You may remember I was intending to do 60 National Trust property visits in honour of turning 60 this year? With all the hospital stuff going on, I hadn't managed more than one until our wedding anniversary a couple of weeks ago when we did three in a day that were close to each other.
Hubby was home from sailing so we grabbed the opportunity of the sunshine and did two on Sunday and Monday.
This was Sunday and number 5/60. Flatford Mill and Willy Lott's Cottage at Flatford on the Essex/Suffolk border. Constable painted many of his most famous paintings in this area of land and this one is of Willy Lott's Cottage. He took a lot of licence in the image for the background particularly and made it rolling fields when in fact it is a river and plenty of trees.
Note from yesterday: windscreen chip was repaired and you can still see it, but glued and smooth now. We didn't use insurance as the rascals would have increased our premium massively next time. Cheaper to pay ourselves!
A beautiful shot - fav! I've not visited this location, but soon after my dad retired he started making marquetry pictures from kits. This building featured in one of the first that he made, and it was always a favourite of mine.
@wakelys Safe in the National Gallery and repaired after disrespectful idiots from stop oil desecrated it by sticking an apocalyptic version on top and glueing themselves to the frame. Damaged the painting’s varnish and frame. I could tell you what I thought of that behaviour but there may be children present…..
What a great goal……plenty of time this summer to hopefully reach your goal. What a lovely place….i know the painting well of course but how nice you can go & learn stuff. I agree with your sentiments re damage.
this is a lovely storytelling photo and a great photo too . I'm surprised you will lose your no claims for a "stone chip resin repair " ! I'd look for a different insurance company .... you can do saga now (I recommend 'em)
@phil_howcroft Not the no claims, that would be ok, but our next premium would be raised. Cheaper to pay out for repair! Will suggest Saga to Hubby. Worth a look!
I love this image! We have a Constable print of 'Flatford Mill' in our lounge. It came from my grandparents home and I think they bought it at an auction sale, so it's a fair age. My dad recently told us that he used to look at the picture on the wall of his home in Midmar at the time, and thought that the boy on the horse was him! It was such a lovely story, and puts a whole new slant on that picture hanging on our wall. So glad you are getting some of your NHS properties notched up at last!
Always a favourite painting, it used to hang in many American homes too. Idiots is a much too kind of word to use! Glad the chip was repaired without being too costly.
Ian
Glad you got the chip sorted, no worries now about it popping in you.