The Middle of Nowhere

Good Afternoon and welcome to Wilderhope Manor, a beautiful stone and timber built Elizabethan manor house on the Welsh Marches and now owned by the National Trust and operated as a Youth Hostel.

You are correct Madame, if Nowhere had a middle, this would be its centre. Did you have a pleasant journey?

Up there is your bedroom, would you like to come in?

No need to knock young man. As this is owned by the National Trust, it belongs to you, really!

Yes, Miss. Come on in through the entryway and into the dining room.

I'm afraid that you have to walk through the dining room to get upstairs.

These are the stairs. They are oak beams, several hundred years old. They are quite steep and circular with no handrails, so do be careful on them, won't you?

Ah, here's your room. Delightful, isn't it? Yes, it's a little austere, but nothing bleak about our All-You-Can-Eat-Breakfasts Sir, so don't you worry!
Ah, you've noticed the ceiling. Do you see the Tudor Roses?

Each of those timbers was cut by hand, Sir, with adzes and chisels and er, other Elizabethan-type tools.

Do have your drinks on the terrace after dinner.

I'll just get rid of those urchins for you.

Can't be encouraging them, you know.

Enjoy your stay!