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Midlands based family of bookworms exploring the wonderful heritage of the National Trust and their quirky second-hand bookshops as we wander 📚🌿

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Introducing Trusty Tomes Bookshop Bingo!! A fun way to show the wonderful variety of @nationaltrust secondhand bookshops and the books you can find in them. We’ll be sharing our first visit on Thursday, which happens to be World Book Day, and we can’t wait 📚

[Charlecote Park (NT) @CharlecoteNT]

TODAY (20 March) is the #Spring Equinox - and the days will become longer as we head for the Summer.
We've been for a stroll in the parkland and enjoying the start of a new season.

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For our @WorldBookDayUK Day out we're going to be visiting Attingham Park.
It's over a year since our last visit (so not recent pics)

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It’s back to ABC for next week’s @WorldBookDayUK and where we go for our special day out - choosing from
A - for ATTINGHAM PARK
B - for BADDESLEY CLINTON
or
C - for CANON’S ASHBY

It’s a touch choice - what would you choose ?

[Charlecote Park (NT) @CharlecoteNT]

Making an appearance around the park and grounds in time for #NationalSnowdropDay - signs that Spring is just around the corner.

[Charlecote Park (NT) @CharlecoteNT]

ON THIS DAY - 2 Feb 1853 The new church of St Leonard's was opened. Mary Elizabeth Lucy had the old church demolished and a new one built in memory of her late husband George. "The weather was perfect" she wrote, and the church was so full there was no seat for Mary Elizabeth!

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This seems a very petty reason not to go ahead with the proposed release.

No 10 blocks beaver release plan as officials view it as ’Tory legacy’ https://t.co/Im8lTdOLe3

[Charlecote Park (NT) @CharlecoteNT]

Charlecote Park will be closed on Monday 6 January as we will be taking down the Christmas decorations and the Christmas trail.

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@photofan9000 @NTBaddesley Hanbury is great fun but liking the sound of a Narnia themed event. Look forward to hearing more about this after your visit.

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🎄Getting into the Festive spirit with visits to Hanbury (serious retro 80s makeover here) at @NTBaddesley.
Lots of Christmas books available but we settled for a selection of serious French works (being intellectual types don't you know 🤪)

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Festive day out to Hanbury decked in 80s retro splendour, and ⁦@NTBaddesley⁩

[Charlecote Park (NT) @CharlecoteNT]

SOUND ON for Christmas at Charlecote.
The Festive season is here and the doors are open for our Victorian Christmas Party.
Enjoy the sights and sounds of Christmas at the historic home of the Lucy family.
Entry included in admission -open daily to 5 Jan (Closed Christmas Day)

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We were very lucky to be given a sneak peek of Christmas @CharlecoteNT last week!! All we’ll say for now is that for anyone planning to visit, you are in for a treat this Christmas. Charlecote reopens the house on this Saturday (November 30th) 🎄

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@nt_scones @nationaltrust Just needs a voucher to spend in the bookshop to be perfect.

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@corinne_fowler Fair point but is this not Wellesbourne not Charlecote?

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@nationaltrust Bookshop then Cafe obs.

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It’s time for us to start our Autumn visits and checking out what some of local sites are doing.
First up, back to @NTPackwood which is all ready for Halloween. We had a great time discovering Fungi in the grounds before calling into the bookshop.

[StratfordWaterstones @SUAWaterstones]

Happy publication day to Knight Sir Louis and the Cauldron of Chaos by @brothersmcleod!! We’re big fans of the Knight Sir Louis series and can’t wait to see what happens in this one. The Brothers McLeod will be at the autumn @StratLitFest. Pick up your copy today 🎃

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Today’s Trusty Tomes trip is to @HidcoteNT!! We’ve visited a couple of times this year as we love seeing the gardens change throughout the seasons and naturally have ended up in the bookshop a few times. We’ll share more of our thoughts later this week 🪷

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Based on extensive field work we can exclusively reveal that @nationaltrust 2nd hand bookshops have recycled products on sale. Maybe @RestoreTrustNT should look into such wokey-ness limiting customer choice.