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Sunday …..but no roast ! The Mister is unwell !

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11375) • United Kingdom 1 Mar

Well, we usually go to my Moms on a Sunday for lunch, and it is always a roast dinner. This week though we have tickets for a free visit to a National Trust venue. There are several locally that we haven’t visited yet, so I made a...

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The Mister has tennis elbow !

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11375) • United Kingdom 21 Feb

So The Mister came back from work yesturday feeling very sorry for himself. His arm is very painful with tennis elbow. Unfortunately his work is very physical and this is causing him great pain and problems at work. He has...

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Visiting National Trust houses

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11375) • United Kingdom 16 Feb

So we have got two vouchers out of recent newspapers so we get two free visits to National Trust properties. This is something that both The Mister and I enjoy. Thing is ….now we have to decide where to go and which houses to...

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January 12, 2020 - What happened on that day?

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222417) • United States 12 Jan 20

National Hot Tea Day International Kiss a Ginger Day 1895 - The National Trust was founded in the United Kingdom. 1915 - The U. S. House of Representatives rejects a proposal to require states to give women the right to...

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Old Moreton Hall.

Gary Marsh @garymarsh6 (24026) • United Kingdom 29 Jun 17

Last weekend I went to a friends wedding up near Manchester read (@Aslyum land) and although the weather was cloudy and dry for the wedding day the Sunday was abysmally rainy. Nothing unusual for Asylum land but we Southerners who...

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William Wordsworth's Childhood Home

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382104) • Rockingham, Australia 5 May 17

While we were in England in 2015 we visited a town called Cockermouth in Cumberland. Here, the National Trust looks after the house where poet William Wordsworth was born. It has been fitted out as it might have been when...

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Visiting the Giant's Causeway

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382104) • Rockingham, Australia 4 Nov 15

From Carrick-a-rede in Northern Ireland we moved on to the Giant's Causeway. This very popular tourist attraction is managed by the National Trust, with 'managed' being the operative word. Parking is strictly regulated as is...

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What are the most interesting things in your town or area for vistors to see?

jakill @jakill (835) 26 Jan 09

I live in a small town in Dorset, UK, which has a history of being in a royal hunting forest where the Norman kings built the King's Court Palace, and you can still see the outline of this on farmland close to a residential area....

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An Amazing Place To Visit - Sutton Hoo.

Darkwing @Darkwing (21583) 21 Oct 08

I went away for a few days break, to Suffolk, just after my birthday. I know East Anglia holds a lot of Viking and Anglo Saxon history, so I went with my National Trust Card in hand!On checking out the National Trust places to...

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No doubt about it,this one is definately majestic

ruby222 @ruby222 (4847) 11 Oct 08

A few days ago I went for my first ever visit to Chatsworth house,near Bakewell Derbyshire,and you may think thats nothing unusual,but given that I have lived in Derbyshire for nine years ,im wondering why I have never been...

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Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire

derek_a @derek_a (10873) 25 May 07

I can say that this is about the best manor house I have ever visited. Built and owned in 1874-1889 by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild to house his treasures, I found this house awe-inspiring. It is huge! Talk about how the other...

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