We are fortunate int hat we go our, somewhere, most days, but very local. Today was not local. we headed off on a two plus hour trip to two National Trust properties (we do like to get bang for our buck on our NT membership)
We started off at Wakehurst which is part of Kew Gardens and also hosts the Millennium Seed bank which was really interesting.
The grounds at Wakehurst were gorgeous and we had blue skies and sunshine and there was some gorgeous Autumn colour too.
We then headed off to Standen House and Gardens which is a gorgeous Arts and Crafts house with pretty much all original Morris and Co fittings and furniture. It was gorgeous. We had a lovely lunch courtesy of a NT voucher gift from Sean and Viv (and also bought some plants for the garden with the same voucher) and then listened to a very good talk and wandered around the house. I took lots of pictures of the inside - I am a big William Morris fan. You will be pleased I am only posting a few photos
The only downside of the day was it was the first time we have left the boys for a whole day - they still have a lunchtime feed. We left them a timer opening cat feeder for lunch not sure what they would make of it, if they would even realise and go and eat when it opened at 1. Well they clearly found it, long before 1. They chased it round the room and it ended up upside down which meant, of course, it didn't open. So poor babies went from 7 am with no more food until tea time. They were pretty hungry and we were full of guilt!
I don't expect they will fade away!
Today I am thankful for
- a lovely day out
- knowledgeable volunteers who know so much
- The National Trust preserving our heritage
- Great things like te seed bank safeguarding the plants of the world
- safe travels and being back home
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