The forecast said this morning would be better than this afternoon, so we headed off in the car to the National Trust property, Sudbury Hall. The estate was owned by the Vernon family — and they also owned coal mines in Poynton, and had a canal basin, Lord Vernon’s Wharf, which is of course now the home of Braidbar Boats. The hall is rather impressive outside and inside.
The basement contains a museum of childhood, but we decided we didn’t particularly need to see that. Just outside the National Trust property is a collection of former stables round a courtyard, now converted into artisan shops including a pottery, and a coffee shop where we had tea.
Then we had a walk round the village, which has some interesting buildings and quint streets.
We drove the half hour back to the boat, just as the rain started for a little while. This afternoon, Adrian has been doing work on his charity job while I went out to complete my steps, only getting rained on right at the end.
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