Arlington Court

The National Trust property at Arlington Court is now open for this year after the Winter closure, and likewise I'm back to helping in the stables.   It was good to get back there and see what has been happening over the winter, and to find they have a new horse. .......


This is Theo, another Gelderlander.....isn't he handsome

and matches well for the carriage with Solo..

preparing to 'put to' the carriage for a training session

(why do horses always poop just as you go to take a photo!!)

These horses match so well and we are hoping that their

training together will mean that Carriage Rides will be

open to the public very soon

meanwhile, when it came to lunch time I grabbed the opportunity to take some photos 

(these are tenant cottages on the estate)

near the Old Granary, which is on staddle stones

 

In fact a couple of years ago Google streetview cycled round the estate

and trust me to have been stood there!!  Here's the picture they took

....so I got me blitted out!!! (actually I was sketching at the time...no obsession there then!)

Opposite where I was standing is the entrance to the Carriage museum and stables...I absolutely Love these gates..

and I found time for a quick sketch of the cottages, but didn't realise I had used a non waterproof pen, doh!.  I coloured this in when I got home and just worked around the fact that the pen had been a mistake.

Til next time at Arlington....when I hope to get some videos done

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