Market Bosworth Cottage

Thriplow Daffodil Weekend 2009

Thriplow is a quiet village situated 8 miles south of Cambridge. Each year it celebrates 'Daffodil Weekend'. The tradition started in 1969 and the village has been opened every year since.

Daffodil weekend is a traditional village fête-come flower festival, with open gardens, craft and home-produce stalls, music and rural entertainments and more!

Sudbury Hall

This is Sudbury Hall in South Derbyshire. It is now owned by the National Trust and is open during the summer months. Part of the building is also the Museum of Childhood.
The former stables now the giftshop/retaurant/toilets

There is not much in terms of gardens left except a few hedges and trees and an area of lawn leading down to the lake.However it is free to enter and look around although there is a charge to enter the museum or hall.
Sudbury church is next door although it was not open to the public when I went.

Christmas at Haddon Hall

Haddon Hall opened its doors for the first time at Christmas this year.Although the gardens are quite small the Tudor style house decorated festively is still a rare treat and worth the entrance money of £8.50.Its also handily close to Bakewell which is always worth a visit.
The Tudor kitchens are some of the finest examples still left in the country. They were filled with spices and other food for a Christmas banquet.
In the dining room was much of the food as it would have been prepared for such a banquet including peacock pie and this pig's head!

The long gallery which was decorated in a more modern theme of the 1930's.

Knaresborough

Knaresborough is small town in North Yorkshire.It is famous for its large viaduct across the river Nidd and the tourist attraction of Mother Shipton's Cave and petrifying well.

It has many fine old shops around its market place including the oldest chemist shop in England.