Powis Castle

The sun was glorious when I got up this morning but my the time I had breakfast we were back to cloud.

So off to Powis Castle.

As I entered the estate I saw these chaps!





Some ducks were on the pond.









Although I was most pleased to see a female Goosander!

Ah some more Deer.



On to the castle and its spectacular gardens.

















You can hire this as a holiday cottage.












So you are at the bottom of the terrace and your lunch is at the top! So it is damned lucky that the National Trust also has a tearoom there!! Nice homemade soup.


























There are no photos inside the castle which is sad as its rather nice! Powis home to Robert Clive - Clive of India - and there is a nice museum of stuff he brought back.

After my castle tour I had a nice lump of Coffee and Walnut cake!

Then went to read a bit from the top of the terrace.

If you are in the area go to Powis Castle it's a corker.

You can sight see in Wolverhampton

So I am on the M6 toll the sun is shining and the suddenly cloud!! RATS!! Its been one of those showery days hey ho.

It's not often you drive into Wolverhampton to sight see but... to be fair I passed some lovely houses.

Anyway the National Trust's Wightwick Manor is in Wolverhampton! Wightwick is a smallish Victorian property with lots of furnishing and painting by Morris and the Pre Raphelite Brotherhood. Oh and nice gardens.





























Then onto Much Wenlock to look around the priory















it started to rain harder so I headed off to check in!

This is a test post

It appears blogger has a problem at the mo.

I think lot of us are getting issues where it says we don't have a blog. It seems a few of the links are bust.

I was getting the same problems and seem to have got around it ! Lets hope blogger fix it soon!

Seve

The word genius or great is over used in the modern world especially sport.

But Severiano "Seve" Ballesteros was just that a genius.

When I was a lad every year a bunch of American's would come over and win the open. The top European might make the cut - a slight exaggeration but you get my drift.

And then this charismatic young Spaniard came along he not only gave the Americans a bloody nose he did it with style. He went for the flag, he took risks. There was passion.

When Seve played Golf it was not a good walk spoiled.

Seve was not just a Spaniard he was the heart of the European Renaissance in the Ryder Cup. The UK maybe Euro-sceptic on politics but when Seve teed up for Europe everyone was behind him. He didn't abandon the European tour in favour of the lure of the greenback and that too endeared us to Seve.

Seve may not have won as many Majors as Woods and Nicklaus but then they didn't have Seve's style.

As I say the word genius is oft over used but Seve was just simply a genius.