We have been away for a few days as it was my birthday last Friday and I spent it visiting some lovely buildings in Worcester. We also managed to pull in a visit to a National Trust property on the way down the day before and an English Heritage property on the way back home on Saturday.
I'll probably write a post about some of these places later but in the meantime here are one or two photos of the places we visited.
First visit was Croome Park where there is of course the house and grounds and also an interesting church, lovely walks and an great RAF Museum.
First visit was Croome Park where there is of course the house and grounds and also an interesting church, lovely walks and an great RAF Museum.
The house itself is under wraps and surrounded by scaffolding.
But you can take the steps to the top of the scaffolding
Have a cup of tea or coffee at the Sky Cafe
and enjoy some wonderful views.
In Worcester we loved the old buildings on Friar Street
Below is Greyfriars House, Garden and tea room it belongs to the National Trust.
We were taken on a very interesting guided tour around the house which has an amazing story about its preservation.
The Cathedral is as beautiful as I remember it from way back in the early 70s when I first visited.
I did take lots of photos inside but am not allowed to publish any on line. There was an exhibition about the Magna Carta inside as King John is buried in the cathedral and his tomb stands before the alter. Other things of interest are Prince Arthur's Chantry, the Beauchamp tomb and the Norman Crypt.
The Museum and Art Gallery was fascinating, again no photos from inside can be published without permission.
The Commandery which we loved and spent ages wandering around. There is so much history here.
Of course it being a
Bank Holiday coming up re-enactors and stall holders were getting
ready for a special weekend of displays.
Saturday morning at English Heritage's Witley Court was quiet and peaceful after a busy day in the city the day before.
You will have seen the fountain and lake in my previous post so here are a few more photos.
In Worcester we loved the old buildings on Friar Street
We were taken on a very interesting guided tour around the house which has an amazing story about its preservation.
All for now on this wet and miserable Bank Holiday. I woke up to the sound of rain and it hasn't stopped yet. I'll be back with Five on Friday.
You visited some lovely places - I'll look forward to seeing more about them here!
ReplyDeleteI'll try to write more later about the different places:)
DeleteI'm definitely going to have to have a trip to Worcester! Happy Birthday :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you. There is a lot to see and do, well worth a trip you will probably need more than one day to see everything:)
DeleteYour post has made me want to visit Worcester even more! It's unusual that you aren't allowed to publish your own photos of the interior of the cathedral though, I've never come across that before and I've been in a lot of cathedrals.
ReplyDeleteWe had to buy a photography permission for £3 and were told we could use the photos for private use only and permission had to be given for use in any publication including blogs. I suppose I could seek permission to use some of them but that would take time I expect. Worcester is a lovely place I'm sure you would love it:)
DeleteHappy Birthday!!! Looks as though you had a great time and went to some wonderful places!! xx
ReplyDeleteThank you Amy - we had a great time visiting lots of historic buildings with lovely food in between too:)
DeleteWhat a lovely trip! And belated happy birthday. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you - it was a short but lovely trip:)
DeleteSending belated birthday wishes. What a treat to spend it visiting Worcestershire! It's a shame that you can't share some of the photos taken, but I've enjoyed seeing a taster of what looks like some lovely and interesting places. Bank Holiday Monday was a wash-out for us. We had intended to go to Bolsover Castle. There was to be a medieval re-enactment day, but we decided against it due to heavy rain and the possibility of finding the main event cancelled if we went there.
ReplyDeleteThanks you Linda. Bolsover! My childhood was spent in a village a couple of miles from there and we used to walk over the fields to the little town for shopping. When I was a child you could go on to the Castle site for just a few pence and pay at a little wooden kiosk - so different now. I follow Bolsover Castle on Facebook and they did cancel the jousting because of the rain:)
DeleteIt's great that so much history is preserved there. I love the photos of the arches!
ReplyDeleteThank you, glad you enjoyed the photos:)
DeleteWorcester looks a lovely place - now my husband has retired I am hoping we can get out and about more and Worcester will go on the list of places to visit.
ReplyDeleteIt is a great place for a short or weekend break as there is a lot to see and do and several nice places close by too:)
DeleteLooks like you had some lovely days out for your Birthday week Rosie with some fine weather. Bank holiday Monday was a wash out here too but today it is a crisp dry autumn day (so far)! x
ReplyDeleteThanks Simone we didn't have a lot of rain whilst away but Sunday and Monday were wet. Today started well but the rain came down halfway through our morning walk and it did seem a lot cooler - I put socks and boots and a bodywarmer on for the walk and needed them too:)
DeleteA belated happy birthday, Rosie. Looks like you had a lovely treat.
ReplyDeleteAmalia
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Thank you Amalia it was a lovely place to spend a birthday:)
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