E and I had a day out at
Kentwell Hall's May Day celebrations. Kentwell is about 50 minutes from Cambridge. It is a lived in Tudor mansion which has regular Tudor living history events.
There were a couple of beautiful peacocks.
In an outbuilding is a rather fab camera obscura.
The grounds themselves are just beautiful, and just walking around the
place takes a good couple of hours if you're not walking fast to get it
done. There are lots of hidden bits to find including a beautiful woodland full of bluebells and a small farm with hens, 2 horses, a donkey and pigs.
As part of the May Day celebrations were lots of Tudor participants involved in
May Tree Raising, putting on a Mummers Play, dancing around the May Tree, and the Grand Procession around
the Estate and in between the grand events were woodworkers and
craftsmen including people making pots, a man carving (he made a E a whistle for free) and a candle maker.
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