Sally-Part 87.SEATON DELAVAL HALL . ENGLAND IN OLD -FASHIONED AUTUMN GLORY ! THIS BLOG IS DEDICATED TO FELIX WHO AMAZINGLY READ ALL MY BLOGS IN ONE SITTING AND LOVES FLOWERS !

Of course New England in it's autumnal splendour is magnificent but huge ! So why not try Seaton Delaval Hall in Northumberland on a sunny afternoon for a brief stroll around it's wilder parts before visiting it's three beautiful gardens which are such a treat and only a five minute drive from my house where you are all welcome to pop in for a cup of English tea and a selection of muffins, crumpets and fruit scones with lashings of  butter, double cream, strawberry jam and home-made ginger beer and lemonade all served in our huge Edwardian conservatory !

NOT !

THE VANBURGH MASTERPIECE !

HAVE YOU READ 'THE SECRET GARDEN' ?

IMPOSSIBLY BEAUTIFUL !

WOW !

GORGEOUS !

PURE VELVET !

CRYSTAL CLEAR IN THE AFTERNOON SUN !

WHAT FANTASTIC LIGHT

STUNNING !

QUICK ! BEFORE WINTER SETS IN !

The truth about England in autumn is that you can find beauty everywhere without having to pay for it but The National Trust owns and maintains such places as this and Cragside at Rothbury and Wallington Hall and they are all marvellous
to visit and I'm not only addressing foreign visitors but all the locals who wouldn't dream of going !