Tuesday, 11 January 2011

Day out

A belated happy new year to you all! Been making the most of the good weather recently blowing the cobwebs away. Spent a day in beautiful Tunbridge Wells yesterday, doing a bit of shopping and nosing round the streets. I love the mix of old spa town relics like the covered colonnades of the Pantiles, and 30s architecture of the Percy Thomas-designed Assembly Hall and civic complex. And the hot chocolate at Ismail's takes some beating too!

On the way back we popped into the hq of scientology in the UK, eighteenth century Saint Hill Manor outside East Grinstead. Rather unexpectedly in the old cinema room the walls are completely covered in eccentric murals depicting monkeys up to all kinds of japes, painted by none other than Winston Churchill's nephew, John Spencer Churchill, pic shown above. And Mr Hubbard has a collection of early synths too which we had a full demo of! Tours are available all year round so if you're in the area don't miss it.

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