Deborah (debris4spike) wrote,
Deborah
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A Final Summer Day Trip

Well I did warn you I wouldn't be around much at present - and here I am 2 posts in a week.

Christine & I went on our last weekly trip yesterday ... we went to Trerice House in Cornwall. Apparaently the house was what prompted the author of Poldark to write some of his stories.


What a lovely house
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The Potager garden
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The Knot Garden --- the lavender has just been cut
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Normally butterflies "run away" when they see me coming ... but
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Inside the great hall
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Detail on the fireplace
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A lovely window - half the glass is 16th century
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Looking down on the great hall from the minstle's gallery
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The last tenant
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Having fun ... I won the game of quoits
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But Christing won the Kayling
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Brass rubbing
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Tags: camera, christine, cornwall, day trip, holiday 2018, national trust
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