Cragside

I'd forgotten how big the grounds of Cragside are, you could easily spend a few days here to see it all.  Think of this as a 'part one', I'm pretty sure we'll go back at some point. One thing I'd never seen before is the tropical fern garden, it's pretty unusual. Good one Cragside. I know I went on about this in the Wallington Hall post but it is so good having a national trust pass and being able to just get into these places for free. 

The house is very nearly hashtaggable as interior goals too. Lots of pastel tones and white brick. 

 
 

The tropical fernery in the 'Formal Gardens' area

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The Beach & The Kids

A day at Cullercoats beach with my parents & nieces.

 

Wallington Hall

Steven and I are always visiting country houses and gardens on our days off, and yesterday we headed up to Wallington Hall. The nice old man at the gate talked us into getting a membership which is probably the most exciting thing thats happened to me in a long time as we can now get into any National Trust property for free. Magical stuff. Peeling off that leafy sticker and putting it onto the windscreen of our car so they (other N.T. inner circle folk) know we can park for free was thrilling.

On a serious note, this will be incredibly helpful for those days when you can't think of anything to do. We can jump in the car with Pim and head out to Cragside or whatever and just have a good walk around, without worrying about paying £13 each.

So, Wallington Hall was our first tick off the Trust list. The greenhouse was one of the prettiest I've ever seen. 

 
 

Greenhouse exterior. I wish I could insert that 'hallelujah' emoji here.

 
 

I'm all about gardens but the interior inside the Hall wasn't bad either.