Christine and I had a great trip to Coleton Fshacre last week. We have both been a few times, but this time there was the added advantage of Royal Geographical Society: Earth Photo 2024 display in the grounds. We were also so lucky with the weather ... so all in all a lovely day out.

( In the gardens and grounds )

As I said ... I had a great tour of part of my city -


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As I said, once we had walked round A La Ronde, we walked into the town of Exmouth -


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As I said, on Tuesday, I went with Christine to the 16 sided house , A La Ronde ... it was built in the 18th century by two spinster cousins, Jane and Mary Parminter ( Read more... )

Yesterday I had a lovely time as I went with Christine to Forde Abbey, which had been started in the 12th century, and is still live in now. Sadly as it's privately owned no photography was allowed indoors, and my camera finger itched, but I was a good girl.

However as you can see, we were allowed to walk and enjoy the gardens -


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As I said, on Tuesday I went to Saltram House with Christine ... the main couple of rooms are not open yet, but it was still lovely to see the rest of it ... even joined in a couple of the children's games that were set up for the Easter holidays -


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As I have just posted, we had aimed to go to a different property, but in the end we went to Montacute House ... sadly only the lower level is open at present as they are doing some renovation work on the staircase, so it looks as if it will be some time before we can visit the full house ( Read more... )

Christine and I had a great, but wet, visit to Dyrham Park last week .... because it was set for Christmas through the generations we need to go back on a better day in the summer.


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As I said, Christine and I had a great time at Coleton Fishacre ... an Art Deco house, built, and owned, by the D'Oyly Carte family.

We had sunshine, then torrential rain when we were at the furthest point from the house (of course) ... and then the sun came out again.

Still some colour in the garden, and not just our bright clothes ... enjoy


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As I said I went to Cotehele ... it was started in 1458, although built around an earlier chapel, and used as a second home to a local family ... although it was their show-house, and hosted a Royal Visit in 1788. During WWII the primary home was destroyed during bombing, and about the same time the son of the family was killed in action. The house ( Read more... )