Sunday, March 9, 2008

Goodrich, Brockhampton, Greyfriars

You might get the impression that all we do is jet around to exotic locations. Well, it's not strictly true, because sometimes we just drive. We can even walk! So here's a few pictures from some visits over the last couple of weeks. First, there's the time Joanna, Berenice, and Christopher went to Goodrich Castle, near Ross-on-Wye on the Welsh border.


Then, there was a family visit to a not-quite-so-ruined Lower Brockhampton Manor. Apparently the National Trust caretaker still lives in the back part of the house. It's set on 1000 acres and has several walks through various woods, although it was too chilly for us. (We spent a little while in the tea house. Unfortunately the person in front of us bought the last scones, so we had to cope with apple pie, chocolate fudge cake, and the like.) The house is surrounded by a little moat, with entrance through a quaint gatehouse. There was also a stable full of cows that Christopher liked watching.

Yesterday, Joanna and Christopher went to Worcester to visit Greyfriars, another National Trust place.

And Christopher had dinner on Wednesday evening. Oh, and I thought we'd better have an "early spring" photo of one of the flowering shrubs in our yard.

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