Category: NT and EH

National Trust, English Heritage, museums etc.

Comer Christmas

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Comer Wood: we almost went elsewhere – the car park appeared to be full. Then someone drove away at just the right moment. What will it be like in the woods? Our route is about 4 miles, and few visitors stray that far. There’s a “Tree Trail” in the heart of the woods, where Christmas tree-sized conifers have been decorated by various local groups, adding some valuable colour to our wanderings. Great fun! Rudolfs, knitted snowmen, five gold rings, four calling birds…

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Three degrees

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Cold today! Foggy too – rather atmospheric, spooky even. It’s very busy in the car park at Attingham, but once we’ve walked for ten minutes, most of the other people have vanished (there are still one or two within earshot, but the fog means they’re hard to spot…). Nearer the house there are lit ways for evening exploration. Can’t call it floodlighting, which would in any case be tempting fate in these soggy times…

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Lake Attingham

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The Tern’s flood plain is well filled today! ‘Lake’ is fair description of the temporary expanse of water, the outcome of Bert’s downpours and the rapid melting of snow. The ground’s rather soggy too, in places, but mostly the walking is good underfoot. Once again, we’re following a different route around the extensive parkland – the deer are out and about, and we won’t get a good view of them if we stay in the woods. We won’t be able to enjoy the sunshine there either.

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Dudmaston in October

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Geese and toadstools! A wander around the estate from the sawmill car park – down to the pools (Wall, Seggy and Brim), through the asparagus farm, down to the big pool and back past the house, pausing at the bookshop and the cafe. (I’m not sure we’d earned the cake, but we enjoyed it…)

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Back to Wilderhope

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A short outing on a grey afternoon. Wilderhope Manor is a National Trust property managed by the Youth Hostels Association. I imagine it would be a great place to stay – there’s even a four-poster bed in one room! Open at weekends for public exploration – an interesting way to spend an hour or so, with tea and cakes in the grand dining room to follow.

Wilderhope Manor – NT and YHA