I have been at Calke Abbey in Leicestershire on a National Trust working holiday.
1. St Pancras Station with its smokey blue metalwork and glass through which a clear sky shines.
2. Coming to a place in the dark and catching glimpses of a long avenue, a huge house and a red-brick farm.
3. Meringue nests with cream and raspberries.
Awake, potato cake and done.
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