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Chastleton House and Village in the July Rain

Image by UGArdener
On our trip to the Cotswolds in July, we had mostly good weather, but one Wednesday the forecast was for solid, steady rain all day. We could not get a taxi, so decided to make our way on foot with umbrellas from Moreton in Marsh to Chastleton House because we had seen it from a distance on our cycling trip earlier in the week and were intrigued. We had called ahead to the National Trust for timed tickets, which are essential for this property because only a specified number of visitors are admitted each hour. All of the National Trust volunteers were wonderful, and one local lady even saw us arriving on foot and generously offered to give us a ride back to our B&B at the end of the afternoon.
Photography is not allowed inside the house itself, which was built between 1607 and 1612, and remained essentially in the same family until 1991 when it was acquired by the National Trust. Each room has a volunteer on hand to explain and interpret the furnishings and contents. The Trust has tried to keep the house as close as possible to the way that it was when the Trust took over. One of the many historical details we learned was that the rules for croquet were first laid down here in 1886.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chastleton_House :

Chastleton House is a Jacobean country house situated at Chastleton near Moreton-in-Marsh, Oxfordshire, England (grid reference SP2429). It has been owned by the National Trust since 1991.

Chastleton House was built during the opening years of the 17th century for the wealthy wool merchant, Walter Jones. The house is built of Cotswold stone, round a courtyard.

The inside of the house is complex and quite bewildering as there are a great many rooms, the foremost of which are the Great Hall, with its ornately carved wooden screen, and the first floor’s Great Chamber, with its ornate panelling and plaster ceiling. Most of the furniture is contemporary with the house being in situ since its completion.

Flight Deck

Image by Derin Allard
Our weather radar broke down about 15 minutes into the flight from New York to Los Angeles, and since there were thunderstorms forecasted along our route we had to land in Cincinnati to get it fixed. It turns out that since the FO had technically been on duty for the last 7 days (due to reserve+flying this 3 day trip) he couldn’t legally fly us to LAX after the diversion since we would be landing after midnight, making it his 8th day on duty….or something along those lines. So, we need a new First Officer.

The Captain was kind enough to let me take a look at his office while we waited for the new FO.