We decided to come home on Friday because we felt that Sense would be missing us particularly as this was our second holiday in a month. At breakfast Jean realised that she had lost a bracelet possibly at the pub. Fortunately it had been found by the darts team and we were able to collect it as we set off home with our car just as full as when we arrived.
We decided to make further use of our English Heritage and stop on the way at Audley End House. It was quite close to the M11 near Cambridge. We would have found it difficult to justify visiting without our membership. The entrance fees would have been £22 even for pensioners!
We went round the house on the guided tour which did show us so much more than we would have seen by ourselves. The 'downstairs' rooms were interesting. Jean was horrified by the idea of two laundry maids having to manage 600 items of washing a week. The equipment required a lot of physical effort.
The kitchen garden is huge and the range of plants is fascinating. I'm sure that there are things that we missed but we did want to get through Peterborough before people started leaving work.
Even though we were bringing food home from Stibton Park, we had to call at Tesco's for a few essentials.
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