What are you all up to

Busy day today I am selling one of my old Mercs and have decided to put it in to a classic car auction so had to drive it over 100 miles to the auction place to drop it off and a friend came to collect me so a day out. Hoping the car sells we have put a sensible reserve on it so shall see 

Keep meaning to go to Stowe as its very near to us in MK but never quite got round to it in 44 years, maybe in the Summer? I know its also a school but just wondered if it have a cafe and gift shop? 

It was featured on Look East last night as there was a bit of a competition on what Country House had the longest Facade, it lost out to a house in South Yorkshire!

David

Francis

My next door neighbour has an old Mercedes. It must be considered a classic as I don't think it attracts car tax? I am not sure what model it is but it is a large saloon car. He offered it to the local College so they could used to teach young mechanics how to work on it. However they reluctantly refused as they admitted they did not have the right equipment to work on the car. 

David

Yes it has a cafe, bookshop etc..  It’s a lovely walk around the grounds.  I imagine with the trees turning it will be spectacular 

That would be Wentworth Woodhouse DK. Not just in UK either, it has the longest facade of any private house in Europe. The restoration works and transformation of the house into a superb visitor experience is gathering pace every year. A lot of folks who have never seen it, or don’t know much about it think that the huge Stable Block as you walk down the drive is the house……..until they turn the corner😁

TDA

That was the name which slipped my mind. There was also another house in Scotland that was part of a three way competition.

David

David, would recommend a visit to Stowe Gardens, we often meet up there with our Son who also lives in MK. You can book visits to the house.

There is a very good cafe, and a small gift shop together with the usual NT second hand bookshop. It's quite a walk from the car park to the gardens but they have an electric buggy that goes from the cafe to the entrance to the gardens. The Autumn colours are lovely at the moment. We use to visit Stowe long before the NT took over, it was free back then.  😉

After rain through the night we had a couple of showers first thing in the morning, but they stopped just when we were packing up, so that was fine. Easy drive home, just missing a heavy shower by the look of it. Van unloaded and all the washing done, plus I was able to get the car washed.

Francis, pleased to read that you had a good weekend away, and fingers crossed that you Merc sells for well above the reserve price.

Housework and a pile of ironing for me today. The fallen leaves are building up in the garden so will need to have a day out there soon. With a woods at the end of our garden it always takes 3 or 4 days over time to clear them. Chicken casserole bubbling in the slow cooker as one of our granddaughters is arriving to stay for a couple of days.

OH has contacted BGas this afternoon, he was 249 in the queue waiting to talk to them on their chat box. He has applied twice to get their advertised Sunday half price electric. The advert is the one on tv with the 2 Olympians in. They have now said that we can’t get it as customers have to be ‘invited’ for it!! No mention of this at all in the advert, extremely misleading. 

Hoping it sells Nellie now once it goes I will be down to one Merc and have promised SWMBO I won’t add to that again but who knows I may be tempted