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At a plant sale at Mapperton House; the sale was well patronised and Mrs B found some decent Acanthus and Euphorbia. 

Card payments were accepted, but the lack of strong mobile signal made payments very slow. 

And the owner's wife, the Viscountess of Hinchingbrooke, an American lady, wandered the customers to talk about their YouTube channel, another way to finance the constant repairs necessary.  She had just had her first swim in the old pool, after repairs to the bottom and sides.