Thank you NationaL Trust in Hampshire for opening some of your gardens and parklands. I urge others to become members of the National Trust…… if we want places such as Mottisfont to be available to explore and visit in the future. I had booked a time slot online on a Friday and arrived at the designated […]
Searching for National Trust in Hampshire I found that during the easing of lockdown The Vyne was one of those early sites which had opened its parkland areas. The organisation and welcome received at The Vyne was second to none and certainly I will return when the house is open to explore some more. Here […]
When you get to a certain age a visit to a National Trust property is right up there on what shall I do in my spare time list. As lockdown started to ease I researched National Trust in Hampshire to find properties which were opening their parklands and gardens, fortunately for me Uppark is not […]
…………….an invitation to a masked ball at Lanhydrock could not be sneezed at. Festive decorations 2019 took on a theme of an 1893 Masked Ball. Visitors were handed their ‘invitation’ instead of the usual ticket and one could see whose fabulous company they were in ….from the Robartes who were hosting, local landowners and even a viscountess. […]
Well I must have got to that certain age as I am now a fully paid up member of the National Trust and where better to make use of my membership than visiting a local stately home at Christmas. This year Hinton dressed the house to the theme of Aesop’s Fables. I haven’t read those stories for many years […]
