Just a brief word today, and a couple of snaps from the past eight days.
On Monday 26th – a public holiday – we went to Croome Park in the next county, Worcestershire. The house is gradually being restored, but the main glory is the landscaped gardens, the first commission for Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown.
This is looking at the house across the lake.
Yesterday we went to the grounds of Berrington Hall, just up the road, Brown’s last commission. I know the house very well as I work as a volunteer room guide, but we have never walked around the grounds before. Here’s a couple of the pictures I took using the new toy:
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