Saturday lunchtime, picked Lilian up from her "Precept" class in Belfast and headed down to Greyabbey to collect Katie and go to a Food Fair in Mountstewart. Rick was at work. Lilian dropped me off at Mountstewart while she went on to pick up Katie so I lay down by the shore and read my paper in the sun, (which was very pleasant) until they came back.
The Food Fair was OK, some nice local produce but actually not that big a fair so we had a walk around Mountstewart Gardens on what turned out to be a very pleasant Autumn afternoon.
Mountstewart is sitting on about 100 acres and contains some interesting trees and shrubs from around the world and some fascinating topiary in the formal gardens. The National Trust do a good job of mantaining these old places.
Mount Stewart was the home of Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry during the famine. Lord Londonderry, one of the ten richest men in the United Kingdom, was criticised for his meanness during the famine: he and his wife Frances gave £30 to the local famine relief committee, but spent £150,000 renovating their house!
Saturday lunchtime, picked Lilian up from her "Precept" class in Belfast and headed down to Greyabbey to collect Katie and go to a Food Fair in Mountstewart. Rick was at work. Lilian dropped me off at Mountstewart while she went on to pick up Katie so I lay down by the shore and read my paper in the sun, (which was very pleasant) until they came back.
The Food Fair was OK, some nice local produce but actually not that big a fair so we had a walk around Mountstewart Gardens on what turned out to be a very pleasant Autumn afternoon.
Mountstewart is sitting on about 100 acres and contains some interesting trees and shrubs from around the world and some fascinating topiary in the formal gardens. The National Trust do a good job of mantaining these old places.
Mount Stewart was the home of Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry during the famine. Lord Londonderry, one of the ten richest men in the United Kingdom, was criticised for his meanness during the famine: he and his wife Frances gave £30 to the local famine relief committee, but spent £150,000 renovating their house!
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