Te Haerenga

Murray & Christine's record of their journey. "A day in a car in an English county is a trip to a fairy museum where all the exhibits are live and real." Rudyard Kipling

Monday, August 27, 2007

Continuing the Elizabethan theme - 27 August 2007

Borde Hill Garden was the Historic Houses Association Garden of the Year Award winner in 2004. Perhaps we saw it ‘between seasons’ or some...

Sussex Stately Homes - 26 August 2007

Michelham Priory has the longest medieval water-filled moat in England. As is typical, it was another of the Priories that Henry VIII disso...

Kent Castles - 25 August 2007

After a couple of weeks of miserably cold, wet weather, the August Bank Holiday was promised as a return to real summer. It was certainly fi...

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

The plague village - 19 August 2007

Huddersfield is number 3 in terms of towns with the most listed buildings. We started our day with a town trail which took us around the maj...

Saltaire, but not the sea-side - 18 August 2007

After a few fine days, summer was over once again, but despite this we headed up the A1 to visit a World Heritage Site: the village of Salta...

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Cheshire Halls - 12 August 2007

Arley Hall is a stunning Victorian reproduction of a Tudor mansion. The interiors are lavish period settings, but each room is also liveabl...

Well, well, well - 11 August 2007

The Peak district is one of our favourite areas in the UK, and just a little over 2 hours up the M1 from London. Saturday was a lovely day t...

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Murray: I am not the accordian player however, I have been known to blow a few notes on a saxaphone.

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