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Yep, definitely magnolia trees. Lots here in Virginia. They get messy when the blooms fall. Love all the flowers. Did it look like the water level in that lake was way down, or was there a beach area around it? I couldn't tell.
What a beautiful garden! It all flows nicely. And cows. Nothing wrong with more cows.
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Enjoyed your visit to the Icksworth Estate and loved the gardens and litchen especially! The latter reminded me a bit of LTT in WDW! The contrast between the servants and masters quarters was amazing and I expected that as there was such a class system in England and Europe in general back then.
Seems like the two of you were enjoying The Broads on the boat with such great scenery. Sorry, to hear about the error messages with your camera! Your dinner in Wroxham looked so good. You certainly picked the right place!
Looked like a lovely time on the steam engine train with a nice trip. Glad you were able to see some of your boys! Blinkling Hall looks like some place with the building, grounds and gardens!
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Looks like you timed your visit just right for the gardens. I'm sure they're beautiful in summer as well, but those spring flowers are wonderful. The beautiful trees are magnolias. Lots of them on my street!
Ah thank you so much - I knew someone here would know!
Yep, definitely magnolia trees. Lots here in Virginia. They get messy when the blooms fall. Love all the flowers. Did it look like the water level in that lake was way down, or was there a beach area around it? I couldn't tell.
I think the water levels were down. I have a vague recollection of Mark mentioning that to me as we looked at it....
Saturday 19 April – part five: look at the ceiling in here!
We headed inside Blicking Hall itself. This was the entrance hall…
We were seen by a volunteer, who checked that we had the correct stickers on, but that was it. He didn’t say anything else to us. We saw people heading upstairs, and we also saw people heading through the ground floor. We usually head up, and then go down, so we headed upstairs…
I was very impressed by the paintings in this room. Look closely – they’re actually painted on to the wall.
This bathroom wasn’t bad, but better was to come.
The next bedroom was pretty ornate, and we started to see a pattern in this house – look up in every room you go in, as the ceilings were pretty impressive.
This is the better bathroom – look at the decoration in it!
As we go through the rooms, you’ll notice a theme. There’s a lot of Chinese influence in here, which was introduced by the owners in the 1760s. This is the Chinese bedroom:
Once again, the ceilings were very ornate. This is the South Drawing Room.
This was a fascinating room to see, as usually it’s covered in tapestries, which were carefully rolled up on the floor while they renovate the electrical supply in here…
The next room was just breath taking and probably my favourite of the whole house. This is the Long Gallery. It’s now home to a library, holding more than 12,000 volumes.
Look at the ceiling in here!
They had mirrors so that you didn’t have to crane your neck to see all the little embellishments in it, which I thought was a great idea.
The next room wasn’t too shabby either… This is the Peter the Great Room, named because the second Earl of Buckinghamshire was ambassador to St. Petersburg from 1762 to 1765 and the Empress Catherine the Great presented him with a large tapestry of Peter the Great defeating the Swedes at the Battle of Poltawa.
This is the state bedroom…
This was the final of the rooms, before you headed down a flight of stairs to learn a bit more about the family’s life at Blickling Hall.
Then we found ourselves heading out. Ok, so we needed to do the downstairs first it seems…
Oh my I have fallen so far behind I almost met myself coming out the door. Your photos are gorgeous as usual I love the gardens and also the stained glass windows are beautiful.
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Your dinner in Wroxham looked so good. You certainly picked the right place! 
Blinkling Hall looks like some place with the building, grounds and gardens! 
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Beautiful, and the grounds are stunning! 
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