, motorhome releases. In the end I just didn’t have the energy to put up much […]
2019 Day 118 – Buscot Park
In a fabulously good bit of timing, we’re in Oxfordshire when both the house and grounds of Buscot Park happen to be open. Despite it being a National Trust property, Buscot Park is still very […]
2019 Day 116 – Dyrham Park
Any place that’s home to a herd of spotted fallow deer is going to right to the top of the list of places I want to see. Himself has found Dyrham Park amongst the National […]
2019 Day 110 – Waddesdon
If you dream of escaping to a French chateau, but couldn’t be bothered crossing the channel, fear not. England’s Buckinghamshire has the answer: Waddesdon is the place for you. We stumbled across it previously (2018 […]
2019 Day 107 – Hughenden
We leave the motorhome to its fate this morning, waiting on a verdict: can the window mechanism can be repaired on the spot, or if a new motor needs to be ordered. While we wait, […]
2019 Day 12 – Chartwell
Now all the National Trust places we’ve been to have been lovely, but occasionally we come across one that’s truly special. Such is the case today, when we visit Winston Churchill’s family home, Chartwell. Nestled […]
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