inulro | Belated new year's resolution

The 2009 National Trust handbook came yesterday, and I realized that a sensible resolution would be actually getting our money's worth out of our membership this year (last year, between the weather and being away so much, we used our membership twice). And get better at packing my own picnics, as food is Not Cheap at National Trust cafés, and my other goal at the moment is to get back into the habit of saving.

Yesterday I transferred all my "must visit" tabs from last year's handbook into this year's. Today was meant to be spent planning a military-style (for me) timetable of NT sites to visit over the coming months[1].

(Yes, I'm a humongous nerd. But you already know that).

Now I know a few of you are avid visitors of National Trust properties - any recommendations? We plan to travel wtihin the UK this year, so recommendations outside the South West area gratefully received. One in particular that I'd like to organise a group excursion to is West Wycombe Park (the Francis Dashwood place).

[1] Which y'all are spared for you on account of sleeping badly last night, with consequent zombie-dom today.

I've had to live with insomnia all my life, and I've suddenly hit the wall in terms of being able to cope emotionally. I have just HAD ENOUGH and want to sleep properly. Not that I know what proper sleep is, but I've read about it and it sounds rather keen.

ION, I have some book reviews to type up but one of them requires some consideration & content, so they'll have to wait.