Having been delayed by bad weather and slow traffic we made an unplanned visit to a National Trust property near Windermere, Townend. It was our first visit, although we have passed the sign to it on countless journeys. We were in time to eat our picnic lunch (in our car in the car park) and to visit the house shortly after it opened at 1pm. (There had been two fully-booked guided tours earlier.)
As it was the half-term holiday it was fairly busy even on a showery day. The farmhouse had been the home of a farming family, who collected books. One of them also carved furniture in elaborate patterns. It was fascinating.
The garden gave a view across to a bank barn, which we did not have time to inspect more closely.
Near the car park there was a wildflower meadow. By coincidence the challenge for #wildflowerhour was #inthemeadow.
Our satnav (GPS navigation) told us to turn the opposite way along the lane from the way we had arrived at the car park. It turned out to be a short cut along a narrow country lane.
Flash photography was not allowed inside the house. There are pictures of the interior and of the exterior on a brighter day here.
