Easter Holidays #3 - National Trust

We have a family membership of the NT and make good use of it around the country. This Easter we visited the Chilterns, a place we've never been before ... I didn't take so many pictures, especially at Waddesdon (too ornate to be able to capture any real sense of it), but it's not always the buildings that make a place special.


Besides Waddesdon, we visited West Wycombe and Hughenden Manor (the home of Disraeli) where the girls helped plant potatoes in the kitchen garden and we were all given seed potatoes to take home ... our garden path is now lined with pots of different varieties of potatoes!

Medieval Times

We recently visited Buckland Abbey (NT) for their medieval weekend, set in 1471. I was taken by this simple display of reproduction games and drinking vessels from the period ... by contrast, we have been without our broadband connection for some 10 days and found it very frustrating ... life was once so straightforward!

National Trust

We've been family members of the NT for some years now. It's quite expensive, and you have to make a number of visits to make it financially worthwhile, but it gives a focus to our days off/out when we might not be sure what to do. The girls have grown up visiting NT properties and love the various trails and quizzes on offer. In one house where nothing was available we made do with some pencils and paper and the girls drew one thing from each room - it was probably the most successful visit yet!

On our way to dropping the girls off at their summer camps, we visited nearby NT properties to make something special of the day. We visited another property while they were both away, so that's three within the space of a few days. With another trip planned for later in the summer, and half term to come, we've had our money's worth for this year!

Arlington Court