Made an early start to Hatfield House as wished to view the house and grounds before the prom concert this evening.
House and grounds were magnificent as you would expect of a house of this period. Lorna was engrossed in the history as I was engrossed in the workmanship. Still hard to believe that the wooden carvings were carried out by hand and not machines. Is a superb house still in private hands and well used. The original palace of the 1500 period is used mostly for corporate and wedding events.
Had seen what interested us by 3pm so time for afternoon tea before heading for the site of the proms that had support acts starting at 6.30pm with the gates opened at 4.30pm. Good job we arrived early, field was already 50% full at 5pm.
The Battle Proms this year was a celebration marking the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo - 1815 - 2015.
The concert commenced at 7.55pm with the arrival of the Grace Spitfire with a volley of shots from a vintage 13 pounder field gun. What a start to the evening and pretty emotional I must add.
It really was a fantastic evening finishing at 11pm by a firework display and a rendition of Auld Lang Syne and the close with God Save the Queen.
Taking over an hour to leave the site we pretty tired on reaching the hotel, would not have missed it such an occasion not forgetting it was Lorna's birthday treat of course!
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