by Helen Kain | Feb 25, 2019 | Castles & Stately Homes, Unique Places to Stay
“Daffodils, that come before the swallow dares, and take the winds of March with beauty” (Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale, act 4, sc. 4) Daffodils abound at Hartwell House, swirling in colourful drifts around the historic house-cum-hotel. Anyone who has ever planted...
by Helen Kain | Apr 3, 2018 | Unique Places to Stay
We are finishing up our time in England and head home tomorrow. In my spare moments throughout the trip, I’ve been busily sorting and processing photos in an attempt to wrestle more than 2,000 of them into a workable number for future blogs. The good news is...
by Helen Kain | Sep 20, 2017 | Castles & Stately Homes, Gardens, Unique Places to Stay
We’ve been settled in Kent for almost a week now, in a tiny cottage on the grounds of Leeds Castle. One of the benefits of staying on the property is the ability to wander the grounds after everyone has gone home, so we got these night shots a couple of evenings...
by Helen Kain | Sep 14, 2017 | Castles & Stately Homes, Unique Places to Stay
We are very comfortably situated at the Chatsworth Hunting Tower, and have had a marvellous few days visiting Haddon Hall, Hardwick Hall and the exhibit at Chatsworth itself, House Style, Five Centuries of Fashion. More to come on all of these adventures! The...
by Helen Kain | Jun 22, 2013 | Castles & Stately Homes, Gardens, Unique Places to Stay
It has been a lifelong ambition of mine to see the great gardens of England, and Sissinghurst Castle was top of the list. The home of Vita Sackville-West and her husband, Harold Nicolson, together they created one of England’s most beautiful and famous gardens....
by Helen Kain | Jun 22, 2013 | Unique Places to Stay
On our last night before we left for Sissinghurst, we went to Cliveden for dinner. An Italianate mansion set among 375 acres, it’s most famous for being the home of Nancy Astor and her cronies (do women have cronies?) during the roaring 1920s and more subdued...
