An idiots guide to an idiot: Wrest Park, Chinese or French?

A really nice afternoon out with the Memsahib today. Tara had noticed that Wrest Park were doing a special tours around rooms not usually open to the public. They contain hand painted wall papers dating from the 17th & 18th centuries. Covered over with false walls for donkey's years they were something of a surprise when these three rooms were stripped.
Now renovated the Chinese rooms are perhaps the more vivid and are hand painted, the French room though also very beautiful was made in a different way using wood blocks to add each colour to build up the picture. The work that went into the wall paper is breathtaking and must have taken an age to complete. My photos don't really do it justice.The house has had a checkered past, a family home and weekend residence in late 19th century, hospital during World War One and eventually offices, it's now wholly owned by English Heritage who have embarked on a twenty year project of renovation of both house and gardens to bring it back to its former glory of around a hundred years ago.
Coffee and cake beckoned after the tour. Proper cakes made on the premises that was delicious with the added bonus of gluten and wheat free cakes as well! What's happening? Tara isn't used to a choice!
The set up at Wrest Park has changed considerably since we last visited some years ago. Some of the out buildings have been converted into a shop and café there's a play area and outside seating for the summer, it all looks great but has perhaps lost a little something in now being too organised, I'm all for slightly disorganised and more at ease, but maybe that's just me.
We'd been toying with the idea of rejoining English Heritage for a while now, the best offer I'd seen online was 20% off with three extra months membership for going direct debit. Joining at an EH property gets you your entrance money back, this more or less worked out to the same deal as 20% off so we decided to join then and there, it's also a place Tara can walk any dog guests we have as we now have free entry. Lots of EH places around and some well worth another visit so I think we'll be quids in!
Just to mention our dear No.2 son and girlfriend. Alec and Laura have just arrived in Australia and are on the Gold Coast about 80 miles from Brisbane. Looking forward to their surfing photos!