Not quite where I expected to end up today, there were other plans for the day earlier in the week, but all the same it is place worth visiting, if you have never been there before, it is Bede House in Lyddington, Rutland.
The building was originally one of the medieval wings of a palace belonging to the Bishops of Lincoln and it was later turned into an almshouse for 12 poor men and women of the district and it continued in this use until 1930. It is one of those places you can just wander through and take you time looking around. Most of the rooms have information boards telling you what each room was used for, while others have audio descriptions giving accounts of life in the old almshouse.
It is worth having a look around but it could do with being a little cheaper given you can only really spend around an hour at the house itself. To extend a visit to the house, the village church is worth popping into, the village is one of the prettiest in Rutland and the local pubs look rather good too.
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