title A Trip to Ickworth House with Sis, Horringer - 19th August 2024 intro Sis comes down from Devon for a few days, in a visit which overlaps that of Isobel's friend Jules, who's up from Marlborough for a few days as well. On the day that both are around, we go for a walk to the Crossways Inn at Scole - where there's a surprise flyover by the BBMF Lancaster - and then do tapas on the patio. The next day, Nosher and Sis visit Ickworth House for a walk around the grounds and a look around the house, after which we stop by Bury St. Edmunds for a quick visit. Finally, the most advanced DIY project to date - the patio roof - is more-or-less completed. imgp5944 Sis pauses as we walk to Scole imgp5947 It's very nettley in places imgp5948 The Scole Crossways Inn imgp5949 Sis is at the bar in the Crossways imgp5950 We're out in the beer garden imgp5952 The beer garden of the Crossways imgp5957 The BBMF Lancaster unexpectedly flies over the pub imgp5959 We head back from the pub imgp5960 Isobel points at a rock for some reason imgp5961 We look at the green floating on the Waveney imgp5963 Sis and Jules chat imgp5972 Jules lets Luna off the lead for a bit imgp5981 Nosher makes tapas for tea imgp5984 Lucy the One-eyed Cat roams around on the arbour imgp5985 Dinner on the patio imgp5986 Sis looks at something in St. Mary's church imgp5988 Some mediaeval stained glass in St. Mary's imgp5989 A very fine piece of stained glass imgp5990 The nave of St. Mary's, Ickworth imgp5991 A mediaeval anglel stands on a bathtub imgp5992 A window made of fragments of mediaeval glass imgp5995 A dead tree in Ickworth Park imgp5996 Sis gets a coffee from the NT van imgp5998 Ickworth's walled garden imgp6000 The Earl's summer house imgp6003 St. Mary's church in Ickworth Park imgp6004 The re-roofed rotunda of Ickworth imgp6006 A fancy bedroom in Ickworth House imgp6007 A very ornate silver soup tureen imgp6009 Sis roams around in the silver room imgp6010 The grand entrance lobby of the house imgp6011 Sis looks at stuff imgp6013 A flock-wallpapered drawing room imgp6014 The dining room imgp6015 The library has been reconstructed imgp6016 A vintage piano imgp6017 Another grand drawing room imgp6018 Red curtains and a candelabra imgp6019 The statue in the entrance lobby imgp6025 Sis scopes out the downstairs kitchen imgp6027 Purple flowers in giant pots imgp6029 It's busy outside the National Trust café imgp6030 The Angel Hotel in Bury has almost disappeared imgp6032 Abbey Gardens is in full flower imgp6033 The ruins of the abbey imgp6035 A beer festival is being set up in the cathedral imgp6039 Sis in Bury St. Edmunds cathedral imgp6041 A view looking up at the base of the tower imgp6044 Sis checks her phone on Angel Hill imgp6046 The new patio roof is mostly complete imgp6047 A view from inside the new patio cover