Belton House

 

Belton House is beautiful!

You get fantastic value from Belton in that you are to view more rooms in this house than any other I have visited on the NT. The staff are so friendly and informative and extremely passionate about the house and the history behind it.

The café is reasonably priced and there is even a cart driven by a friendly guy called 'Robin' that will escort you from the car park to the house and pick you up on demand to take you where ever you wish to go. An invaluable service for someone with disabilities.

 

Wendy and I did the 'Downstairs Tour' which is free and runs 2/3 times a day. It takes you through the basement, the staffs quarters and we saw where they stored wine, beer and food, how it was loaded into the house and was given a brief history of what it would have been like to work at Belton House in days gone by. It was excellent!

 

We left Belton at around 5pm homeward bound and completely knackered!

 

 

Scalford Hall Hotel

Scalford Hall Hotel is a beautiful Edwardian country house with a lot of history.

It is believed that the game Cluedo was based on the original layout of the hunting lodge.

Built in 1908 by Major Mann Thompson (*a friend of Edward VIII)

Colonel Colman (of Colman's mustard) owned the lodge in 1944 until his death in 1969

*Read my notes on the journal page

Miss B's Tearooms, Melton Mowbray

 

It's my besties birthday coming up so I booked a hotel for us in Melton Mowbray as a treat!

We took off Saturday morning and headed for the market square to have a walk about and visit a tearoom I'd researched on trip adviser.

 

Miss B's doesn't have a straight floor or wall anywhere! It's old, full of character and very friendly.

The views through the windows, from where we sat, look out to the church.

There are quite a few stairs as you enter as the tearoom is on a first floor, so if you struggle with stairs be warned there are no elevators.

 

We chose the 'Quiche Taster' which was a little, individual quiche served with homemade coleslaw and salad trim. It was delicious!!!

 

A little gem in the heart of Melton Mowbray.

Bosworth Hall, Market Bosworth, UK

 

A weekend in Market Bosworth.

 

Do not EVER stay at a Britannia hotel...It was atrocious!

 

The hall is beautiful though and completely wasted on this company!