1. We almost stumble upon the first tapestry – it’s outsized, the wrong scale for the room, even in a vast house with ridiculously high ceilings. The colour are blindingly bright but – as we notice – not pure, not flat. The amount of detail – both in the amount of stuff featured and the precision of the work – is also dazzling.
2. The springer puppy desperately wants to meet Lily: it eyes us longingly from the other table.
2b. The man in the tuxedo and the woman in the ivory bridesmaid’s dress walk through the courtyard puddles in their wellies.
2c. Lily gets muddy on the walk up to the Little Temple and I suggest she has a dunk in the stream on the way back to the car. John’s right though – the stream bed is muddy underneath the leaves and clear water. She sinks down into it and flaps a happy tail on the surface. Later, she turns a towel black and the water in the shower runs a coffee-brown for just ages.
3. We’re all on good form.
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