Thanks to the Heritage Open Days we are off out again today. This time to the weekend cottage of Baron de Rothschild called Halton House. Normally you can't get inside as it is used as the officers' mess for RAF Halton but one weekend a year they open it up, although you still can't go upstairs as that is where all the officers have their rooms !
This year because it is a special anniversary for the RAF and the 100th anniversary of the ending of the First World War they have also laid on some special events including a trip to some trenches which were dug close by so that soldiers could practice trench warfare before they went abroad. Apparently trench warfare was something new and previously they would have made charges and fought hand to hand on a battlefield.
Sounds like we are in for an interesting day and the usual picnic and flasks will be coming along to make sure the cost stays at free !
I hope you are having a great weekend too !
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