A visit to Kingston Lacy
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
We had another late start today but after a check on the MET office app, National Trust's Kingston Lacy seemed to be our best chance of avoiding the rain so that's where we headed, arriving just after 1. We had a cream tea each for lunch in the cafe - which was as ever overrrun and under-staffed (a common trait of National Trust properties we've found). The house has timed entry tickets and it was suggested online that we should have booked these in advance, fortunately they seemed to have plenty left for all of the timeslots (which are every 15 minutes), so after our cream tea, we went for a wander inside.
The house is pretty vast and is set over three floors with the usual grand rooms, although these seemed to be more dimly lit than usual so the guides were using torches to highlight things to the visitors. The real highlight has to be the bedrooms in the ceiling, these are described as tented bedrooms, decorated to look like the inside of a tent. The effect was amazing - I wonder if it would work in our top bedroom...
We decided to try the White Lion, which is a short walk away from the cottage, for tea. The restaurant was fully booked but we were able to order food and sit at a table in the bar area. The food was very good, Dani had a burger, whilst I had steak and kidney pie, both were served with huge chunk chips. It was very nice, but incredibly filling, so after a rather slow walk back to the cottage, we spent the rest of the evening slothed on the sofa, nursing a food baby before calling it a night.
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