The Old Post Office, Tintagel, Cornwall (Pink Passport #26)
The Old Post Office, Tintagel, Cornwall (Pink Passport #26) The Pink Passport quest is fast drawing to a close, along with my summer holiday and as I was up in the area visiting a different site (the Witchcraft Museum), I decided to pop in here first as I knew it was only a small place […]
Godolphin House, Helston, Cornwall (Pink Passport #24)
Godolphin House, Helston, Cornwall (Pink Passport #24) The visits to National Trust properties in Cornwall continue with Pink Passport entry #24 – Godolphin House. A little about the place is as follows: Thomas Osborne, 4th Duke of Leeds (1713–89) inherited Godolphin in 1786 as the widower of Lady Mary Godolphin (1723–64). He commissioned a map […]
Glendurgan Gardens, Falmouth, Cornwall (Pink Passport #22)
Glendurgan Gardens, Falmouth, Cornwall (Pink Passport #22) Another National Trust property means another stamp in the Pink Passport, this time #22 – Glendurgan Gardens. I had been here a couple of years ago and as I was passing I decided to call in as I knew it was not a huge place and would not […]
East Pool Mine, Near Redruth, Cornwall (Pink Passport #23)
East Pool Mine, Near Redruth, Cornwall (Pink Passport #23) East Pool Mine, Near Redruth, Cornwall (Pink Passport #23) Determined to complete the Pink Passport within the year and also to embrace more of the Cornish mining heritage lead me to Easts Pool Mine. A bit of information about the site is as follows: At the […]
Buckland Abbey, Yelverton, Devon (Pink Passport #25)
Buckland Abbey, Yelverton, Devon (Pink Passport #25) The Pink Passport quest continued onto my annual holiday down to Devon and Cornwall with visit number 25 being to Buckland Abbey in Devon. It was not a place I had heard off before, but it appeared on my National Trust app as being local to where I […]
Hill Top, Lake District (Pink Passport #20)
Hill Top, Lake District (Pink Passport #20) The pink Passport quest continues with visit number 20, up to the Lake District to see the former home of Beatrix Potter, Hill Top. This was a place I had seen recently on Secrets of the National Trust, so the next fine weekend to arrive took me up […]
Lanhydrock, Cornwall, (Pink Passport #9)
Lanhydrock, Cornwall (Pink Passport #9) I have visited Lanhydrock a few times over the past few years as it’s one of those places that opens up new areas from time to time and it is located quite near to my Cornish base when I am down there. it was also the opportunity to add one of my […]
Dunham Massey, Altrincham (Pink Passport #18)
Dunham Massey, Altrincham (Pink Passport #18) The quest to see 30 National trust properties to complete the “Pink Passport” continued with what was stamp number 18 – Dunham Massey. This is actually a revisit to a place I have been to a few times before, but pre-Pink-Passport, plus the last time I visited here I […]
Gawthorpe Hall, Burnley (Pink Passport #7)
Gawthorpe Hall, Burnley (Pink Passport #7) The quest for 30 National Trust properties visited continues with another local to me property – Gawthorpe Hall, which is in fact a place I have been to a couple of times previously, however I am trying to improve my photo skills by taking less “tourist” type shots and […]
Greenway, Brixham, Devon (Pink Passport #13)
Greenway, Brixham, Devon (Pink Passport #13) Greenway, also known as Greenway House, is an estate on the River Dart near Galmpton in Devon, England. Once the home of the author Agatha Christie, it is now owned by the National Trust. The estate is served by a steam railway service with trains from Paignton and Kingswear […]
