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It's time to move on and move forward.
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That is in amazing good shape for being so very old. It's a very good reminder of how very young our country is. I just love that history! And the Harry Potter part is awesome!!
I, too, will implore you to read the Harry Potter books! The first one, and most of the second one, are nearly a spot-on match to the movie. But the rest of the movies are generalized as there's just so much more detail in the book. It may be directed towards kids, but the storyline and the way it's written are just so well done. It's very hard not to be hooked! If nothing else, it's worth knowing the history of what's going on at Universal Orlando - which is just... I don't have words... immersive? It's so very well done it's well worth the price of admission just to see all the tiny little details within the Harry Potter area at Universal! Sorry, I just love Harry Potter. Ok, done now...
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I would be fangirling over being in a location they filmed Harry Potter - they are like comfort movies and books to me. Plus everything about "Hogwarts" is just so beautiful in the movies! I was trying to figure out how I could fit in an HP tour of London into my ABD
Some great photos inside the abbey! Interesting history on its' background! I liked the sign about the Dumb Waiter!
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How cool about that being a setting for the Harry Potter movies!! Have you not read them, either? I normally am not a fan at all of that genre, but finally decided to give them a try after DH & DS raved about them. I read the entire series in six weeks - once I started I couldn't stop (I think I finished the first 2 in three days). Give them a try - and I always recommend books before movies - the movies are good, but quite abbreviated.
I've not read the books. To be honest, I am not a big book reader, outside of travel guides, books about Disney and whenever I'm revising a language (can you tell I'm working on my Italian right now? ) I just never found any fiction that I enjoyed once I got into my early to mid 20s....
That is in amazing good shape for being so very old. It's a very good reminder of how very young our country is. I just love that history! And the Harry Potter part is awesome!!
I, too, will implore you to read the Harry Potter books! The first one, and most of the second one, are nearly a spot-on match to the movie. But the rest of the movies are generalized as there's just so much more detail in the book. It may be directed towards kids, but the storyline and the way it's written are just so well done. It's very hard not to be hooked! If nothing else, it's worth knowing the history of what's going on at Universal Orlando - which is just... I don't have words... immersive? It's so very well done it's well worth the price of admission just to see all the tiny little details within the Harry Potter area at Universal! Sorry, I just love Harry Potter. Ok, done now...
Maybe one day in the dim and distant future when I have time to settle down and read, that's why I prefer real life books about Disney and travel guides, as generally I can pick those up when I have five minutes, as that's how it goes with me...
I would be fangirling over being in a location they filmed Harry Potter - they are like comfort movies and books to me. Plus everything about "Hogwarts" is just so beautiful in the movies! I was trying to figure out how I could fit in an HP tour of London into my ABD
with that one, as I don't think you have much downtime while you're in London...
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The abbey is just so beautiful and interesting that someone lived here until 2011. I didn't think some of it was looking familiar, so I wasn't surprised when you showed the sign that HP was filmed here.
Wednesday 7 May – part four: what’s that sugar lump doing there?
We headed into the Pulpit Room, which is decorated how it would’ve been when Matilda Talbot lived here, based on memories of her niece. She was the one who donated the abbey, village and surrounding land to the National Trust in 1945.
Then we were into the Stone Gallery, which the nuns once used as a communal dormitory. The ceiling then was double the height it is today.
Off here was the Tapestry Room, so named for the four tapestries dating from the 1600s that once hung in here.
I found this children’s nursery area a bit freaky – I’m not sure if I was a child, I’d like a rug like this..
Next we entered the Cloister Room, which felt very homely.
Then it was into the Short Lobby. Short it may be, but it was certainly packed with books!
This was the Upper East Bedroom…
… and this was the Tower, which was used for storing treasures, and was also the place that visitors were taken to see the views from the roof.
This was the Blue Room. No prizes for guessing how it got its name…
This was one of my favourite rooms of the whole tour, the South Gallery “Parlour”. Isn’t it lovely?
Now this is where I need to explain about one of the most famous residents of Lacock Abbey. William Henry Fox Talbot was essentially the inventor of photography, so I’m very grateful to him (and I’m sure a lot of you are too ) and this is where the first photo was taken. Now how cool is this?
Then we headed into the Dining Room. The whole way round I’d been saying how this felt like somewhere you could actually live, but this room was the exception. It felt quite cold to me.
We finished up our tour in the Great Hall, and wow what a way to finish the tour! It was created by John Ivory Talbot in 1754 and 1755.
In this photo, look carefully at the goat…
…. that’s a sugar lump on his nose. The National Trust volunteer in here explained it was a joke by a student in 1919, and ever since then, they’ve kept the joke going. What a neat story!
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I haven't read the HP books either, although DD has! 
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Interesting history on its' background! I liked the sign about the Dumb Waiter! 
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I've not read the books. To be honest, I am not a big book reader, outside of travel guides, books about Disney and whenever I'm revising a language (can you tell I'm working on my Italian right now? 
) I just never found any fiction that I enjoyed once I got into my early to mid 20s....
with that one, as I don't think you have much downtime while you're in London... 
It was created by John Ivory Talbot in 1754 and 1755. 
that’s a sugar lump on his nose. The National Trust volunteer in here explained it was a joke by a student in 1919, and ever since then, they’ve kept the joke going. What a neat story! 
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