点评:I hadn't visited Hardwick Hall since Covid, and as the weather was good I decided to pay a visit. I arrived just beofr 9am when the grounds, gardens and restaurant open.
I manged to have the restaurant to myself and had my obligatory scone and coffee.
I walked around the gardens and then for the first time down to the ponds, which were located in the most beautiful rolling countryside. The only downside was trying to avoid the sheep droppings on the grass as they graze in the fields leading to the ponds.
I then was first to enter the main house and staretd in the grand hall, then towards a small exhibtion and then the main rooms of the house.
There is such a wide variety of furniture, paintings, cermaics and tapestries from the Elizabethan period, including an Armada portarit of Elizabeth I in the long gallery.
The tour ends in the kitchens and toilets are located just as you leave the house.
I then visited the old house, which is limited to the outside at the moment due to approval from the National Trust to enter the renovated ruin. I have been inside on previous visits and you get stunning views from the high floors of the surrounding landscape and the new house, new being 1583. Hopefully access should be allowed from next year.
I thoroughly enjoyed my time at Hardwick on the most perfect of Autumn days.
翻译:自新冠疫情以来,我就没再去过哈德威克庄园。这天天气不错,于是我决定去看看。早上9点刚到,此时庄园的庭院、花园以及餐厅正好开放。
整个餐厅只有我一个人,我顺理成章地享用了一份司康饼和一杯咖啡。之后我在花园里漫步,还第一次走到了那些池塘边——它们坐落在风景如画的起伏丘陵之中。唯一的缺点就是得小心避开草地上的羊粪——那些羊正在通往池塘的田野里吃草呢。
随后,我第一个走进主楼,先是驻足欣赏宏伟的大厅,接着参观了小型展览区,最后又浏览了房子的各个主要房间。
这里陈列着大量伊丽莎白时期的家具、绘画、陶瓷以及挂毯,长廊里还有一幅描绘伊丽莎白一世的“无敌舰队”肖像画。参观路线的终点是厨房,而洗手间则位于离开房屋后不远处。
接着我参观了那座老房子,目前由于尚未获得国家信托基金的许可进入翻修后的废墟,因此只能从外部参观。我以前来过这里,从高层的窗户可以欣赏到周边的壮丽景色以及那座建于1583年的新房子。希望从明年起便能允许游客入内参观了。在一个秋高气爽的完美日子里,我在哈德威克度过了愉快的时光。