Another nice, sunny weekend (sadly now just a distant memory as the rain appears to be back again today) meant another visit to a National Trust property, this time Seaton Delaval Hall, a country house near the Northumberland coast. Only a small part of the Hall is open to the public as the central section is currently being restored – you can see the scaffolding in my first picture – but the gardens are beautiful.
I was excited to discover that there’s also a second-hand book shop at Seaton Delaval Hall. Just a tiny one with only a few shelves, but I managed to find two books I wanted to read:
I haven’t read anything by Helen Hollick but have often thought that she sounded like an author I might enjoy and after recently reading my first Jane Aiken Hodge book, Watch the Wall, My Darling, I’ve been looking out for more of her work too.
How was your weekend?
She Reads Novels 
Looks like you had a lovely weekend. Mine was filled with college work and adopting a cat!
Adopting a cat sounds like a lovely way to spend the weekend too!
Everywhere you turn you find secondhand book shops just waiting to force you to open your purse – thank goodness!
Yes, you can find them in the most unexpected places!
Awesome pics! Thanks for sharing! (My weekend was much less interesting than yours.)
I wish I could have taken some pictures in the hall itself but photography wasn’t allowed inside. The gardens were lovely, though.
Looks like a beautiful way to spend a sunny day – books and gardens, you really can’t beat that! Jane Aiken Hodge is currently on my ‘someday’ list.
I enjoyed the other Jane Aiken Hodge book I read, so I’m looking forward to this one.