Day 4 of Uk Vacay - Chawton, Bath
Unfortunately my picture of this was "live" which means it's actually a short video - UGH - I've said before, I am NOT a photographer, and I'll apologize again LOL!
Anyway it was a thrill riding in such luxury.
We left shortly after nine and headed out.
Geoff was a wonderful guide, regaling us with stories and history every mile.
We arrived in Chawton at Jane Austen's house/museum (upper left pic) and enjoyed a brief tour then on to "the great house" as she described her brother's Chawton House Estate. On stumps throughout the gardens/grounds you could find these little tributes to Jane's work with quotes from her books or poems or prayers.
The tour guides inside the house were very knowledgeable and also told lots of stories regarding the history of the house and the people who lived and visited there. We also got a tour of the library which houses books that are thought to be rare, one of a kind, and only avialable here.
One thing I loved about this house was the bathroom (toilet) still contained some of the original plumbing and the toilet itself had a pull-chain to flush! I tell you this quaint restroom had me singing a happy tune.
We also stepped back in time when we visited Chawton House's lovely church.
As much as I enjoyed these two stops on our way to Bath, my greatest thrill of the trip was passing Stonehenge! Y'all had I known we'd be passing this Historical landmark, I would have made sure we had time to stop.
I cropped the picture included in my collage to cut out the people and this photo was taken from the car.
Can you imagine how majestic these stones must be!?!
I can.
Geoff assured us the magic never dims and he'd been there over 400 times.
Hope you enjoyed today's post outlining my UK vacation and that you'll drop by next and travel along with me into Bath for the Jane Ausetn Festivities.
Until next time, happy trails...
PamT
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