What a day! I headed to Stourhead Gardens early with Daughter 1, ready to take pictures. The grounds are so beautiful, but so big! We ended up staying a couple hours longer than we thought – so we threw the next two stops out the window! Daughter 1 set the priori
ty to visit Montacute House, a filming location for Sense and Sensibility 1995. Again we were a bit disappointed in the house, another fine example of an Elizabethan home, but not refurbished to its glory. The family gave it to the Nation
al Trust when they could no longer afford to maintain it – they even sold all the house’s contents, leaving an empty shell for the National Trust! We couldn’t take pictures in the house, but Daughter 1 had a great time in the gardens with ipod in hand, retracing the steps from the movie. In the rain we happily drove to Lyme Regis on the southern coast of England. We stopped by a tiny town called Seatown on the way. Seatown is where they filmed a beach scene in Persuasion 2007. In the rain, Daughter 1 was happy to walk to the pebble beach for pictures. Once arriving in Lyme Regis we headed for the Cobb. Our room for the night is above a pub which overlooks the Cobb. We headed out for pictures and a walk on the Cobb. We met a couple who was walking the Cobb because of the filming of The French Lieutenant’s Woman. We reminded them that the Jane Austen movie Persuasion was also filmed here. I have been amazed at how many men have watched all the Jane Austen films - they are very knowledgeable about the subject too! Despite all the smiles on Daughter 1’s face, we are in need of laundry facilities again! Tomorrow we will wear our last clean outfit as doing laundry is proving to be much harder than we thought. We are also a bit shocked by the lack of internet service available for public use. We are so used to popping in to Starbucks or Panera and getting connection. All is quiet at the pub tonight – we had thought it might be really loud. Now we need to get to bed – we have to take another walk on the Cobb in the morning! Breakfast is at 8:00 am!
ty to visit Montacute House, a filming location for Sense and Sensibility 1995. Again we were a bit disappointed in the house, another fine example of an Elizabethan home, but not refurbished to its glory. The family gave it to the Nation
al Trust when they could no longer afford to maintain it – they even sold all the house’s contents, leaving an empty shell for the National Trust! We couldn’t take pictures in the house, but Daughter 1 had a great time in the gardens with ipod in hand, retracing the steps from the movie. In the rain we happily drove to Lyme Regis on the southern coast of England. We stopped by a tiny town called Seatown on the way. Seatown is where they filmed a beach scene in Persuasion 2007. In the rain, Daughter 1 was happy to walk to the pebble beach for pictures. Once arriving in Lyme Regis we headed for the Cobb. Our room for the night is above a pub which overlooks the Cobb. We headed out for pictures and a walk on the Cobb. We met a couple who was walking the Cobb because of the filming of The French Lieutenant’s Woman. We reminded them that the Jane Austen movie Persuasion was also filmed here. I have been amazed at how many men have watched all the Jane Austen films - they are very knowledgeable about the subject too! Despite all the smiles on Daughter 1’s face, we are in need of laundry facilities again! Tomorrow we will wear our last clean outfit as doing laundry is proving to be much harder than we thought. We are also a bit shocked by the lack of internet service available for public use. We are so used to popping in to Starbucks or Panera and getting connection. All is quiet at the pub tonight – we had thought it might be really loud. Now we need to get to bed – we have to take another walk on the Cobb in the morning! Breakfast is at 8:00 am!
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