I spent an enjoyable day on Saturday visiting Seaton Delaval Hall near Newcastle, at an event held by the National trust involved local and national supporters. The sun shone as if we were in Italy, and there was music and dancing. Prince Charles was obviuosly captivated by the building and during the formal line ups I was presented by Sir Angus Stirling to HRH the Duchess of Cornwall, who asked very charmingly about the book I had written. Their visit was a great boost to all those who have put their support behind the project.
The architecture looked at its most beguiling, and I spent some time exploring the cavernous and empty servants quarters. Back in the main hall, all cavernous and open to the roof, with scarred stucco sculptures damaged in the 1820s fire, I met lots of interesting folk, including a representative from the Royal Oak Foundation, Ronald Lee Fleming.