The Museum and Osborne House

Today was another no photo day unfortunately - on my part anyway. We did however start the day by going to a photo exhibition at the Dimbola Museum by Chris Packham who is a fantastic wildlife photographer :)

Unfortunately the rest of the museum was a complete....uh...well lets just say there is practically nothing there but they did have some good displays of historic cameras. If they weren't about 200 pounds each I would have totally bought some of his work...or the whole exhibition would it fit in my house, but I satisfied myself by buying his latest book about 100 different of his photographs which was only 20 pound!

In the afternoon despite the persistent rain (we really can't complain as its the only rain on the trip so far!) we headed to Osborne House which was Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's holiday home for them and their 9 children. I would have taken photos here of the outside and terrace gardens except it was pouring with rain and it wasn't a particularly appealing prospect and I didn't want to damage my camera. Inside photographs were not allowed.The outside of the house was a beautiful variety of orange and pink colours which were stunning even in the rain. It was also very interesting to see a dressed up Victorian royal house with all the belongings still inside, however I cannot say that Victorian house decorations are at all to my taste! It all seemed very cluttered too.

Here a couple of pictures from the English Heritage Website:

From the Terrace Gardens (not the house front)

The Drawing Room

The Children's nursery

Due to the weather we didn't explore much of the gardens which is a bit of a disappointment, or go down to the Swiss Cottage which Prince Albert built for his children to play and learn skills such as cooking in, or down to the beach. However we were well and truly wet enough for one day....so another time perhaps!

But a good day despite weather issues and wet jeans!