August Outing to Buscot

 In August we do not have a meeting but have an outing instead.  This year we went to the National Trust property Buscot Park and House.  Visitor Info (buscot-park.com)

It opens at 2:00pm so we decided to arrive early and take a picnic to eat at the picnic tables by the car park.  The weather wasn't quite playing ball but we were prepared and didn't get too wet.

Luckily the sun then came out and we had a lovely time wandering around the walled garden admiring the flowers and produce.

We also admired the fish swimming in the pool.

Some of us then had a walk around the beautiful grounds.

We had a wander around the house which had the Briar Rose murals by Edward Burne-Jones and a couple of the upstairs rooms had Pre-Raphaelite paintings on show and a beautiful bed.  These were of particular interest to us as it tied into this year's Arts and Crafts project that we are working on for Swindon Open Studios. 

 See more about that here   Great Western Embroiderers (swindonopenstudios.org)

 

We resisted having a dip in the pool and went for a delicious tea and cake instead before heading home.