Sunday, December 22, 2013

At Last

At last it feel like Christmas!  Nothing puts me in the spirit for Christmas more than our seasonal festive visit to Little Moreton Hall.  I look forward to it every year and we always go when Piva are performing their wonderful music.   I thought you might like to visit too!


A warm wassail cup of spiced apple punch greets you as you enter the courtyard


Where the jester prances and teases with his merry japes


Inside Piva are singing seasonal songs 16th century style and playing a wonderful selection of instruments like crumhorns, hurdy gurdies, viols and shawms.


Their spirited galliards get your feet tapping on the ancient flagstones 

The tables are groaning with seasonal, festive food including maids of honour, marchpane cake and fruits, jumbles and spiced prunes.


This year the whole house was open and decorated for Christmas


A choir were singing carols in the long gallery and there was story telling in the chapel too

 We missed the crowning of the Lord of Misrule but found another little lord causing a stir when we popped back to look at the musical instruments.  He had his eye on those bag pipes!
 
A perfect end to our visit!

I hope you all have a wonderful, peaceful and joyous Christmas.

42 comments:

  1. What gorgeous photos - that must have been a lovely visit. Looked up Piva on YouTube - listening to them now, as I write this - excellent. Hope you have a wonderful Christmas, Rosie. Abby x

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    1. Hope you had a lovely christmas, Abby - Happy New year:)

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  2. I must look out for that next year.It sounds great.I'm going to pencil it in on my 2014 calendar

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    1. They do three different weekends ups to Christmas with other musicians, Piva tend to do the last one besfore Christmas:)

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  3. Happy Christmas Rosie! That little Robin surprise must have been the icing on the cake for your visit. x

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    1. I agree, how wonderful to see the robin.

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    2. Thanks, Simone - it was extra special to see the Robin:)

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    3. Thanks, Amanda - I hope the robin made its escape later in the day:)

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  4. I've never been to Little Moreton at Christmas but this sounds like a great Christmas event!

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    1. I think you'd enjoy it, Louise - lots of fun and a great atmosphere:)

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  5. Beautiful, what a stunning building and the festivities sound like lots of fun. I don't blame the little robin for wanting to join in! Happy Christmas to you and yours. xx

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    1. Thanks, Amy - Happy Christmas to you too:)

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  6. Little Moreton Hall looks wonderful, I've always wanted to visit. And the little robin is gorgeous, they will get in everywhere if they can!

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    1. I expect is was nice and warm in there - hope he got out again though! I'm sure he would:)

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  7. What a wonderful visit, I'm not surprised that it feels like Christmas now. Merry Christmas!

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    1. It was a wonderful visit which kick-started Christmas for me - hope you had a lovely Christmas:)

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  8. A lovely setting to hold a Christmas event 16th century style with dancing and festive music. Good to see the friendly robin! Happy Christmas, Rosie.

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    1. Thanks, Linda - hope you had a super Christmas:)

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  9. A beautiful Christmas venue as it should be. Have a happy and peaceful Christmas!

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  10. That is so uber Christmassy - I can see why it gets you in the festive mood. Have a very lovely Christmas xxxxx

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    1. It is Diane - hope you had a super time:)

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  11. Wow, never seen a performance like that before! Thank you for sharing!
    Wishing you and Paul a very merry Christmas!
    xxx

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    1. Hope you had a lovely Christmas, Michela - Happy New Year to you:)

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  12. How wonderful - like stepping back into another world. Wishing you all the very best for a lovely Christmas and new year.

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    1. Best wishes to you too, Elaine - Happy New Year:)

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  13. I am so envious of you getting to go to this. Merry Christmas!

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    1. You'd have loved it Janet - Happy New Year:)

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  14. What a gorgeous house for visiting just before Christmas and such lovely photos. Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas Rosie and a Healthy and Happy 2014 xx

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    1. Thanks, Patricia - Happy new year to you too:)

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  15. What a magnificent setting to get you in the mood for Christmas. This is such a beautiful building.

    Have a lovely Christmas Rosie.

    Marie x

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    1. Hope you had a super Christmas, Marie - Happy New Year:)

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  16. What a great place to visit and looks wonderful all decorated! Merry Christmas and a happy new year xxx

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    1. It is a lovely place to visit - Happy New Year, Lyn:)

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  17. All the best Rosie, I hope you enjoyed Christmas and have a wonderful New Year. x

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    1. Thanks, Valerie - Best wishes for the new year:)

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    1. Hello Sami Pat - thank you for visiting my blog, so pleased you want ot follow. At the moment followers are right at the bottom of the blog, just click on 'join this site'. There used to be a follow button to click at the top left of the blog but this has now changed to google+ which I'm not subscribed to:)

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  19. Hope you've had a lovely Christmas Rosie looking forward to week 52!

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    1. Had a lovely Christmas, thankyou - hope you did too:) Still have to do 51 as well as 52 - I may put them together in one post:)

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  20. Gorgeous pictures, I know I visited Little Moreton Hall as a child (we lived not too far away) but only have a vague memory of the building. It looks so lovely and festive.

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  21. Thanks, Jay - it is a lovely building and always so festive at Christmas:)

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