Izinto eziPhambili ezenziweyo kwi-Undiscovered Northamptonshire, eNgilani

01 ngo-06

Ibheno elihle kakhulu eBritani

I-Northamptonshire, malunga neyure nesiqingatha ngqo kwi-M1 esuka eMbindi yaseLondon, kufuneka ibe enye yezona ndawo zikhokelwa ngabantu abangaboniyo. Kodwa ke kukho konke okukhangayo abavakhenkethi kunye neeholide-abenzi beza eBritani ukuba ba tyelele. I-county iyamkela kwiindlu ezininzi zeembali, ihotele eziphawulekayo, iidolophu zemakethe ezithandekayo kunye negadi, i-epicenter ye-British motorsport, kunye nekhaya lomntwana kunye nendawo yokuphumla yasePrincess Diana.

Ngoko kutheni abantu abangakumbi bazi kwaye bahambele i-Northamptonshire? Ngoku kutshanje, iqela elibhekiselele kwiindawo ezikhangayo, amashishini kunye neziqhamo zabuza umbuzo ofanayo waza wagqiba ekubeni atshintshe yonke loo mkhankaso onemibala kunye neyinkqubo e-Northamptonshire: Ibheno elihle kakhulu eBrithani.

Eli phulo libonisa ummandla njengendawo ekujoliswe kuzo, nokuba i-UK yokutyelela okanye ukuphumula kweveki ukusuka eLondon okanye kwizixeko zaseMidlands kunye neNyakatho yeNgilani. Ukuba ugibela umgwaqo ukutyelela ingcwaba likaDiana, emva kokulwa nokuhamba kweyure kwimizuzu ye-M1, ulahlekelwa ithuba lokuphumula elifutshane. Nasi isizathu.

02 we-06

Ukutyelela iiNdlu zeeMbali kunye neenkampu

Ngaphantsi kweekhilomitha ezili-100 ukusuka eLondon, i-Northamptonshire yayikude ngokukhawuleza kwiindawo zobupolisi ezizithobayo zeTudor kunye no-Elizabethan maxesha ukuba zingabonakali kwaye zingabikho kwengqondo, kodwa zisondele ngokukhawuleza ukuba zifike enkundleni iintsuku ezimbalwa zokukhwela kanzima ukuba zibizwe.

Ngenxa yoko, ngaphezu kweenqaba ezimbalwa ezindala - kuquka i-Rockingham, eyakhiwa nguWilliam uMnqobi, iminyaka engaphezu kwe-900 edlulileyo - i-Northamptonshire inebutyebi be-Medieval, Tudor kunye no-Elizabethan amakhaya enokutyelela. Enyanisweni, i-county ithi amabango anamaqhina amaninzi kunanoma yiphina indawo yaseBritani. Ezi zimbalwa nje:

