While visiting Leith Hill Tower during the
week and seeing Leith Hill Place in the distance we decided to visit the old
house before we left Abinger Common.
The car park was a ten-minute drive from
Parkhurst Cottage and the brochure said the walk to the house was 300 mtrs from
the car park and it would have been had we seen the signs to the house. At a guess we walked 5kms till we met a
lady who came to our rescue and turned us around and pointed us in the right
direction. How embarrassing!! You can just imagine how many
expletives Jim used in that time.
We could have been lost forever wandering aimlessly in the Rhododendron
Woods.
Once on the right track we approached the
house from the back door. It
appeared in front of us like a grey gloomy scene out of a horror movie. The house was built in 16th
century. I found the house
intriguing considering the artistic and creative minds that lived there over
the centuries e.g. Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) lived there as did
his grandparents Josiah & Caroline Wedgwood (Wedgwood pottery). Josiah’s great uncle was Charles
Darwin. He visited often and started
his study of earthworms there that went on for 30 years. Imagine 30 years of looking at
worms.
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| Leith Hill Place from Leith Hill Tower |
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| Our approach to Leith Hill Place |
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| Leaving from the front door to the car park (in full view in front of us) |
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| Leith Hill Place from the direction we should have arrived |
It was sad to say good-bye to Daisy and
Poppy on Wednesday morning but even sadder today (Saturday 31 August) when Karen emailed to let us know that
Daisy suffered heart failure this morning and sadly died. We were lucky to spend the past few
weeks with her. She was 11 years.
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| Lovely Daisy |
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