Oh, What a night!
Tina McInerney
After the tour of the house, Basildon Park, we went for a walk around the estate then hopped in the car and drove to Woodstock. Dominic drove up after work and we met up with him for a meal. In the morning, Dad and Dominic went off to play golf whilst I poked around the town. When they came back Dominic and I went for a walk around Blenheim Palace which is the huge estate just outside Woodstock - we walked more than 6 kms and that was not the outermost perimeter! After the walk, Dominic drove back to Brighton and we met up with Claire and Andy and the girls. We were all there for a special event - Alice in the Palace! It was a Christmas pageant in the Palace which had been decorated in the Alice theme. Trees in every room! And so much more! After that walk through Wonderland, we had tea in one of the cafes and then went for an illuminated walk around the grounds - more amazement! I think you will all have to come for a Christmas holiday here to experience all that goes on to do with Christmas - Switching on the town lights, parades through the town, lantern parades, Christmas Carols in the town square - and the list goes on. So many of the historic houses dress the houses for Christmas and are quite spectacular.
of course, I took photos but they don’t do any of it justice but here are some of them. I haven’t added photos of the illuminated walk as they didn’t show the lights very well but it was quite spectacular.
The next morning, we met up again with Claire and Andy for brunch after which they drove home and we drove off to visit another old house!
Blenheim Palace and the lake
