We went with some friends to visit Anglesey Abbey. We met up for lunch in the nice cafe, then set off to look round the house. The house itself is rather fine.
Although actually old, it was occupied up until the middle of the 20th century, when it was left to the National Trust. The interior is a mix of the old and the (relatively) new. The library is particularly fine.
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| The Library, with about 6000 bound books |
One of our friends who knows we have a lot of books, but not quite how many, jokingly asked how our collection compared. He was somewhat startled when we said we had about two and a half times as many as this. But not all in one room, of course!
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| A close-up of the central shelves above, showing the curious uniform binding of different height books, under a wibbly-wobbly paper dust cover. |
Once we'd finished with the house (and its surprising number of moonscape paintings), we went to walk round the gardens. There were a variety of styles.
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formal garden with statues and triffids
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| woodland walk: the contrast of all the silver bark against the dark hedge was stunning |
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| more science fictional vegetation |
Then we rounded off the day with another trip to the cafe, and a cream scone tea. An enjoyable excursion.
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