October half term holiday visits in Kent.
In order of photos: Leeds Castle, Hever Castle, Petworth, Brighton Pavilion, Firle Place, Sissinghurst, Standen.
The places that were really interesting: Hever, Firle, Standen, Brighton, Sissinghurst.
Petworth is akin to the National Gallery and the staff fobbed us off when we tried to find out about the family members who worked there, plus we had to walk through the deer park to get to the house. If we had known this, we wouldn't have bothered going.
Hever was too busy, the exhibition was just panels of information, and mother had a meltdown because father moaned about how much money we spent in the shop. They need to have crowd control in the castle and better food, as it wasn't worth the money. Next time we must not visit during school holidays and must make sure parents don't wind each other up.
Firle is where the Bake off Professionals is filmed. It has a really interesting history though a good restaurant.
Sissinghurst and Standen had fascinating insights about the owners.
Brighton was good, but not as good as it was the first time with the Jane Austen exhibition.
Leeds had awful eatery places and an awful show about the queen's who lived there that was not informative or educational. Focused on the last owner rather than all of the history.
