21 Oct – StourHead

We detoured from our normal route to Weymouth to fulfil a long held ambition to visit Stourhead. We thought we were clever chosing a sunny day at half-term, but several thousand other people seemed to have had the same idea.

It was very nice. Almost, but not quite, as good as Fountains Abbey. Although Mrs D did comment, as we trooped in our conga slowly round the lake, that it was like exercise-time in some super-posh middle-class prison. But nice trees, and a nice farm shop too.