Tag: national trust

  • Hardwick Hall

    [slideshow]Coming back from Dewsbury on Thursday, I took ther opportunity to stop off at Hardwick Hall near Chesterfield in DerbyShire. Built by Bess of Hardwick the second most powerful woman in England after Queen Elizabeth the First. The Main Reception Hall upstairs is quite extraordinary. I think it must one of the most fabulous rooms…

  • Bodnant Gardens

    I managed to get to Bodnant Gardens this afternoon. Not at it’s very best at this time of year, it is none the less a lovely place to go for a walk nestlings, as it does below the Snowdonia Mountains, which are still topped with snow at the moment. I did enjoy the trellissing in…