There's snow back in the mountains! Unbelievable crazy 'April showers' weather, with sun one minute then heavy hail the next. My foot is still in no fit state to out in the mountains, so I took the opportunity to go and visit Plas Newydd on Anglesey; a fine establishment and home of Lord Anglesey. I particular, I've been wanting for ages to go and see a painting by a guy called Rex Whistler. If you've never been to see it, you really should. It's an optical illusion kind of a painting.
Papa Martin is in town this week, so together we hitched a ride through the gardens on the 'mobility buggy'! (A ride worth the entrance fee alone).
Once down at the house, we hobbled through to the dining room where the painting is, that I'd heard so much about.
On our way through the grand rooms, we paused to rest (it's hard work travelling with crutches) and admire some of the family portraits. On first impressions, they looked quite 'stiff upper lip' types, but on closer examination, they seem like they've got quite a wild side when it comes to a bit of 'dressing-up':
Eventually we made it to the main event and I was certainly impressed. We were lucky enough to have someone talk through the history and story behind the painting. (Sounds dull, but, was in fact fascinating!).
It really is an impressive work of art that needs to be seen to be fully appreciated. It's a story as much as a landscape, that is drawn in such a way that the perspectives all move and change depending on where it is viewed. It's quite remarkable. Go and see it.
Given my limited state of mobility, I was happy to take my time viewing from different angles and noticing the details, before heading outside for a short hop along by the straits, where we picked up 'our ride' back up to the car park.
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