Last weekend, my primary human and I travelled to the Doddington Hall estate in Lincolnshire for a reading retreat (www.readingretreat.co.uk). We were welcomed with open arms (and a goody bag) by our hosts, Cressi and Sara, and enjoyed a wonderful couple of days, reading and relaxing:
I met Mr Ted (Teddy to his friends), who was accompanying his human on the retreat. We bonded over cake and a book by the visiting author, George Mann:
The retreat took place at Holly Farm cottage, which is part of the Doddington Hall estate, so we took the opportunity to visit the hall itself:
There was an interesting stone pyramid in the grounds, which proved a bit tricky to find, but was worth it:
Inside the hall, this friendly chap showed me round the library:
There was a very grand reception room, where they hold weddings:
There was also a rather fun, and beautifully decorate tent room:
We saw some lovely gardens from the upper windows:
So we went to explore and found lots of flowers:
There were unicorns everywhere – from topiary:
To carved art on sale at the shop:
There was also an extensively stocked farm shop, where we gained quite a haul of excellent goodies:
It was a glorious weekend, and we can’t wait until our next reading retreat, which will be in November.