We have not had internet service, so now I am behind. We had a great day – got behind and stayed behind our schedule all day! But we didn’t let the schedule keep us from having a great time. First we headed to The Courts Garden. Daughter 1 was so patient with me while I had a great time taking pictures. The Courts Garden is a great example of a traditional English garden. The layout has not been changed since the 1930’s. We then zoomed a few miles away to Lacock – a wonderful village and Abbey. Lacock Abbey was originally an Abbey, but with dissolution of the monasteries the building was converted into a private manor. The first two Harry Potter movies filmed a few scenes in the cloisters at the Abbey – it was fun to see. The town of Lacock is soooo charming. They have done a great job maintaining the original integrity of the town, yet catering to the tourists. Of course, it helps that the family who donated the Abbey to the National Trust owned the village and donated it as well. Emma 1996, Pride and Prejudice 1995 and Cranford 2007 all filmed on the streets of Lacock. With the ipod in hand, Daughter 1 traced the steps and took pictures of important places in town! We even ate at the pub they used for the first assembly in the 1995 Pride and Prejudice movie. Next we drove a few miles away to Great Chalfield Manor, a marvelous example of Medieval Englan
d. The family that gave the house to the National Trust made one provision - the family could remain in the house as long as they desired. What a great way to provide for your future generations. The house was great, just not grand. One thing I loved – the original front door is still there from when the house was built in the 1400’s. We closed down the house again – the last ones out of the gardens! We had a small snack in the car, watched the rain and plotted our route to our B&B. After a few wrong turns, we finally found our B&B, Search Farmhouse. Greeted by horses, we made our way into the house to meet our host – he happens to work for the National Trust. We had a great conversation with him – he told us we could sneak into Stourhead Gardens and not get kicked out, even though the gardens were closing in 15 minutes. So off we went, trotting from the carpark to the garden entrance. We were stunned by the beauty and enormous size of the grounds. Stourhead was used in the 2005 Pride and Prejudice movie when Elizabeth turns down Mr. Darcy’s first marriage proposal. We had been waiting for this stop to take Daughter 1’s senior pictures. We scouted out the place and then headed to the nearby pub for dinner, The Spread Eagle Inn. After we stopped laughing about the name, we enjoyed dinner and headed back to the horses for the evening.
We have not had internet service, so now I am behind. We had a great day – got behind and stayed behind our schedule all day! But we didn’t let the schedule keep us from having a great time. First we headed to The Courts Garden. Daughter 1 was so patient with me while I had a great time taking pictures. The Courts Garden is a great example of a traditional English garden. The layout has not been changed since the 1930’s. We then zoomed a few miles away to Lacock – a wonderful village and Abbey. Lacock Abbey was originally an Abbey, but with dissolution of the monasteries the building was converted into a private manor. The first two Harry Potter movies filmed a few scenes in the cloisters at the Abbey – it was fun to see. The town of Lacock is soooo charming. They have done a great job maintaining the original integrity of the town, yet catering to the tourists. Of course, it helps that the family who donated the Abbey to the National Trust owned the village and donated it as well. Emma 1996, Pride and Prejudice 1995 and Cranford 2007 all filmed on the streets of Lacock. With the ipod in hand, Daughter 1 traced the steps and took pictures of important places in town! We even ate at the pub they used for the first assembly in the 1995 Pride and Prejudice movie. Next we drove a few miles away to Great Chalfield Manor, a marvelous example of Medieval Englan
d. The family that gave the house to the National Trust made one provision - the family could remain in the house as long as they desired. What a great way to provide for your future generations. The house was great, just not grand. One thing I loved – the original front door is still there from when the house was built in the 1400’s. We closed down the house again – the last ones out of the gardens! We had a small snack in the car, watched the rain and plotted our route to our B&B. After a few wrong turns, we finally found our B&B, Search Farmhouse. Greeted by horses, we made our way into the house to meet our host – he happens to work for the National Trust. We had a great conversation with him – he told us we could sneak into Stourhead Gardens and not get kicked out, even though the gardens were closing in 15 minutes. So off we went, trotting from the carpark to the garden entrance. We were stunned by the beauty and enormous size of the grounds. Stourhead was used in the 2005 Pride and Prejudice movie when Elizabeth turns down Mr. Darcy’s first marriage proposal. We had been waiting for this stop to take Daughter 1’s senior pictures. We scouted out the place and then headed to the nearby pub for dinner, The Spread Eagle Inn. After we stopped laughing about the name, we enjoyed dinner and headed back to the horses for the evening.
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