As Monday was a Bank Holiday and the weather was good we had a lazy day with a swim in the afternoon.
Tuesday saw us heading to National Trust hhouse and garden called Berrington, Herefordshire. It's a Georgian house sitting in 'Capability' Brown's landscape and gardens. It was created as a country retreat more than 230 years ago for a city banker and business man, Thomas Harley.
The interior was very spectacular.
Wandering through the house there were a couple of rooms where you were able to try on clothing from the period of the house. As you've guessed I was the 'guinea pig'!!!
The interior and stories depicted the life at the time but I wasn't impressed with this extract:
During the great war this family saw 3 of their 4 sons killed. There was even a telegram from Buckingham Palace offering condolences!
We had a good walk around the gardens and parkland before heading back for a swim and sundowners! Unfortunately there is a cool wind blowing so no lounging about in swimmers.
Well the sun was shining! The gardens were lovely so we enjoyed a walk through them.
On Friday Kerry arrived - the plane was delayed in Sydney for 4 hours, then she landed in London to a train strike, had to catch a bus for Heathrow to Birmingham airport where we were able to pick her up. Needles to say a shower and G&T were the needed 'pick me up'!
Saturday was another travel day as we headed to Swanage in Dorset, where my sister had organised a four night stay. We can see the sea from the apartment and are close to everything. We had a lovely dinner overlooking the sea, can you believe it's England and we are sitting outside to eat! It was a beautiful sunset too!
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