Yesterday Rory and I went down to Quex Park for a little day trip. I remember coming here years ago when I was little, but wanted to come back for the Powell-Cotten museum, which is several galleries full of stuffed animals that were hunted in Africa by the Powell-Cotten family in the early 1900's.
It's rather horrific when you actually think about it, seeing hundreds of poor animals that had been hunted, but if you switch your mind off you can appreciate all these wonderful creatures that you would never get to see this close. The animals are behind glass and all set up to look like they are interacting in the wild, which made for some nice pictures.
The house itself was beautiful, I absolutely adore visiting stately homes and think they are wonderful places, if only I were part of a old, wealthy family!
I made friends with the resident peacock, but unfortunately I couldn't convince him to get his tail out for me which I was actually pretty disappointed about. The gardens were beautiful too, with lots of greenhouses full of exotic plants and cacti.
I treated myself to a cream tea in the cafe as they are my ultimate weak spot and kind of a tradition to have when I visit a place like this. I would recommend this as a day out to anyone as it really is a very interesting place to visit for both kids and adults, and is somewhere you will always remember!