Rowden Holiday - Longleat & Eddie Cochran
Today was for a visit to Longleat. Despite having visited the place before, this was a visit without drivng around the Safari area. Nevertheless, much enjoyed by our grandaughter. First the house itself - not to go in, but to obtain a couple of images for the album. You can go in for a tour but we were not up for that! As a matter of interest, in 1949 Longleat House became one of the first privately owned stately homes to open to the public commercially. But its history extends much further back. Built between 1567 and 1580, it has been lived in by sixteen generations of the Thynn family. Today it is the family home of the 8th Marquess and Marchioness of Bath. Posing at the front of the property. So onto a few images of the creatures who live here, although through glass it was a bit difficult at times. A pleasant day worth visiting to see the pleasure it gave the family. The onto something rather sad but which brought back a few memories. When I was just a teenager (ages a...