Synopsis: A visit to Castle Drogo for Helen, Mum and me. Rather a rainy day. Lunch picnic eaten in the car. The ‘castle’ interiors were looking great on this ideal day to be indoors. One of Jaffa’s last outings.
Castle Drogo - Mum, Helen, and one of the last photos of Jaffa
This turned out to be rather a rainy day. We arrived at Castle Drogo around lunchtime and I had thought that we might find a nice place to have a picnic lunch in the grounds of the castle, but instead had to eat our lunch in the car. Before lunch we did a quick walk around the grounds of Castle Drogo taking Jaffa the dog with us. This photo of Jaffa was the last I ever took of him, and is possibly the last photo of him, as he passed away, very nearly 16 years old, only a few days later.
Castle Drogo - dining room
As it happens, Castle Drogo was a good choice of places to visit on a rainy day, as we could tour the house unaffected by the weather. The property was more presentable than it had been on my last visit, when a number of rooms where in a state of partial disassembly whilst restoration work was taking place. One of the rooms that can now be seen in all its glory is the dining room which looks sumptuous laid out for a meal as it is.
Notice anything strange about the electric candelabra? Well, they have no cables to them, as the electricity is carried to them in the table cloth. Ingenious, but didn’t really catch on, possibly due to the risk of electrocution!
Castle Drogo - quite some shower: shower, spray or bath
I had rather a surprise in store for me on entering the bathroom. I said to Helen that I always liked to see the bathrooms in these old houses as they tended to make mine look quite modern. However, when we entered the main bathroom of Castle Drogo we came to see a bath suite that was state-of-art for its day. The bath also serves as a shower which not only has an overhead shower rose but also has the means to spray water from jets built into the side of the shower walls. This was all a good deal more advanced than my simple bath, so it was Helen who had the last laugh when she saw this. Yet more ammunition with which to nag me about getting my bathroom upgraded.
I had thought that we might have taken a walk along the River Teign after our tour of the house, but it was raining as we left the house, so all we were inclined to do was take a quick stroll through the castle gardens as we returned to our car.
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