Thursday – 10 April 2014 – catching up – January 2014 – March 2014

So after my last post in October, I am making good with my promise to catch up on the previous few months, so I am making good my promise!

Winchester Mill
New year 2014 stated well, I had friends staying and we went to Winchester Mill on New Years Day. This is a National Trust property and is a working water mill – and to prove it I bought some flour milled there. The resultant bread wasn’t bad, although the bread maker found it hard going as the flour is quite dense. That was all the excuse I needed to buy a Kenwood mixer in February!

New Year continued with a visit to Mottisfont Abbey, another National Trust property. Mottisfont Abbey The seasonal theme was “The Snow Quuen’s Ball” with decorated trees. You can see the rest of the photos in the gallery. Swans As you can tell, it was a lovely sunny, if rather chilly, day!

Apart from the excitement of the mixer, February was quiet, but I continued my National Trust theme with a visit to one of my favourite NT properties, Uppark. This mansion was very badly damaged by fire over 20 years ago just after some major renovations, however it has been restored (in some areas rebuilt) using traditional methods. There has been debate over whether it is reproduction or restoration, but either way, it is a stunning house high on the Suffolk Downs.

So forging a new life continues – onwards and upwards!

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