The Lych Gate...

The chapel will be located on the left side of the courtyard as you draw near to the main house itself. It is enclosed by a hedged and walled rose garden. As one walks from the courtyard into the chapel precincts, one will pass through a lych gate, which will be the only passage through the hedge on that side of the garden.

The word lych, come from the old English, Lic, meaning corpse. It was where the body would rest before being taken inside a church during a funeral procession. As morbid as the history sounds, they are actually very charming architectural features...

Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink.....

My grandfather and I went out to put in the gate and fence between the Nymphaeum and the farm,

but alas, there was too much water, once we got down 2 feet, to dig the further 3 feet we needed to put in the strainer posts,



so we had to abandon it for a couple of weeks until the ground dries out. Still, it will be good conditions for planting the orchard. We also met one of our new neighbours today, who came to say hello and see what we were doing, which was nice.

We ended up going horse riding instead. My grandfather says that until I can gallop flat tack with the reins in one hand and roll a cigarette in the other, I can't call myself a rider!