It is strange, but very true, that it takes the visit of some faraway friends to prompt us to see what is in our local area.
Yesterday two very dear friends from South Beach in California came to visit us in Hitchin. Having joined English Heritage just a week ago, we decided to show them out three nearest properties, none of which we have ever visited. These were Houghton House near Ampthill, De Grey Mausoleum in Flitton and Wrest Park near Silsoe.
It was a really enjoyable day. The stark ruin of Houghton House, the inspiration for John Bunyan's 'House Beautiful', dominated the surrounding landscape, the Mausoleum of the De Grey family is a huge sepulchral chapel and the gardens at Wrest Park are vast and impressive.
We also had a great lunch in Ampthill and an excellent dinner in Hitchin to round off a varied and interesting day.
As ever, I took the flip video, and here is the result -
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