After hubby and I had done the necessary errands in town, we made our way to a park. Where we admired the gorgeous autumal colours, the lake with the Canada geese and in the kitchen garden we were surprised to find Plantpot Fred.
We were unable to go into the house, although we did suceed in looking through the old Victorian sash windows and discovered the interior. Very large paintings hung on the walls with thick wooden frames, the furniture was dark wood and the walls were painted white. The expanse between floor to ceiling was surprisingly impressive. Maybe because I was technically snooping and therefore more aware of my surroundings, but I felt a little unerved by the obvious emptiness of the house. It was spooky.
After the house, we went in search of the little white bridge, which is said to have a lady ghost walk across it, after an unfortunate accident with horse and carriage, the lady died and now is apparently seen to walk across the bridge .....in my opinion to warn others of the peril of road accidents.
After walking across the bridge and managing to terrify 4 innocent pheasants who had taken up camp there, we strolled back through the Park, to the Church, where we found and admired the sarcophagus of Sir Rowland Berkeley and his sons Robert and Thomas Berkeley. Sir Rowland Berkeley had a clothier business his business thrived and later he was able to purchase Park for £1,400 in May 1606. Quite a lot of land!
Hope you like the pictures!
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