Enjoying retirement
In The Red Rose County
We'd visited the beautiful village of Ripley before but never the castle which had always been shut. It is a Grade I listed 14th-century country house (the tower building), flanked by later additions. The Ingleby's have been the resident family for hundreds of years and as usual in any Northern large house , there are tales of bravery, sacrifice, service to country, persecution (Catholic of course), gambling away of fortunes and acquisition of grand art and artefacts. The tour inside was interesting if brief and rather general and of course no pictures. Afterwards we explored the grounds which were magnificent and worth repeat visits. And the village was just as nice as we remembered..... The Boar's Head pub was great too....... Ripley is only 3 miles from Harrogate so off we went - parking as usual by the side of the marvellous Valley Gardens. Walking through town we appreciated even more of its quirkiness......... Brunch in Weetons was lovely. This same week I spent two days watching Lancashire v Somerset at Old Trafford. Conditions rather warmer than the shot suggests. And it is nice to see our backyard blooming at last........
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