NationalTrust, the third
At the end of our Sunday excursion, we find ourselves in a sweet little town called Lavenham, which was built in the Middle Ages and seems to have been forgotten since. Historic Lavenham, to be exact.
Lavenham Guildhall is one of Britain's finest half-timbered buildings and reflects the great wealth of Lavenham's early 16th century heyday.
The Cloth Guild (again, my novel knowledge comes in handy) was one of the richest in and around London. Here in Lavenham, many half-timbered houses are simply still standing. As we walk through the rooms, there are creaks everywhere. We have to pull our heads in to avoid bumping into them and the floors are anything but flat.
I am excited about the many embroideries we find everywhere here. When my enthusiasm is noticed, I am told that these embroideries are all of Irish origin. They themselves don't know exactly how they got here. But really: I don't care at all. I would love to get an embroidery frame right away and start embroidering. If it weren't for this space issue.
In the garden of the old money house we find many old dyeing plants such as woad, from which the famous blue cloth has been dyed for centuries. The fact that the plant blooms yellow, however, well, a miracle of nature or a trickster who uses not the flowers but the leaves for dyeing!
#Lavenham #NationalTrust
Merci for "travelling with us
We are thinking about taking another break from travelling in the summer and visiting our families in Germany and Switzerland. One of the ideas is to organise a Lecture about our long journey to the Persian Gulf to prepare. If you would like to, what would interest you the most? We will also tell stories here that don't find a place here on the blog. We're thinking of the Bern and Berlin area - simply because we have family there. But other places are also conceivable. Feel free to write to us.
Do you think our travel experiences might be of interest to others? Then you can share the Share post quietly. By e-mail or however you want to do it.
In addition, if you haven't already done so, you can use our Newsletter subscribe. Here you will receive all our experiences in your mailbox whenever we publish something new or once a week on Fridays: live-pur.ch/newsletter
We are also very happy to hear your views, your tips or your questions. Just comment on the post!
