6/9/11 trip to the halls

Today we took a train to go see first Haddon Hall then Hardwick Hall. A bunch of us were trying to get off the train but the doors wouldnt open and the train started moving so we had to ride another 10 minutes to the next stop and wait for the train to go the other way again. Now everytime its our stop I will rush to the door!


At Haddon Hall the family emblems are a boars head, and a peacock so thats the reasoning behind the cool hedges.

Entering in the door inside the door :)

Near the front of Haddon Hall, this is in The Princess Bride!!! the part where they announce Princess Buttercup

In the chapel they had the old paintings revealed in some spots

They obviously had a sense of humor at haddon, a down spout of a guy peeing haha and im not making that up, the tour guide told me so

A beautiful charcoal and watercolor theyhave inside.

Love these windows!!! They are angled diamond shapes to force the light to reflect and light up the room better.

It was such a beautiful day, and only sprinkled for a bit :)

Hardwick Hall, The E.S. was all over inside and out

The ruins of the old house which is right next to the new one

Chillin on some ruins surrounded by beautiful green grass and trees :)

Oh how I love the sun!

The Long Gallery...i think the name is pretty self explanatory haha When these rooms were in fashion they were sometimes used to exercise and play games in.

It was pretty dark in the house and no flash photography was allowed but there were lots of lights that threw these beautiful shadows on the ceiling