27 April
After spending the morning in Bath where we enjoyed a nice brunch at Sally Lunns, Ian and I returned to Bristol in time to visit the Open Day at Goldney Hall. This historic house was built in the early 1700s for the merchant Thomas Goldney. His grandson laid out its famous gardens which is well known for its many follies including a grotto, a tower, a rotunda, an ornamental canal and a bastion. The hall is now owned by the University of Bristol and only open to the public once a year. It was shame that it was raining most of the time that we were there but I did enjoy seeing the gardens. The grotto was the most impressive as its wall were plastered with exotic shells and coral.
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