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

Anglesey Abbey, Cambridge.

Sunday 28th September. Anglesey Abbey, Cambridge.

Mileage Start 14420 End 14634 = 214 miles

It was another nice, sunny day so we decided to take Tallulah to visit Verity in Cambridge as she hadn't yet seen her.  We arrived mid morning and after a quick coffee we got Jackson's car seat fitted and set off for a visit to Anglesey Abbey.

Anglesey Abbey is a National Trust property.  It is a large Jacobean, country house that was formerly a priory.  It is in the village of Lode.  You can find out more here: Anglesey Abbey  There are 98 acres of beautiful landscaped grounds, ideal for walks on sunny days.  There is also a working mill where you can buy flour.

Here are some photos of the day.

 Lunch was important before we got started!

Look at my little cutie pie.  He can crawl now.

The Himalayan Silver Birch Grove was one of my favourite parts.  They were just starting to decorate it for the winter lights.

This is the avenue of trees and is beautiful.  Not sure what the little flowers were but they were so pretty.

 Just love this bronze statue as the dogs are so realistic.

Stopping for a rest.

The flower gardens were just lovely even though they were past their best.  I took a ton of close ups. I LOVE flower close ups!  I did try to put them in a slide show but for some reason it wasn't happening.  Anyone able to tell me what you use to make slide shows?  Anyway, as it didn't work I am just going to post some of them here.  Enjoy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aren't they just awesome?  Anglesey Abbey is a truly lovely place and we will visit again in different seasons.