This is the house and park that we wanted to visit today.
It's called West Wycombe Park but unfortunately it's closed.
I hope you can see it.
Such a shame.
Hi everyone.
Hello.
So Jörg and I are on our way to Portsmouth and we wanted to stop here in West Wycombe
Park and House in Buckinghamshire but unfortunately the house is closed.
Yeah, so it's only going to be West Wycombe - yes - village - yes, the historic village.
And we checked, when we went to bed last night we checked again and it said well, they seem
to have closed down the house and park last minute.
We don't know why.
No, we think due to illness.
It, it's what it said um, on on the website.
And all of this once belonged to the Dashwood family and - yeah, but not the Dashwood family
from Jane Austen.
No, not not the Jane Austen family from Sense and Sensibility.
But who knows, maybe it was an inspiration for her to use the name for her novel.
Yeah because in the 18th, 19th century the Dashwoods were very famous.
Yes - and well known.
Yes and we're standing here, it's called West Wycombe Hill, isn't it?
Yeah.
I think.
And yeah, the Dashwood family even has a mausoleum and this is where we are now.
And let's check out the village.
I think it's very nice.
Everything is now owned by the National Trust and I think there are some very lovely old
houses and cottages.
Yeah, let's see.
And as you can see it's very hot so not rainy at all.
And Jörg, you just said you instantly recognised it from what?
The Importance of being Earnest.
Yes, with Rupert Everett which is such a wonderful film.
It's such a funny film.
It's so hard to film here.
West Wycombe village is basically just the high street and it's super busy.
We stopped here at Cliveden House and for one this is a luxurious country house hotel.
I think Jörg and I should put it on our list to stay here at least for one night.
And the grounds and gardens belong to the National Trust.
And until last night, we had no clue that we would actually be coming but since West
Wycombe Park is closed and it's only about a 10 minute drive from there, we thought it
would be such a great idea to stop and have a look around.
But I remember the house very well from Prince Harry's wedding to Meghan Markle.
I think Meghan Markle stayed here for one night and then got ready for the wedding and
left for Windsor Castle from here.
I don't know the name of these plants but I simply adore them.
Are you hungry?
Yeah.
What have you got?
Here.
Cornish pasty.
And I have a jacket potato with tuna and mayo and a lemonade because it's pretty hot outside.
Beautiful house, isn't it?
I think it looks very nice.
Yeah.
And if you think it's the third house they built here.
Yeah.
So the first one was built in 1666 and burnt down.
The second one had the same fate.
And this is the third so and it was built 1850.
Yes.
And I think it was bought in 1893 - yeah - by William Waldorf Astor.
And was given to his son as a wedding gift.
Yes.
To his son - a small house as a wedding gift.
Yeah.
And they entertained a lot of famous people, Winston Churchill, George Lloyd and well,
now it's a hotel.
And you know what?
Parts of it remind me a little bit of Chatsworth.
Yeah, the upper part.
Yes, the style is so similar.
And I think it's a lovely place.
The story of the first house is interesting as well.
It was built in 1666 by the 2nd Duke of Buckingham as a gift to his mistress, the Countess of
Shrewsbury.
Two years later her husband heard of the affair and challenged the Duke to a duel and got
fatally injured.
Unfortunately we can't see the river Thames which is down there and we don't have time
to go there but it would be lovely 'cause, 'cause you can actually hire a boat and enjoy
the views.
Well, you get a tiny glimpse of the Thames here.
We are a little bit tired now.
We arrived in Portsmouth at our hotel which is a tiny hotel.
Only has six rooms and it's called Jörg?
Ye Spotted Dog.
Yeah, Ye Spotted Dogge.
Yes.
Very old building and we're staying in the China room.
And this is the room which is very nice I think.
And we can hopefully film there the small hotel
and the courtyard later for you.
Jörg is tired.
But we have a lovely tea and coffee station.
And a little bathroom.
Where's the light switch?
Ah, it's here.
This is the house from from the outside and it's very old, circa, from around 1523.
And
there was an assassination in this house.
George Villiers or however he is pronounced, Duke of Buckingham was assassinated by John
Felton in 1628.
And this is where we had fish and chips.
And the great thing is they only sell gluten-free fish and chips - yeah which is really good
- which is very handy.
And it was very nice too.
We are in Southsea and this here is part of the D-Day museum.
Yeah, it's a landing craft which they use to land in the Normandy.
Yes.
So that's ice cream from Gelarto.
What is it?
Is it strawberry?
Strawberry and cream.
You just had fish and chips.
Yeah.
And what you see from here is the Isle of Wight.
And I think Jörg, the the Hovercraft starts from here.
Yeah.
And there are also other fairies which you can see here.
Car fairies and everything and it's not far at all.
So I'm tired now and I'm going to bed.
Good night.
You sound, you sound cranky.
I am cranky.
I'm like a little baby now.
You know what?
I'm really tired as well.
Um, again we do so much walking.
I think, although I'm not sure, it's very warm in here so we'll see how the night will
be.
Good night.
The lighting in here isn't the best but that's fine.
And this is what my hair looks like now.
So as Jörg said, we're taking a shower now or using the tub and then we're going to bed.
And then you will see what we're up to next so stay tuned and we'll see you again very
soon.