113 Sunday 10th April 2022 Hornby Castle

 This  was  my  choice - a  visit  to  Hornby  Castle  on  one  of  its  Open  Days  so  we  could  include  it  in  our  "All  The  Castles"  feature.




It  didn't  get  off  to  a  good  start. We  looked  up  a  Catholic  church  to  go  to  in  Galgate  on  the  internet  but  it  turned  out  to  have  closed  some  years  ago ! We  decided  to  move  on  to  Hornby. Fortunately, there  was  an  Arts  and  Craft  exhibition in  the  village  hall  so  we  could  kill  some  time  before  lunch. Simon  had  a  go  at  handloom  weaving  at  one  of  the  stalls.


We  returned  to  the  Hornby  Tea  Rooms  for  lunch  which  was  agreeable.


We  lingered  until  it  was  time  for  the  grounds  of  Hornby  Castle  to  open. The  video  we  filmed can  be  seen  here.



Simon  fretted  a  bit  during  the  talk  on  the  history  of  the  castle  which  lasted  over  an  hour  but  did  pretty  well  not  to  get  too  distracted. We  pottered  around  the  grounds  for  a  bit  before  calling  it  a  day  and  returning  home.




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