Thursday 3 January 2013

Woodchester Mansion










 
My dear friend Kate invited us to Woodchester Mansion for a country walk on Wednesday. Woodchester Mansion is a site of special scientific interest, it was abandoned in the 1870's and was left for many year to decay.

With help from English Heritage, the Heritage Lottery Fund and other grant-giving trusts the Woodchester Mansion Trust now organises colleges, and other organisations to come and work and get experience while renovating the mansion. Woodchester Mansion Trust currently provides on-site training for the Prince’s Trust’s Get Into Heritage scheme and for The Prince of Wales’s Building Crafts Apprentices Scheme

There are many walks to take around the grounds, we spent a couple of very pleasant hours walking with the children. We just about got back to the cars before it got dark!

Barry and I are now planning to go back there in the summer and with just £2 to park it is a very inexpensive day out

Take care, Natalie xx

8 comments:

  1. We've been there - there is a fab campsite near by. I love the atmosphere, really spooky! Beautiful woodland too.

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    1. It was a spooky place I agree, it did not help that Kate was telling us about the infamous local black cat that lives in the woods!

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  2. Love the woodlands pic - and a good New Year walk is a family tradition with us. Even though I never feel like it, it always perks me up! Happy New Year!

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    1. I know exactly what you mean, my boys say to me now when I am grumpy that we must go for a walk as it always cheers me up. Hot chocolate in the woods helps too! xx

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  3. . I have nominated you for a Leibster blog award, popover if you want to take part x

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  4. I love that muddy puddle reflection.

    Happy New Year to you too Natalie and here's to us both finding a little bit of courage this year.

    Nina x

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  5. that looks amazing, we should have a look there sometimes

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