In England many country houses started off as abbeys before becoming homes for rich and aristocratic families. With Kylemore Abbey, however, it was the other way around. Built as a home by a wealthy Englishman Mitchell Henry it later came into the […]
Diary of a Tourist Guide:
STATELY HOMES
LEEDS – LOVELIEST OF CASTLES
Leeds Castle For once we headed eastwards from London at the start of our day. Our destination was Kent, ‘the garden of England as it is often called, and in particular Leeds Castle and Canterbury with a short stop in Dover to see the White Cliffs and a boat […]
EASTER (AND EGYPT) AT DOWNTON ABBEY
I was taking a group from Stonehenge to Bath a few weeks ago when I saw the sign for Highclere. “That’s the house they used for Downton Abbey,” I thought to myself in a lightbulb moment and told the group. I knew little about the super popular series, having seen only one complete episode. As […]