Tallulah's 1st outing of 2015

Sunday 11th January 2015
MILEAGE 15201 - 15280 -TOTAL = 79 MILES. 

It is 6 weeks since Tallulah last had a trip out so on Sunday we decided that despite the weather we really should take her for a little ride.

The weather was very cold and very windy but at least it wasn't raining.

We decided to go to Lyveden new Bield which is a National Trust property near Oundle.  We have been there probably half a dozen times over the  years and of course it is also the place where Coralie and John held their wedding reception in 2008.

Lyveden New Bield is an unfinished Elizabethan summer  house.  It dates from around 1604 and was built for Sir Thomas Tresham.  However, after years of religious persecution, Sir Tresham died in 1605 with most of his wealth depleted. His son Francis inherited the estate but sadly it was never to be finished as later that same year Francis, along with his cousins, became involved in the gunpowder plot and as the saying goes..... the rest is history!

You can find out more here: Lyveden New Bield.

http://www.britainexplorer.com/feature-articles/item/153-curse-of-the-treshams

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyveden_New_Bield

This is Tallulah in the car park.  We had a cuppa and some lunch before heading out.

As it turned out it was so bitterly cold that we had a quick walk around the house and headed back to the comfort and warmth of Tallulah.  We will be back at some point I am sure.

 As you can see I was cold!  What else can you see?

 

 

 

I thought you might also enjoy seeing a couple of old photos from Coralie's wedding.

 

These were taken in the evening at Coralie and John's wedding.  The lighting was all done by John and it looked absolutely beautiful.

 

 

Jilly