National Trust

Simon W · 12th April 2007, 09:19

Went to the National Trust's Upton House yesterday - near Edge Hill, Warwickshire (as in Battle of Edge Hill). Several ZTT's and 75's were there - a whole bunch of em in fact.

Upton House has one of the best 'back gardens' in England. It's stunning and is well worth a visit if you're within striking distance.

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main.../w-uptonhouse/

Another absolute stunner is Broughton Castle. It's not far from Upton House and is one of the loveliest sights in all England. If you're a bloke and you want a romantic day out with your good lady - this is the one.

http://www.broughtoncastle.com/index.htm

A few pics of Upton:

GreyGhost · 12th April 2007, 09:34

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Originally Posted by Simon W

Went to the National Trust's Upton House yesterday - near Edge Hill, Warwickshire (as in Battle of Edge Hill). Several ZTT's and 75's were there - a whole bunch of em in fact.

I hope you flyered them all.

Simon W · 12th April 2007, 10:44

Unfortunately I didn't have any flyers printed (printer is short of toner), so they all escaped the club's clutches.

Perhaps they were members anyway - one dark blue ZTT, one dark green Tourer, one metallic blue 75, amongst others.

GreyGhost · 12th April 2007, 10:48

Tree pics are excellent BTW.

Simon W · 12th April 2007, 12:09

Some of those trees are enormous - at least 100 feet. They must be ancient - perhaps they're 'Ents'.

lightpainter · 12th April 2007, 15:11

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Another absolute stunner is [I

Broughton Castle. [/I]It's not far from Upton House and is one of the loveliest sights in all England. If you're a bloke and you want a romantic day out with your good lady - this is the one.

You’re a right smoothy Simon, Great photos though!

Simon W · 12th April 2007, 19:44

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You’re a right smoothy Simon

Not guilty Lightpainter! I don't even have a good lady of my own (sadly). Broughton Castle speaks for itself - one of the most magical places on the planet. Just look at these:

http://michaelkenna.net/html/books/h...s/broughtn.jpg

http://www.tudortours.com/gallery/gallery10.gif

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/9197/...mages/155h.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/heartland/w...rotncastle.jpg

http://www.bbc.co.uk/oxford/content/...ul_420x284.jpg

http://www.britainexpress.com/counti...n-Photo-11.htm

It's a bit of a trek from Kent but take Mrs. Lightpainter there if you can. If you don't fall in love with the place on the spot, I will eat my car!

majedm75 · 13th April 2007, 08:40

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Originally Posted by Simon W

Went to the National Trust's Upton House yesterday - near Edge Hill, Warwickshire (as in Battle of Edge Hill). Several ZTT's and 75's were there - a whole bunch of em in fact.

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Originally Posted by Grey Ghost

I hope you flyered them all.

Simon, You could enter some of the pictures here in the thread about non-car related pictures. They are very nice

I keep in my car some club fliers, (those I translated into French) and I leave one each time I find a nice 75/ZT or pass it through the window if one happens to be next to me in a traffic jam...

Simon W · 13th April 2007, 09:02

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Originally Posted by majedm75

Simon, You could enter some of the pictures here in the thread about non-car related pictures. They are very nice

I will do that majedm, once I've sorted through them.

Meanwhile, I wanted to start a National Trust thread in the hope that members would get the urge to visit some of these fantastic places.

If it wasn't for the Trust, some of Britain's real jewels would have fallen apart and disappeared forever. (A bit like France's Versailles falling down to due to lack of money - what a disaster that would be).

This is from the NT's website:

"We care for 28 castles, 215 houses and gardens, 150 museums, 127 factories and mines, 57 villages, 47 dovecotes, 25 medieval barns, 78 mills, 19 pubs, 12 lighthouses, 31 nature reserves, 704 miles of coastline and 600,000 acres of countryside - for ever, for everyone."

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main...highlights.htm

Zeb · 13th April 2007, 09:32

Howsabout whenever a member visits a National Trust site they take a photo of their car in front of it (or thereabouts) and add it to this thread along with details about the place? We have the smallest NT building they own just up the lane from us...a tiny wattle and daub farmer's cottage....I will start there!

12th April 2007, 09:19	#1
Simon W This is my second home Rover 75 2.0 Litre Club Saloon Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: S Posts: 3,280 Thanks: 38 Thanked 50 Times in 47 Posts	National Trust Went to the National Trust's Upton House yesterday - near Edge Hill, Warwickshire (as in Battle of Edge Hill). Several ZTT's and 75's were there - a whole bunch of em in fact. Upton House has one of the best 'back gardens' in England. It's stunning and is well worth a visit if you're within striking distance. http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main.../w-uptonhouse/ Another absolute stunner is Broughton Castle. It's not far from Upton House and is one of the loveliest sights in all England. If you're a bloke and you want a romantic day out with your good lady - this is the one. http://www.broughtoncastle.com/index.htm A few pics of Upton: Last edited by Simon W; 12th April 2007 at 09:25..

12th April 2007, 10:44	#3
Simon W This is my second home Rover 75 2.0 Litre Club Saloon Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: S Posts: 3,280 Thanks: 38 Thanked 50 Times in 47 Posts	Unfortunately I didn't have any flyers printed (printer is short of toner), so they all escaped the club's clutches. Perhaps they were members anyway - one dark blue ZTT, one dark green Tourer, one metallic blue 75, amongst others.

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GreyGhost Banned 180+ Sport Auto Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Bedford Middle Level Posts: 17,787 Thanks: 0 Thanked 18 Times in 5 Posts	Tree pics are excellent BTW.

12th April 2007, 12:09	#5
Simon W This is my second home Rover 75 2.0 Litre Club Saloon Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: S Posts: 3,280 Thanks: 38 Thanked 50 Times in 47 Posts	Some of those trees are enormous - at least 100 feet. They must be ancient - perhaps they're 'Ents'.

13th April 2007, 09:32	#10
Zeb Banned MGZT V8 & ZTT 190+LPG Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 8,089 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Howsabout whenever a member visits a National Trust site they take a photo of their car in front of it (or thereabouts) and add it to this thread along with details about the place? We have the smallest NT building they own just up the lane from us...a tiny wattle and daub farmer's cottage....I will start there!