Lyme Park

A nice bright start to the day. Although a little cloudy, it was nice and warm. We decided to drive the 14 miles to Lyme Park. Now managed by the National Trust it was the home of the Legh family for 600 years. The park has around 1400 acres of parkland and is home to Fallow and Red Deer.

We did the tour of the house and Gardens before heading down to the Old Timber Yard Café for a cuppa and a slice of cake. Then we walked up the hill to The Cage. The cage is a folly built as somewhere that the ladies could watch the men hunting. It was inhabited until 1920 when the last tenant moved out, and lay empty until it’s renovation in the 1990’s We went back to the caravan via the A537 better known as the Cat & Fiddle.