Foutains Abbey is a ruin…of an abbey…and that's about all we know. We did zero research on this but it was clearly one of the big attractions of the area and it was surrounded by a beautify water garden called Studley Royal. I think Studley Royal would make a great name for a popular prep school boy who rows crew and has madcap adventures.
Anyway, what ever it was - we liked it.
Since Petey was traveling with us, we did a photo shoot.
The walks around the grounds were beautiful. They lured us up a steep hill through the woods for a surprised view called Anne Boleyn's Seat. Surprise!!! Anne Boleyn was never there.
It's a shame, really. She missed a great view!
After lunch at the abbey we headed into Ripley. I arrived just in time for the guided tour of the castle. I was met with that old familiar sign - - No Photographs Please! So you don't get to see the inside. It's still a residence so you can only go into a portion of the house but it's got a long history. The Inglby family has lived there for over 700 years. King James I stayed there (and was "dripping with lice") and some of the family were involved in the gunpowder plot with Guy Fawkes.
The tour was done quite well by a very theatrical woman. I totally enjoyed it. Bill, meanwhile, enjoyed his pint at the pub around the corner.
An abbey, a garden, and castle all in one day was enough to tire us out. We headed to our new bed and breakfast in Hutton-Le-Hole.
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Gorgeous!!!
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