Visiting places in England we have never visited before. Today we drove to Cirencester(more about that tomorrow) via The Vyne, a stately home of nobility in Henry VIII court. It was huge, like the size of Hampton Court but two thirds was demolished in 18th century to save money. Henri is 8 had visited with Catharine of Aragon & Anne Boleyn (but not at the same time)
Lovely gardens & planting, nice walks through the grounds. That tree is an oak that was here when the house was built, so 500 years old. It called the the 100 guinea oak because in 1800 or so the Royal Navy wanted to buy oak to build ships to see off old Boney. They offered £100, but we're turned down. Six months later they upped the offer to 100 guineas but we're turned down again because the owner said if it had gone up by £5 in such a short period of time, it was an investment worth keeping.
We're staying in one of those hotels with no staff. They give you a code an hour before check in that gets you into the car park, the building & your room. Nice room.