• I-Holdenby House: Ekhethwe ngasentla, eli lizwe elithandekayo, lizungezwe igadidi ezintle, kuyisithunzi nje saso (okanye malunga nekota enye). Eyakhelwe njengelizwe elihle nge-Elizabethan umthengisi, yaguqulwa kwisithsaba njengendlu yaseKing James kunye noCharles I. I-Charles owayenobungozi eboshwe apho ngexesha leMfazwe yombutho waza wabanjwa ngamagunya ePalamente. Iingqungquthela ahamba ngazo ngokuya ekubhekiselele ekufeni kwakhe, ekupheleni kwegazi. Khangela igumbi lomculo, apho izixhobo ezinqabileyo nezingavamile ziqokelelwe kuzo zonke ihlabathi ngabantu abahlala kulo mhlaba. Yenze ixesha lokuhlala kwi-falconry demonstration. Ukuba unokucinga ukuba u-Holdenby udwebile ngokutshiza izityalo, unokukhumbula nje ukususela kwimveliso ye-BBC ye- Great Expectations neGillian Anderson njengo-Miss Haversham. Kwakuyi-stand in for home.
• I-Althorp: Ababukeli bamaKhorensi be-Keen besazi ukuba le nto yayiyindlu yasekuqaleni yaseNtombi Diana. Kodwa mhlawumbi ungazange ukwazi ukuba sele yintsapho efanayo kwimizuzu engaphezu kwe-500, inomqoqo obalaseleyo wepeyinti (kubandakanywa igumbi lonke likaJoshua Reynolds, enye yeepeyinti ezithembekileyo zeendwendwe zeenkundla kunye nokuphela kwendawo eyaziwayo yokuphila Inkosikazi uJane Jane Grey) okanye ukuba ungayibhalela imitshato kunye neemeko ze-posh.
• I-Deene Park: Olu likhulu, elidlulileyo eliphakathi, indlu yayine-facelift phantsi kwe-scaffolding ngo-Apreli 2017-ngoko kunzima ukugweba. Kodwa okugqithisileyo igumbi elizinikezelwe kwi-7th Earl yaseCardigan eyaziwayo eyayihoxisa i-brigade ekukhanyeni ngexesha leMfazwe yaseBalaclava (ichazwe kwingxelo enye ngokuthi "ngowona mdala mdala emkhosini"). Igumbi liquka umzobo wakhe omhle (kunye nehlazo) umfazi wesibini kunye necala leglasi eliphethe isigxina sikaRonald, ihashe likaCardigan ligibela ekulweni. Kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo kwafumanisa ukuba uRonald ongenisa irhafu wayeba ngumbane odliweyo ngoko ngoku isiqingatha sakhe sihlala.
• I-Burghley House: Indlu egcwele ubuninzi bezobuncwane bokuqala kunye nemisebenzi yobugcisa, eyakhiwe nguWilliam Cecil, uNondyebo oPhezulu u-Queen Elizabeth I kwaye wayeseqwalasela enye yezindlu ezinkulu ze-Elizabethan eBrithani.
• I-Boughton House: Yaqala ngowe-1528 ngamakhokho abanikazi banamhlanje, intsapho yaseBuccleuch, indlu ehlaselwa yindoda enqabileyo yeTudor ukuya kwindlu yaseburhulumenteni yaseFransi, ngamanye amaxesha kuthiwa "iNgesi iVersailles". Phakathi kobuncwane balo bubonwe ngu-El Greco, iVan Dyke kunye neGainsborough kunye nama-acre angama-150 egadi kunye neendawo.
• I-Apethorp Palace: Ibhotwe elakhe lalingumfazi uElizabethe Elizabeth, kwaye wayeyithandwa yiJacobean kunye nookumkani baseTtuart, wayesengozini yokuwa ngokupheleleyo xa kuthengwa isizwe ngeLifa leMveli. Ngoku, ngokulungelelanisa iminyaka engama-80 phakathi kweLifa leMveli kunye nabanikazi bamanje, indlu iyabuyiselwa ngokupheleleyo. Kuvulekele uluntu ngohambo olukhokelwayo kuphela, iintsuku ezingama-50 ngonyaka.

Hlala ukhumbule ukuba ezininzi zamakhaya ase-Northamptonshire zisekhaya lentsapho ezizimeleyo, ezivulekileyo zokuvulela uluntu. Hlola iiwebhusayithi zazo ukufumana imihla yokuvula kunye neemeko zokungena.

03 we-06

Hlola iiJadi zokuKhathalela

Uninzi lwezindlu ezinokuthi zikhankanywe ngasentla zinemiyezo enokuthi ihanjelwe nangona izindlu zingavulwa kuluntu. Kwaye kukho ezinye ezintle - ukusuka kwi-garden ye-Elizabhethan yokubuyiselwa ekhishini kwi-Holdenby House ukuya kwindawo ye-Lancelot Capability Brown eBurghley.

Kukho iihektare ezili-35 zegadi, zivule imihla ngemihla, unyaka wonke, zibekwe kwii-10,000 ze-Castle Ashby. Kwaye i-como ilahlwe ngamapaki, ilizwe, ama-arboretums kunye neendawo zokunxweme.

Kodwa kwimiyezo engummangaliso kakhulu nenye yeyona ncinane kakhulu. Kwihektare ezili-10, kunye nezinye i -acre bluebell wood kunye ne-wildflower meadow, iCoton Manor Garden ngumtsalane okhangela ngokugqithiseleyo ngaphezu kwesisindo sayo.

