Well, not quite but we did dine at Sandringham today. What a delightful visit it was. Bathed in sunshine we had a lovely walk from our site through the woods and arrived at Sandringham House soon after it opened.
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Sandringham from across the lawns
It is a house that although large (110 bedrooms when originally built in 1870) it was quite homely and the guides were excellent. Sue can now place exactly where the main Christmas tree is placed (one of 12 around the house at Christmas) and everywhere you looked there were personal items on display. Apparently Sandringham is one of the few places actually owned by The Queen and not the State so it is very special to her. A walk through the grounds took us to a museum where a lot of carriages and cars are on display, even the half scale Aston Martin presented to the two Princes (sons of Charles and Diana) in 1988. They even had the very first car bought by a King in 1900 (Reg No. A7). On exiting we walked through the grounds and visited the Sandringham Church where the Royal Family walk to on Christmas Day. Apparently nowadays the Queen usually goes by car but Prince Phillip walks and strides out waiting for the others to catch him up. I just hope I am the same at 90+.
Sandringham Church
All in all a lovely day, helped by the sunshine we had until it went dark tonight.
Sue at the main entrance to Sandringham
Moving on to West Runton tomorrow so we’ll see what that is like.
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