Went there yesterday as trying to visit as many National Trust properties as possible this year and, although we don't live far away from it,we've never got round to going.Wondered if anyone else had been? We both agreed that we came away with no sense of the past and did mention it to the staff there. They said that most people prefer the bareness of it as it allows them to use their imagination, but we felt our imagination needed more information and a bit of a kick start. Also the tearoom there was very basic and I thought that NH properties did quite well from the income from their tearooms. They did say that there isn't a lot of information/photos etc about workhouses as they weren't deemed to be of interest at the time but I have found quite a lot of stuff on the internet that's interesting. 24 Hours in the Past filmed there and donated furniture etc so some of the rooms aren't as sparse as they had been; I'm hoping the programme might be on catchup; if not it might have been a good idea for the Workhouse to show the programme to visitors? We have ben to other National Trust properties where they don't listen to critiscism [the people working there have told us so]. Am I just being mrsgrumpy about it ?
apple trees not flowering this year. Anyone else?
Lack of public toilets in towns.