Yadalwa ngowama-1925 ngootatomkhulu noomnini abanamanje, umyezo usaqhubeka neqela elincinci lentsapho, luncediswa ngabafundi kunye namavolontiya. Imida eminqabileyo enemibala, izitiya zamanzi, igadidi ezibiyelweyo ezigcwele iirasi kunye nezinye izididi "amagumbi" zilungelelene nendlu encinci yecala le-17 leminyaka. Babambe iintlobo ezingaphezu kwe-1 zezityalo, ezininzi zazo ziqabile kwaye zinzima ukufumana kwenye indawo. Unokuthenga izityalo kwiindawo zokugcina izilwanyana, ukuya kwisikolo sokulima, ukutya isidlo sasemini okanye itiye kwi-cafe uze u tyelele "kwizilwanyana zasendle". Ziquka intlanzi ezele i-wildfowl, iibhola ezihamba phambili eziye zahlala iminyaka engaphezu kwe-40, ezinye ezintle kakhulu kunaye kuneehagu kunye neenkomo ezininzi zeNglish.

Umyezo uvule iintsuku eziliqela ngeveki phakathi kuka-Apreli noSeptemba kwaye yonke imihla ngexesha lexesha le-bluebell (ekupheleni kuka-Epreli ukuya phakathi koMeyi). Ukutyelela kulo lonke ixesha kuya kuvuzwa ngokutshintshileyo, ukubonisa imibala.

04 we-06

Yondla Iimfuno Zakho Zokukhawuleza

Ukuba uye wahlala phambi komnye wemidlalo yokuqhubela i-arcade imidlalo, ukuzonwabisa ngeVROOM VROOM impembelelo xa ucinga ngokukhawuleza kwi-Grand Prix course eM Monte Carlo, uya kuthanda i-Northamptonshire, i-capital-revved up eBritani.

Amaqela amahlanu e-Formula 1 yehlabathi - i-Mercedes, i-Force India, iWilliams, i-Renault (yangaphambili iLotus) kunye ne-Red Bull - isekelwe kwindawo eyaziwa ngokuba yi-Formula 1 Valley, ehlanganisa i-Northamptonshire kunye neebhakana ezikufutshane zaseBuckinghamshire nase-Oxfordshire. I-como ithi ibumba lama-80 ekhulwini kwiimoto ze-Formula 1 zehlabathi kunye neenjini.

Kwaye i-Silverstone, ekhaya lase-Northamptonshire ye-F1 yaseBritish Grand Prix, yindawo apho ungayifumana emva kwevili kwaye uzivelele loo ma-G.

Xa engabamba iGrade Prix okanye imidlana yemoto yamandulo, iSilstonestone inikeza amava ahlukeneyo okuqhuba ukuqhubela phambili, ukusuka "kwindlela yokushisa", njengomgibeli kwimoto yemidlalo elungiselelwe umbala kunye nomqhubi wezemidlalo (£ 45 ngo-2017) I-Silverstone Challenge-yonke imihla yokuqhuba imoto kwiintlobo ezi-8 zeemoto zokugijima (i-£ 995 ngo-2017). Utshintsho oluphakathi phakathi luquka ukujikeleza umkhondo kwiSiliverstone kunye neeseshoni zokuqeqeshwa ezifutshane ezilandelwa ngethuba lakho lokuqhuba ngesivinini kwindlela eyaziwayo.

Sazama ukuhamba ngokushisa kwi-Aston Martin eqhutywe ngumqhubi wezobuchwephesha kunye nomqhubi wezemidlalo uSam Maher-Loughnan. Ekhutshwe nge-fireodof hood kunye nesigqoko sokugijima, ngamnye wethu wakhuphuka ecaleni kwe-Sam ukukhwela ebomini bethu, kathathu ngeenxa zonke umzila malunga ne-130mph. Ingaba ujabulela kuya kuxhomekeka ekubeni uthanda isivinini, nokuba ingcamango yokuya ngasecaleni ikunika iiglendlane kwaye unokukwazi njani ukunyamezela i-G-force eyongezelelweyo yokuhamba ngeenxa zonke ngaphandle kokuphula. Ngokuqinisekileyo ukunyuka kwe-adrenaline.

Hayi kuFomula 1? Unokuya kwi-Rockingham Motor Speedway, ebiza ngokuba yi-Yurophu ehamba phambili yokujikeleza i-oval circuit circuit, apho amava ongayibhalela afaka iimoto ezinkulu, ukuqhuba ukuqhuba nokuqeqeshwa kwe-NASCAR. Okanye malunga nosuku olusisithululo kwiSanta Pod Raceway, kwikhaya leMidlalo yeeDolozi zeYurophu. Kwiintsuku zokulandelela zoluntu ezihleliweyo apho, unokuthatha imoto yakho okanye isithuthuthu ngaphandle kwidrafti yeekhilomitha zee-mile ukuvavanya ukusebenza kwayo ngokugcwele.

