Bank Holiday Day Trip

[debris4spike]

Well here, at long last, are the photos from Bank Holiday Monday. At least we didn't get any rain, which we would have had if both of us had stayed at our own homes.

Christine and I went to Greenway House which is well known for being the home of Agatha Christie and her second husband. However the history dates back to Elizabethan times, the house is Georgian ... and there is graffiti in the library done by the US troops who were based there during WWII

It is situated on the edge of the river Dart ... so a lovely location for such great history.




Some of the WWII graffiti



Where Agatha Christie wrote her books - they have a first edition of all of them

Their bedroom.  Max Mallowan used his camp bed travelling all over Egypt, etc, and apparently got so used to it he continued to sleep on it even when settled back in England.





The portrait of Agatha as a child ... complete with the doll in the chair

And so to the garden &  grounds ....













Next to the entrance to the Air-Raid shelter


We also walked down to the river ... and ...



Hope you enjoyed the tour!

Comments

[kazzy-cee.livejournal.com]

Another place for my list of places to see!

[debris4spike]

Well that means I can re-visit and meet up in coffee shop ;)

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

What a nice spot - I like to think of her being happy there.

[debris4spike]

There was an interview with one of the children who spoke of how happy she was there - and much of the home seemed really "comfy" as we were walking round