Lacock

Another trip out to the West Country for me, this time to visit friends in Marshfield, a village outside Chippenham. Now it has to be said this is a lovely part of the country, and I arrived Saturday morning in glorious sunshine. We stared off by visiting Karen's grandparents, and a cup of coffee in the garden led to a bottle of prosecco and before I knew it I was sunburnt. Doesn't take much with me.

But in the afternoon we went to Lacock. I had been here before but not for some years. Its main claim top fame is that it was home to William Fox Talbot, one of the men with a decent claim to have invented photography.

But as with many houses up here it has a medieval history, and was once an abbey housing nuns.

 The great hall contains a somewhat bizarre collection of terracotta (as wewll as Karen sitting by the fire)

 Outside the grounds and gardens are highly appealing.

As are the cloisters

Eamonn looking a picture

 

Apart from the Abbey there is also a picturesque village to wander around. Unfortunately on a sunny weekend, other people had the same idea. Luckily by the time we were out of the house and grounds most of the tour parties had departed.Otherwise, the invasion is similar to a locust infestation.