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The route begins with a sharp double turn off the road onto
the private drive. It then winds steeply up towards the Castle
and ends with a very sharp left hand bend on a hill. The Castle
Main entrance is on your right; we drove past and parked our
entourage on the terrace overlooking the Vale of Belvoir and in
front of the main reception room windows. This was where we
found the snow drifts!
Dinan and Juno remained in the lorry while Dennis
introduced us to the very nice Programme Director, Neil Eccles
and his team.
( We were told in 1995 by Pam Rhodes and her S of P
friends while they were filming at Northcote, that Neil had by
then moved high up among the most senior BBC staff).
Dennis had explained that as we would be working for the
BBC we would not get paid! But they would pay our expenses
for getting there. Whether that would have included the fine if
our Policeman had been better acquainted with his traffic law,
I am not sure.
However, lunch was in a formal dining room with a most
welcome roaring fire in the hearth, we thought this the
highlight of our day.
What followed was magical. We were made most welcome
and the whole afternoon was ours.
Neil decide that the Brougham Carriage was magnificent
and just what they needed. It was totally enclosed with a
beautiful bow shaped glass front. The whole shone in elegant
maroon and black livery.
Juno was harnessed and told all about what was expected
of her. She had to pass by the cameras stationed in the front of
the Castle entrance and move off down the drive as if she was
leaving the castle with her important passengers.
In fact most of the time, the passengers were Neil himself
or his very able lady assistant.

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