Blickling Hall
Having been driving pass Blickling Hall numerous times and couldn't help admiring this lovely looking Georgian mansion where The Boleyn family once lived (only over 500 years ago!) and is believed to be the birthplace of Anne Boleyn, Queen of England. The chance came last month when my mother in law came for a visit and I had to think of a place to entertain her, Blickling Hall seemed to tick all the boxes.

This is the print room (so I was told)
Blickling Hall main entrance
I was told not to use camera with flash inside the hall so I couldn't take as many photographs of the rooms as I should like for I only had a small digital camera -- not fair.
Anyway, this is a statue of Anne Boleyn greeting you at the main staircase
This sassy lady was Countess of Suffolk Henrietta Howard. I also bought a postcard of
her portrait. I think she was so charming and fashionable.
The library
An interesting window
The reflections of me and my mother in law -- not a couple of ghosts!
A beautiful walkway outside
We spent almost two hours inside the hall. We could have taken longer time than that if there weren't so many people in the way and we didn't get lost and found ourselves out into the back garden then couldn't be bothered to get back in.
Personally, I really enjoyed those couple hours in Blickling Hall as I have always loved old places. I love the feels of old places even they are not historic ones -- the feelings of someone was there before in the past. I also love the fact that every time I drive pass Blickling Hall, I can say to myself I have been in there.
Blickling Hall is in Blickling village, North of Aylsham town in North Norfolk. The village itself is lovely.
Literally, you can spend a whole day in Blickling Estate. Inside Blickling Hall is a coffee shop, a gift shop, a war museum and a plant stall.
Out on the way to the car park is a lovely pub "The Buckinghamshire Arms" serves very good foods at reasonable price with excellent service and another coffee shop at the ticket office.
You can also fish in the lake though you have to pay the tariff, not much a couple of pounds a day I think (we are going to do it this summer) or walk around the lake (we did it and it took 2 hours to complete the circuit -- so watch out!) it's free of charge. You will probably enjoy the ground more than the hall as a family and if you are a keen walker. At least, I do. I love walking around the Blickling lake and look at the reflection of the hall on the clear still water then all sorts of things would pop into my head-- it is so extremely romantic and so very inspiring.
Please visit http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/blickling-estate/ for further information.
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