Audley End

On the way home from dropping Abby off at the airport, we stopped at Audley End.  We drive by the exit for it all the time, but had never taken a day to see it.  Since it's another English Heritage site, we got to use our memberships again.  Got to get our moneys worth out of that!  It's an early 17th century mansion on a huge plot of land.  We'll have to go back sometime to see the inside since we were just in the mood to play on the grounds and explore outside.  Cool place. 
Here it is from the front.  A lot of these were pics Jake took with his phone.

Cool bridge in front of the house.  Luke and Ella had a good time watching ducks and swans.

 From the back of the house..

 English gardens are so pretty.  Now that the summer flowers are out, I want to go back. 

 Exploring the grounds behind the house..

 and more of the gardens

 We liked these crazy bushes.  Edward Scissorhands style!