Saturday was bright and sunny. After all the rain we have had over the last six weeks it was as though a switch had been thrown and the sun had come out. From moaning about it being too cold, we were now exhausted by the sudden heat.
Hampton Court soon became Henry’s favourite palace and he spent a fortune on the buildings and interior decorations. The tapestries in the great hall are of the finest work from Bruxelles and depict the life of Abraham. The hammer-beam roof was reportedly cobweb free so it may well have been treated with oils (such as sandalwood) which are spider repellent (my kind of roof).