Love is the most powerful and still most unknown energy in the world.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881 – 1955)
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After saying goodbyes at The Coach House I drove across country and called in at Mainsgill Farm Shop for a cup of tea. When I arrived Kevin was there greeting all the ladies. He seems to have become a bit more gregarious since my last visit, he was posing in front of a row of ladies who were photographing him.
It had been the intention to to visit the farm for lunch on the way to Northumberland but the SatNav (human variety) malfunctioned and I ended up taking a ‘wrong turn‘, and going via Kirkby Lonsdale, which was a rather long detour.
On a recent post a comment was made about bears and seatbelts. It reminded me of another incident that occurred last time I visited the farm. When I got back to the car I noticed something on the back seat that took me by surprise….
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Sit and rest a while with me…
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This Palladian villa was built in 1758 by Patrick Home:
Before the union between Scotland and England in 1707 this was a hotly contested border area, and only fortified buildings survive from earlier times. Patrick’s grandfather and uncle took part in the Jacobite uprising of 1715, and earlier generations of the family had been major players during centuries of border conflict.
Visitors had been less that welcome in the troubled times, but peace and prosperity in the new United Kingdom made it possible to construct this architectural gem just 250 meters from the border. Paxton stands as a fine example of the design and craftsmanship of Adam and Chippendale, and it tells the story of the social and environmental history of the last two hundred years. *
*From the Foreword in the Paxton House guidebook by John Home Robertson.
8 Comments CherryPie on Aug 30th 2011
