Waddesdon

An early morning walk by the canal was the starting point of the day. A leisurely breakfast before making our way to Oxford. Traffic madness - spoke to Maddie and a long overdue update of Thomas (GPS), loaded up to date POI. All took time - and Oxford wasn't a great lure so we headed of to Waddesdon  for lunch and the afternoon.

Waddesdon's magnificence! 

After lunch we ventured into the magnificent French Classical design house built by the Rothschild family to house their world renown art collection and to impress his peers. It is simply outstanding - too much for mere mortals to comprehend. I keep telling myself that at the turn of the 20th century only 2 % of the British public had any assets - looking at this it makes you wonder why the revolution didn't take hold here! 

To ensure the assets stayed within the family 16 of 21 marriages were between first cousins!

French classical clock and sculpture

... a sitting room!

... perhaps dining!

... a room!

The 45 rooms on view combine the highest quality French furniture and decorative arts from the 18th century with superb English portraits and Dutch Old Masters.

This took most of the afternoon before edging closer to Hertford for our overnight.