After lunch - Sunday roast of course - there was a necessity to walk off some of
the excesses. Nearby was a second national Trust house with accessible parkland
that should suit the bill.
We headed off to Berrington Hall and squeezed
into the parking space - large van in a popular place.
From the furthest
point in the parking area we walked to the gatehouse (entrance desk etc.) and
scanned in, then up through the, currently being renovated, gardens to the main
house.
After a quick tour we came out to the gardens and down to the haw-haw, where a
small gate led out to the parkland. This was on the corner of the frontage
looking out over the Capability Brown landscape.
We followed the indicators on the red route - once again taking the prudent
option with Sue's knee issues. This crossed a couple of grass fields and headed
down to the large lake beside the treeline.
Down to the lake and around it anticlockwise, following the trail around the
back.
A pair of Herons were nesting on the island (created by the out fill from the lake), and onto the boat house nestling in the far corner.
Around the end and back towards the house, where the access to the island was closed - because of the nesting Herons.
Back through the fields and up to the house, where we had to exit straight away as the park was closing. So back to the Leen campsite for one last night.
