title A Trip to Audley End House, Saffron Walden, Essex - 16th April 2014 intro Isobel arranges to meet up with former Qualcomm alumnus Janet at Audley End House, just outside Saffron Walden. It's only just over an hour down the road and it's free on account of the recently-acquired English Heritage membership. It turns out to be an excellent day out as the house is far less stuffy than many, with chidren allowed to play in the former nursery at the top of the house, lots of the exhibits being touchable, and Nosher even gets to play an old grand piano in a ballroom. imgp7086 Fred and Harry run around imgp7088 Audley clock tower imgp7090 Isobel and Janet chat imgp7092 Spectacular tulips are in full bloom imgp7094 Janet, Isobel and the boys mill around imgp7096 A fountain imgp7098 Harry, Kane and Fred get wet imgp7099 The impressive aspect of Audley End House imgp7100 Gabes tries to haul off a bench imgp7103 The old dairy imgp7105 An impressive collection of copper imgp7106 Croquet on the lawn imgp7107 Chess on the lawn imgp7109 Time for a picnic on the lawn imgp7114 Gabes eats someting imgp7119 Fred runs around imgp7123 Fred hides in a tree imgp7124 Fred and Kane go to see the ducks imgp7130 The front of Audley End imgp7133 Bob the heavy horse comes out for a show imgp7135 Bob the horse imgp7137 Bob goes for a walk imgp7142 Fred and Kane dress up as 1800s stable boys imgp7147 Dressing up in the stables imgp7148 A greenhouse and a load of plants laid out imgp7149 A wheelbarrow is overgrown with flowers imgp7151 Harry hides behind a gate imgp7153 Roaming around the extensive kitchen gardens imgp7156 A bed of vivid tulips imgp7161 More pink flowers imgp7163 Messing around in the walled garden imgp7169 Walking through the woods imgp7171 A nice spreading tree imgp7175 Sweets are handed out imgp7183 There's a lost hat perched on a bench imgp7187 Harry roams through the "secret passages" imgp7190 The laundry imgp7191 Brass oil lamp imgp7194 An impressive range cooker imgp7197 Harry dresses up as Little Lord Fauntleroy imgp7198 Fred has a go imgp7200 More dressing up imgp7206 Playtime in the nursery imgp7208 Fred builds something imgp7209 More nursery playing imgp7210 Janet looks over as Isobel strides off after Harry imgp7211 Kane on a rocking horse imgp7215 Fred on a rocking horse imgp7218 Harry has a go too imgp7228 James meets us at the Three Tuns in Abington imgp7229 The Three Tuns in Abington imgp7232 Back home, Boris - Stripey Cat - is up a tree