Montacute House

Today's journey was to  a National Trust properly called Montacute which is about an hour away from our little place.  The house is not open for the season yet, so it was a conservation tour most of the stuff was under covers.  If you go during the season, it is not a guided tour, but this was.  Our guide was very interesting, the house was built by the lawyer who prosecuted Guy Fawkes back in the 1600s.  His name was Phellips.  The house remained in the family for around 300 years and was one of the first properties acquired by the National Trust in the 1930s.  We had some lunch at the cafe after the tour, this time a savoury tea instead cream tea, which meant cheddar and a chutney instead of cream and jam with our scones.

I am sorry to be losing my travelling companions but looking forward to seeing Brighton and Tunbridge Wells.