Saturday 29 May - Unsure of whether our passports would come in time we decided to rent a car for the bank holiday weekend, just in case we weren't able to get away the following week. We went to Lacock village, which we visited before, briefly over the christmas holiday but everything was closed. We took advantage of our newly acquired National Trust membership and visited the Fox Talbot museum. Fox talbot is considered the father of photography and there were some amazing examples of the earliest photographs, many of which recorded elements of the nearby Abbey estate. After a tour of the museum we visited the Abbey gardens. Despite the showers we walked along the woodland paths and visited the formal and rose gardens. Along the way we were joined by a black and white cat who followed us for a while and was constantly looking for attention. Next up was the Abbey. This Amazing estate was once home to about 35 nuns until Henry VIII kicked them out. The courtyard and its surrounding rooms are very gothic looking and were used for filming in two of the Harry potter films. The Abbey is an amazing place to visit as it has the gothic elements of the abbey as well as many treasures belonging to the families which lived in the Abbey once it became a private residence. After thoroughly exploring the abbey we wandered around the quaint village of Lacock before heading over to my favorite garden centre the next village over.
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