Still drizzling this morning. The sort that wets you through. Had a nice quick shower. Toilets were nice and clean, only one shower though, but had no trouble this morning. Mad cooked as our usual cooked breakfast which went down very nicely.
After breakfast we had a ride to Lilleshall Abbey, an English Heritage site, with a view to joining English Heritage. Unfortunately it turned out to be a free entry location with no facilities for joining. Now in ruins it was once an Augustinian abbey, later a Civil War stronghold, in a deeply rural setting. Much of the church survives, unusually viewable from gallery level, along with the lavishly sculpted processional door and other cloister buildings.
We then decided to go to Boscobel House. It has been, at various times; a farmhouse, a hunting lodge, and a holiday home, but it is most famous for its role in the escape of Charles II after the battle of Worcester in 1651. In the grounds is the Royal Oak, where Charles II hid to escape the parliamentarians. It is believed to be a direct descendant of the tree he actually hid in. With the rain now set in we went back to the caravan for a relaxing evening.
After breakfast we had a ride to Lilleshall Abbey, an English Heritage site, with a view to joining English Heritage. Unfortunately it turned out to be a free entry location with no facilities for joining. Now in ruins it was once an Augustinian abbey, later a Civil War stronghold, in a deeply rural setting. Much of the church survives, unusually viewable from gallery level, along with the lavishly sculpted processional door and other cloister buildings.
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