Wimpole Estate

 Yesterday was very enjoyable showing Lynn around the Wimpole Estate and taking lots of photographs in the varied locations and with changing weather conditions. I was using my full-spectrum camera which gave some interesting colours and tones to the day.

Wimpole Farm

We had Wimpole Farm to ourselves yesterday - very different to school holidays and during lambing. Large numbers of piglets in the pens and more to be born so very noisy with all the grunts. I always like an excuse for monochrome as with the old farm machinery 

Christmas at Wimpole Hall NT

Yesterday was fine and sunny so I decided on a walk to Wimpole across the fields for lunch. As the Hall was open, I had a look round before the walk back. As part of the route was very muddy, I certainly felt I had walked the 11 miles by the time I got back home.

Wimpole Way Walk

I decided to make the most of yesterday's sunny mild day (warmest on record etc) and walk from Arrington back home - most of the walk is part of the Wimpole way (a walk from Wimpole Hall to Cambridge). Here a photographic record of my walk (around 6 miles) which I think supports the claim  that the Wimpole Walk, along ancient trackways and small sections of country roads, provides good views of some of Cambridgeshire's most varied and attractive landscapes, including  the spectacular 18th Century estate of Wimpole Hall,

Wimpole Christmas Lights Trail

This is the first time Wimpole Hall (National Trust) has organised a Christmas Lights Trail. We visited on Sunday and came away with mixed feelings. It is certainly very bright and festive with lots of very clever modern technology both in light and sound. The main drawbacks were the very large number of visitors combined with the narrowness of the paths meant that there was a lot of queueing and you were too close to the exhibits (for people with sensitive eyes it was uncomfortable in many areas). For me, the best exhibits were the 'standard' coloured lighting of trees and features and the lighting of the Hall itself.