Cliveden

National Trust :)

Day off today.

A bad night's sleep, stupidly hot for some reason - yet was frozen when I went to bed.  Woke wih a headache, feeling tired - but decided I needed to get out.

Such a beauiful day and took myself off to Cliveden National Trust, near Maidenhead, Berkshire.  Its one of the two properties local to me.

When I got there it was fairly quiet and how I like it, but by the time I came away - it was heaving (and this on a Monday, when its not school holidays)!

Found out later, it is the first day of house tours.  I wasn't interested in those - the house is a posh hotel...

Anyway, I went for the usual coffee and cheese scone, then went off on a walk around.  Very proud to say I've done more than 4,000 steps today - the first long walk I did without crutches was around 2,600 steps at Greys Court National Trust back in January :)


Just as I got to the end of the Parterre, I saw this bird (red kite I think - judging by the large white patch on the wing).  Unfortunately by the time I got close enough, it was just flying off.  Never been so close to one before, almost level with my eyes :)

And so many extras including one of the red kite? with the patch on the wing :)