We spent the day at Cliveden, a National Trust property in Buckinghamshire. Although the house isn’t open to the public the gardens are and we had fun exploring them. First of all we visited the Water Garden and climbed over the huge stones. Then we tackled Cliveden Maze. It has over 1,000 two-metre-high yew trees… Read More »
Today we left Devon for Wiltshire. The drive wasn’t too long but we thought we would stop for a picnic lunch on the way. We chose to stop at Stoke-sub-Hamdon Priory, a sweet National Trust property in Somerset. The complex included 14th/15th-century farm buildings, formerly a priest’s residence. The priests who lived here served the Chapel… Read More »
We love to visit National Trust properties so were excited to spend the morning visiting A La Ronde as it’s a place I’ve wanted to visit ever since reading about it in the National Trust guide book decades ago. It certainly didn’t disappoint even though it was covered it scaffolding. The sixteen-sided house was designed… Read More »