11 August 2023
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Today Jane and I took a day trip out to Stoke on Trent — or perhaps it would be more accurate to say “Stoke and environs” or “The Potteries”. We started off at Biddulph Grange, which is a garden run … Continue reading
17 September 2022
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I’m glad that, a number of years ago when our regular income was much higher, we made the choice to invest in life memberships to various organisations. One of those was the National Trust. To be honest, I can’t remembered … Continue reading
16 July 2022
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Stoneywell is our nearest National Trust property but, as it was closed for an extended period during 2020-21, it didn’t really make it onto our radar. However, we finally got round to paying a visit today and it is definitely … Continue reading
8 July 2022
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We couldn’t make up our mind about exactly where and when to go on holiday and, with the school break rapidly approaching (filling attractions with people constrained by those dates), we decided to instead have a few days out. The … Continue reading
11 October 2019
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Jane and I visited the garden at West Green House today, near Hook in Hampshire. It wasn’t the best weather for seeing a garden although it wasn’t raining when we walked round (unlike since we’ve got back home) and it … Continue reading
3 October 2019
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An advantage of belonging to the National Trust is that you have access to a wide collection of rest stops round the country that put any motorway service station to shame. The only time I had visited Attingham Park (near … Continue reading
28 July 2019
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Yesterday we took a trip to visit Sandham Memorial Chapel, a National Trust property just south of Newbury. It is one of their smaller sites and contains a chapel decorated with paintings by Sir Stanley Spencer. Spencer was commissioned to … Continue reading
24 February 2019
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On the way back from Devon today, we stopped for lunch at a National Trust site called Sutton Lane Meadows. This is billed as a “delightful wildflower meadow” but, even in the above average temperatures we are enjoying this February, … Continue reading
17 September 2018
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We ticked off another National Trust property today – The Kymin near Monmouth. It was a venue for gentleman’s picnics in the late 17th century (possibly rather debauched affairs but I’m only inferring that from limited evidence) that ended up … Continue reading
2 October 2017
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This is a ‘does what it says on the tin’ post with a photo of something made from old metal from a recent visit to the National Trust site of Finch Foundry in Devon. Sorry – I’ve absolutely no idea … Continue reading