Today was dedicated to Blenheim Palace , the ancestral home of the Dukes of Marlborough . After a quick and tasty breakfast (made by Libby) of fried eggs, toast (accidentally bought GF), bacon, tomatoes, and strawberries we got ready and set off to the bus station at Gloucester Green a just less than a mile north of our accommodation. We rode the bus thirty minutes to the front gates of palace. Once we were past some unpleasantness regarding tickets and lines, we were in. We got lucky and the Duke was not currently in residence, and while I don't know if this was an option before and he was in residence, or if it is a new scheme to make money, we choose to pay the extra £5.00 per person to do the upstairs and downstairs tours of the private residences. The first tour started at noon and it was close to so we decided to mill around and take photos before it started rather than go into the estate rooms (the normal area visitors would go to). When noon arrived we found our...