English Stately Homes

After the sultry, steamy-ness of Singapore, the weather in England has been refreshing. Not quite summerish, more like Autumn or Spring, but enjoyable really. It has been really ideal for touring the gorgeous stately homes and castles. To date we have visited Edinburgh Castle, Holyrood Palace, Whitby Abbey, Castle Howard, Chirk Castle and today was the turn of Chatsworth House, home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire. What a fabulous house it is, too, with the most amazing painted ceilings, sculptures and colossal chandeliers. The best one to date.

Just have to tell you this, though. I was in a public loo the other day and saw a notice saying: help us help the environment; use both sides of the sheets of paper. Well, I was trying to get my head around this one, and imagining trying to use both sides of a sheet of toilet paper, before deciding I would give this request the flick. I was told later that this notice actually refers to writing paper. My question, why then is it posted on the toilet wall??????????????????