Today began with lashing rain in Oxfordshire and it continued through our visit to Highclere Castle aka "Downton Abbey", home to the Earls of Carnavon. Great fun to be there. Bad news was that no photos were allowed of the interior rooms. The rooms are exactly the same as shown in the series including the dining room where so many scenes of those Grantham family dinners are shot. It's a beautiful home and despite its size, feels quite cosy. Place was packed with visitors...lots of big tour buses..at 20 pounds per head the Carnavons are doing well!
Very interesting Egyptian exhibit in the basement. The 5th Lord Carnavon financed Howard Carter 's King Tut expeditions and was present at the Tut discovery. Unfortunately he died from blood poisoning due to an infected mosquito bite while in Egypt a few months after the big discovery - giving rise to the "curse of King Tut" theory.
From there we drove through more rain to Bath. The old town was built in the 2nd half of the 18th c. and it is the best Georgian architecture. A very beautiful city We will have photos tomorrow to share.
This picture is of our local pub. Carl never got to see the Beatles - Pete Best was the 5th beatle - so this might be as close as he gets. And it proves to Ed that Carl is on this trip.
Location:Bath, Gloucester
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