A zoomed-in photo of the mausoleum. Two towers can be seen at the entrance. The mausoleum has three storeys, the top two having pillars.

Wentworth

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Today we went for a walk, starting at Wentworth village.

We walked through the village to the Wentworth Estate. The first building we saw was the huge stone horse stable block. Further on, we came to the unbelievably grand Wentworth Woodhouse. In the distance we could see the mausoleum, which we saw throughout the walk. Through my telescope I could see it very well. While we were walking on the track, Doric Temple was on our right.

A photo of a stone church with a spire. To the front is an iron gate and lawn.
The church at Wentworth.
A photo of a large stone building with a large arched entrance leading into a courtyard.
The old stables on the Wentworth Estate.
A photo of a huge mansion with lawns to the front.
This is Wentworth Woodhouse.
A photo of a boy looking over the grass and trees into the distance.
Me looking into the distance.
A photo of a small stone structure, comprising pillars and a domed roof.
This is Doric Temple.

We came to a stile that went into a field with cows and their calves, making it too dangerous to cross. A lady came by and kindly took us a different way. If we hadn’t have taken a detour we wouldn’t have seen the ponds. She told us that there had been a family of swans that had been badly hurt by the power lines running over the pond and that the electricity company was going to hang balls from the lines to make them more visible. The lady took us to a footpath that joined up to where we would have come out originally. We took another detour so we could get as close as possible to the mausoleum.

A photo of a boy about to climb a wooden stile into a field, with cows visible in the distance.
Me about to climb the stile into the field where the cows were grazing.
A photo of the view across a large pond.
This is the pond at the bottom of the Wentworth Estate.
A photo of a tall stone monument, only just visible through thick undergrowth and trees.
The mausoleum was just visible through the trees.

Eventually, we came to a hill, which nearly made my feet fall off! After following a footpath and a bit of road, we came to Street Lane. When we were walking along the lane, we saw Hoober Stand. On our way back to the car park we went past the war memorial, which I recognised from our drive. I was relieved when the car park came into view because I was definitely ready for a rest.

A photo of a stone tower in the distance with horses grazing in the foreground.
Hoober Stand pokes out above the trees.
A photo of a stone tower in the shape of a triangle-based pyramid. In the foreground is a field of delicate blue flowers.
This is Hoober Stand.
A photo of a stone monument with a cross at the top and the union jack flying to the right.
The war memorial at Wentworth.

I really enjoyed the walk and collecting patterned feathers. It would be good to do it again in winter because the cows will be in a different field, which would give us enough time to explore Hoober stand and another folly called Needle’s Eye.

A photo of nine feathers laid out on a wooden surface. Eight of the feathers are brown and cream with various markings. The ninth graduates from light to dark grey.
This is our collection of feathers from the walk.