All Aboard the BritRail

As my hot cup of coffee bounces and spills onto the saucer the tunnels aboard my BritRail ride interupt my wifi connection. It's early Monday morning and my time in Lincolnshire elapsed much too quickly. In record time we squeezed in 10 attractions including The Burghley Castle where Lady Victoria spoke eloquently about the new Magic Gardens debuting next Spring. For royalty blue blood her and her castle are no different than the common English bloke. She's fabulously witty, articulate and truly magnanimous with her time. Two spaniels and one black lab run laps around old Victorian furniture while grandchildren hunt for their missing eye teeth for the toothfairy. It's bizzare - an imposing 76- room castle with daily tours combined with a warm and inviting living space for family. She showed us scenes inside where the film Pride and Prejudice were shot - this castle was also the fictious castle for Judy Dench's character. Amazing. Oh no...my platform is arriving and I have to run. Much more later.