We parked up, and headed up the hill towards The Cage. This is a building up on the hill, perhaps 1/2 a mile away from the house. The walk wasn't strenuous, but was hard going as it was incredibly windy. It's quite exposed up on top of a hill. So windy, I was having trouble holding the camera still when taking photos. Many were too shaky. But being from Wellington, we weren't put off :-)
One of the park staff was up there, and we had a brief chat. We thought it was a hunting lodge, and were almost correct, it's where the ladies used to go while the man went hunting. It doesn't look much from afar, but up close is a very large building, three stories high, and in itself an impressive house in size and design.
The view was pretty good in all directions from the house, and we could even see Manchester sprawling in the distance.
The guide also pointed out to us some deer further down the hill. The park has a lot of deer, they are contained to the park by fences but roam free. I went for a walk down the hill to get closer to them, they were rather cautious of me but I got some photos before they moved away.
We then returned to the car, to head towards Manchester.
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