The very first National Trust building

hi Shirley,thank you for sharing this with us ..lovely pics and looks like a nice interesting day out ,look forward to part 2 :o))

Thanks, Joan, part two includes food . . . . .! !

mmmmmmm..cant we have it tonight then lol..

This is not far from me, a lovely place.

Joan - you'll get indigestion this time of night ... lol !
Denise - it took us about an hour by car ... first visit for us today ... don't why we've not been before ... I loved it there ! Still NO RAIN for us .. : o ((((((

Nor me Shirley.

lovely place shirley,, interesting to read about it to £10 wouldnt buy a few bricks these days lol.thanx for sharing shirley ;o))

Thanks, Sandra, it was just so peaceful there. The car and coach parks are just far enough away to not hear the traffic, very few people there, all on the beaches I expect ! Looked in an estate agents window, saw the prices and ran away quickly ! LOL

lol shirley, i would need a brolly to sit on our beach ;o((

Wow! Lovely lovely place and lovely day too! Thanks Shirley! :))

Hi Karen, you would enjoy it, for the Clematis varieties alone ! There are quite a few, climbers, some twining through shrubs and others creeping along at ground level.

Yes, definitely added to my must see in the east of england list!!

Great blog Shirl ... thank you for showing us your day out. Love the teapot idea!

Not sure if I'd want to lift the lids though ! : o ))))

Hi Shirley,thank you for sharing this with us ..lovely pics and looks like a nice interesting day out,Beautiful buildings

Lovely blog Shirley; I think we'll put Alfriston on out 'to do' list, it looks lovely.

Come down to Sussex and tour round, lots to visit, just bring a loaded wallet !
Everything is just so expensive, tea-rooms etc., we're National Trust members so the day wasn't too expensive.

just found this Shirley I have friends in East Sussex and went to Alfriston last summer, it a lovely place ( but I wish the'd stop the cars as they do in some cornish villages) the gardens of the house are very lovely.
My friends family came fom Firle which seems virtually unspoilt, its a lovely area and allbeing well am going to stay with them again in a couple of weeks

I hope the weather is kind to you when you visit ! Have you been to Firle Place at all, tthey had a Spring Show in April which we intended going to but I , unusually for me, was unwell that day so we missed it.

I only come down once or twice a year but my friends have taken me to some lovely places-- Rudyard Kiplings home was a special one and Nymans gardens is it Firle that has the big bonfire

No, Pam, that'll be Lewes, Firle is very close to there. They put on an amazing torchlit procession, burning effigies of whoever is least popular at the time ! Many Politicians have gone up in flames ... lol ! We went to Nymans Gardens recently and I posted a Blog on it, that's where my old camera gave up the ghost, so to speak. Lovely N.T. gardens.

oh of course! Lewes has the long hill with the river at the bottom and when the floods came barrels of beer floated away and later they bottled it! what was it called? flood beer ?

I remember it well, October 2000, the Cuilfail Tunnel which takes you from the dual carriageway into Lewes was flooded, beer barrels, dead cattle and other horrible stuff ! Don't recall the name of the beer though.

Ah, have visited here once, several years ago. Wonderful village and drive in!
Many Thanks for letting me see it again. :-))

You're very welcome, David. It's so nice to see other parts of the country via the blogs on here. : o )))

I agree, Shirley - so much diversity in such a small country! :-))

Hi Shirley, back now from the sunny south ( although the weekend was plagued with low cloud which did nothing for the Shoreham airshow)
went to some nice places which featured more the house than the grounds which were mostly parkland, but they did take me to Paradise Park near Newhaven-- what a place-- huge garden centre with well looked after plants and a huge indoor section too, we didn't have time to visit the gardens as well but I think I could have spent the day there without a problem!

Just seen a picture of a glider which crashed at the air show ! We went to the Isle of Wight Fri-Mon, drizzly but no wind, came back to find quite a lot blown over in my back garden : o (((((

we have apples & plums all over the grass but the birds seem happy to clear up for us!
sorry to hear about the glider but I'm suprised that they flew with the low cloud