05 ka 06

Ukuzalisa Iingqumbo Zakho Zokukhupha

I-Northamptonshire yakuba yiphondo lokushenxisa kwininzi yeBukhosi baseBrithani. Kusengumgangatho wekhwalithi ephakamileyo, isiko lesithandwa samadoda, amanqaku amaninzi eempahla zesikhonkwane somsebenzi kwaye, mhlawumbi uphawu lwesihlangu lwesiNgesi, uDkt Martens.

I-Northampton Museum kunye negalari yezobugcisa ithetha ibali lembali yezicathulo kunye neqoqo elikhulu lezinwele kunye nezinto ezinxulumene nezihlangu ehlabathini. Iquka izicathulo ezingaphezu kwezi-15,000 kunye neengxelo ezingama-50,000 zokugcinwa kweengxelo, iphepha lokubhala kunye neentambo zobugcisa obuhlobene. Ukutyelela ukubona izicathulo ezigqithwe ngu-Queen Victoria kunye ne-Prince Albert, uTom Thumb's boot kunye nekhulu leminyaka yeemfashane

Lusuku oluhle kakhulu lwemvula ekhwela abathandi beembadada kunye neefesistas, kodwa kuya kufuneka uceba uhambo lwakho ngo-2018 ukuze ubone oku kuqokeleleka njengemyuziyam okwangoku iyakwandiswa okukhulu. Okuvuyisayo kukuba, yinto enye yezinto ezininzi kwiinkomfa - ukusuka kwimbali yendawo encinci kunye neemyuziyam zoshishino ukuthutha iimyuziyam kunye neendlela ezinokuloliwe.

06 we-06

Hlalani kwindawo yokuhlala yeeNdwendwe

Cwangcisa uhambo lokuthandana no-Northamptonshire kwiBakala 1 e-Rushton Hall, indawo engumlando ekhoyo njengamahotele kunye ne-spa.

Eqalwe ekuqaleni kwekhulu le-15, indlu ineenkcukacha eziyinkimbinkimbi zabanikazi abanemibala kunye nezicwangciso. Kuye kubakho abafundisi apho amaKatolika athile abafihla inkolo yabo yentsapho ngexesha lolawulo lukaHenry VIII no-Elizabeth I nangomhla weMfazwe YesiXhosa.

Intsapho yaseTresham, abanikazi bayo bokuqala, ibandakanyeke kwisiGqeba saseGunpowder, ngoku siyakhumbula minyaka yonke eNgilandi ngobusuku boBufire . UCharles Dickens wayengumvakatye rhoqo kwaye iholo elimangalisayo lehotele elinomgangatho walo wesibini unamathemam unokuba ngumzekelo wendlu ka-Miss Haversham kwizinto ezinkulindelekileyo kakhulu. Ithemba leentsapho, elibizwa ngokuba yiThe Hope Diamond, elibizwa ngokuba yi-Hope kunye ne-jewell fabulous, ngoku yingxenye yesithsaba saseBrithani, mhlawumbi igcinwe apha.

Ngokuqinisekileyo unokufumana ilungu labasebenzi ukuba lichaze ixesha elide malunga nembali yale ndlu enkulu kakhulu kwaye igcinwe kakuhle, kodwa kulula kakhulu ukuzonwabisa nje ngamagumbi ayo amakhulu, amaqabunga, iklasi yokuqala yeklasi kunye neendawo zayo ezinzulu, ezikuyo. Amagumbi eendwendwe abheke ikhefu elinesiqithi apho izimvu zibeka khona ukuba zibekwe ngumculi. Ihotele ye-hoteli ifaka i-gym encinci kodwa ixhotywe kakuhle kunye nequla elihle elimitha eli-18.

Amagumbi ngo-2017 aqale kwi-£ 240 engamaqabane amabini aquka i-dinner (imenyu edibeneyo yeekhosi ezintathu, i-£ 50 ngomntu ngamnye), indawo yokulala kunye nesidlo sasekuseni nokusetyenziswa ngokupheleleyo kwe-spa.

Njengoko eqhelekileyo kwishishini lokuhamba, umbhali unikezelwa ngeenkonzo ezincedisayo ukwenzela injongo yokuphonononga. Ngelixa lingazange luchukumise lo mboniso, lukholelwa ekudaluleni ngokugcwele zonke iingxabano ezingabangela umdla.