Old and New England with Green Gables.

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Across the road the All Saints Brewery.
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A tiny bit of the castle built by William the Conqueror.
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Next across a lovely park with lots out having picnics.
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The light was perfect for pictures of the bridge over the Welland.A bridge has been here since Roman times.
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Just looked it up now here in the UK-324 GBP.And I was into the second bottle

This sums up the AFF spirit beautifully

 

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This building was built by William Cecil in the 1500s as an alms house.It basically is still used as such.It stands on the site of a hos[ital first erected in 1174 but destroyed by the Lancastrians in 1461.
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It is on the banks of the river.

 

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Finally back up the hill to the hotel.
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So back at the hotel.A nice outdoor eating area.But this was the English summer so we ate inside.
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mrsdrron had an excellent linguine with prawns.

Whilst I had an excellent lamb loin plus peas and ham because they insisted my meal would be too small without a side.
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Mrsdrron then had their pavlova.Not in the same league as that from the Syd Flounge.
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And I had the lemon and lime cheesecake with passionfruit and yuzu sorbet.Yummy.
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After a good sleep a perfectly adequate brekkie was supplied.I had the Burghley breakfast.
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We then set out for Wales.It had rained a lot overnight but held off as we visited Burghley House.Of course it was Friday which meant the house was closed but you can drive in and have a look.The main gates.
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But they wouldn't open them even for us so it was to what wa probably the servants entrance.The first glimpses of the house and their deer.
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Then to the car park and walking up to the house.
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Many famous people apart from the Hon.Tony Hancock have visited Burghley house.Several kings and queens in fact.Charles 1 came through Stamford in 1646.Unfortunately Oliver Cromwell was here laying siege to Burghley house so he had to spend his last night of freedom in a house in town disguised as a servant.Then there have been Prime Ministers with Benjamin Disraeli spending many nights here.Victoria and Albert were guests here.
One of the Lords won the 110 yards hurdles at the 1928 Olympics.So I am walking over a lot of history.
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They were getting ready for their horse trils in a weeks time.
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The weather remained fine for most of our drive.But why does man have to spoil lovely agricultural views?
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Patience was tested with 30 minutes in a M6 carpark.
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It began to rain soon after.The sun made a brief appearance as we arrived at our hotel for the next 3 nights-Bodysgallen a National Trust hotel.
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There are 30 rooms in the main hall and several "cottages"around the property.Ours was in a block of 5 next to the main building.Ours was the "new"cottage.
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Plus a sitting room.
The views.
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After unpacking mrsdrron went for a walk around the area near our cottage.
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The showers had now started but we were lucky enough to dodge them on our way to and from dinner.
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We both started with the scallops-perfect.
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Mrsdrron then had the pork and I the carver duck.
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Very nice but we were full and missed the desserts.
A leisurely walk back to our cottage.
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The 2 windows at the top are our cottage.
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The next morning at breakfast I had the traditional breakfast.The bacon and sausage were excellent.
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Now the forecast for our 2 full days here was for rain.We had come mainly to go to the Bodnant Garden-a National Trust property so free entry to Aussie NT members.We decided that the forecast for the first morning wasn't quite as bad as the next day and a half so went here first.There were a couple of heavy showers during our visit but most of the time they kept away.So here we go.
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