Blackwell

A quick visit to Blackwell to see three Grayson Perry pots before they're sent southwards tomorrow. Victoria sandwich cake and public places when no one else is there. The winter gloom of it all. 

Blackwell is all about fireplaces. Grayson's pots were  upstaged by the fireplaces. 

Windermere has many houses that were never homes; built as summer palaces for Manchester industrialists and used occasionally for a decade or two before WWII. Loosing their glamour, their owners and their staff during the war, the 1940's turned these marooned buildings into schools, hotels and offices. Most are now multi-bathroomed apartments for the wealthy retired, or second homes. 

Blackwell offers a visual feast and cakes for tourists, but has a listless feel; it never had the chance to overfill it's rooms with glittering parties and expensive shoes.

More Blackwell and the winter journey home in extras.