As everyone said "you have to go and see Mount Stuart" and the preview of the visitor centre that we had on our Bobil tour was good, we braved another bus trip.
The blurb says that Mount Stuart is "Britain's most astounding Victorian Gothic mansion and one of the world's great houses"
So now you know. Actually, we think they are not over egging the place. Some impressions:
The gardens are as impressive and spacious too. The highlight is the stunning interior, designed to showcase the families religious beliefs, botanical and astronomical interests. No interior photography is allowed so we have borrowed these to give you a taster:
Standing in the entrance hallway, you see a representation of the stars on the roof, the seasons around the 4 sides of the gallery and when the sun shines, little moving rainbows are produced inside thanks to lots of glass prisms that were installed. And yes, the sun did shine today:
All this was funded thanks to Welsh Coal exports apparently.
Considered opinion is - the best house we have ever visited. If you haven't, just go and look and gawp and go wow like we did.
Having tested out 2 more bus trips (interestingly both were on exactly the same life expired single decker as yesterday although we have seen evidence of other buses on the island) we still don't know why the stops are so close together. Perhaps it is so each one can be a fare stage and bump up the ticket prices?
