We set off at about twenty to nine and drove down a roads, so as to avoid all the traffic congestion on the main roads. On the way we stopped at a National Trust property, a beautiful Georgian building built of red sandstone, with a Lancelot 'Capability' Brown garden. We went on the guided tour of the gardens, and that in itself was worth the visit. The interior of the house was a bit disappointing except for the following things; a Kirkmann harpsichord dated 1786, an Erard piano dated 1913 with a quasi-1830s case, a map of Birmingham from the 1730s, and some original eighteenth-century dresses.
The drive itself was very good, as was the weather, and we reached our destination some time after four o'clock.
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