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| The Lion and Rose B&B |
The Lion & the Rose is a wonderful B&B with warm and genuine hospitality but, it does remind me of the Addams family mansion. Maybe it’s the decor inside, very ornate with themed rooms or the throne in the lounge or the breakfast eaten together at a large table lit by two candelabra. Most definitely the light in our bedroom which switches it’s self on and off is adding to the atmosphere, I expect Thing or Lurch to appear soon.
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| View from Mount Washington |
Today we’ve driven the Kancamangus highway twice (once wasn’t enough!). Dave was fed up with the stopping for photos by mid day, so as the cloud was lifting over the high mountains we decided to drive up Mount Washington’s auto road. After paying the entrance fee, we were given a CD to narrate the history on the way up and down. Now this journey was more Dave’s idea of fun, narrow steep roads, no guardrails, hairpin bends, brilliant sunshine and views and near the top clouds to go through; totally amazing, breathtaking views that stretch for miles and miles. When we get to the top, it’s shrouded in cloud, but as we watch from the observation deck it gradually parts and blows across the valleys. At 6,280 feet above sea level the temperatures cool, the sunshine strong and the 360 degree vista jaw dropingly beautiful. On the way down Dave decides to test the brakes, judging by the smell at the bottom of the descent (8 miles of it) they’re working well!!
After an expensive lunch in an exclusive location (ok, a subway in the local park) we carry on driving to find a covered bridge. I am now a truly happy woman not only have I seen one, I’ve photographed it and walked over it; Dave’s concerned we have to do the same for all the covered bridges in New England!!
Tonight we eat at Bailiwicks in Littleton. It’s got quite an adventurous menu and by 9.30pm when we leave all the lights are out in town, any other restaurants and pubs shut. People must go to bed early here. There’s not even any moose about.
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