In Search Of Wifi.

Before starting the food run this morning I went in search of a better wifi signal. I was going to leave my bag in the kitchen but then thought that if I needed to hide somewhere whist on my mission my bag could give the game away. So I decided to take it with me.

On entering the kitchen there is a work top on the left, and also the opposite wall. The window is also in the opposite wall so no wall cupboards. The sink and ever boiling kettle along with the other appliances are on the window work top. The window is set high up the wall as in other servant areas. So no peeking outside. All other walls have wooden cupboards on them. Behind the door to the right is a wooden table that can be used to prepare food etc.

Across the kitchen diagonally is a three meter long passage, at the end of which. in the left hand wall is a door that leads to the main dinning room. The door opens to the right and behind it, almost the  length of the wall is a huge ornate dresser on which sits a massive ornamental bowl. Plus a few other normal sized ornaments. Pass with this dresser on your right and the head of the dinning table to your left, and in front of you is another door. I tested for a wifi signal in the dinning room and whilst it was better there than in my room I thought I would try for further improvement.

I quietly opened the door in front of me fully aware that I was now entering deep into the forbidden zone. As I slowly opened the door, there standing in front of me was the ticking clock. It looked much as I thought it would, a tall grandfather clock, slowly and methodically ticking away the time. Something it had been doing for many years. Stepping through the door I was in to what looked to be an entrance hall which was laid out exactly the same as the upstairs landing. To my right was the foot of the large staircase. Just beyond this and leading away down the side of it was a passage way. This passage I assumed was the other end of the one that ran down the side of our stairs. In the wall to my right were double glass doors giving access to a cloak room type place, this was obviously the front door. In front between the clock and the front door was a single glass door. As with the front doors the glass was in small panes and not one single sheet of glass. I didn't count them but at a guess I would say there were fifty panes in a single door.

To my left now was a corridor leading away in to darkness. Follow this corridor and after five meters it opens out to the right in to this gigantic room. The ceiling was two stories high and the corresponding upstairs corridor also opened out in to this room but only had viewing access down in to the room. This was a very dodgy room for me giving such access as it did. So for that reason I limited myself to viewing it only from the downstairs corridor, that way I couldn't be seen from upstairs should anyone be looking. Also noise would have easy assess to travel up to the bedrooms. I had got to be good at being quiet though. Grandfather would be proud that I was putting his lessons to good use. At the far end of this room was an amazing bay window from ground to ceiling, so two stories high. I've never seen such a window before.

Apart from the massive room, high ceiling, tall window, in the right hand wall was and equally impressive fireplace which was set back in it's own little room. This alcove type feature was around four meters deep and just as wide and down each side were benches with cushions. I should imaging it would be very warm sitting that close to such a large fire.

The centre of the room was mostly full of armchairs and couches with a low table in the very center. Against the left hand wall were a couple of cabinets and a low dresser. And close to the passage where I stood was a door, presumably to another room. I didn't venture through it but instead retreated to the dinning room. I felt super vulnerable in the big room with it being exposed to the upper floor as it was. I didn't even get my phone out to check the wifi. I thought I would try to do what I wanted in the dinning room first.

It was very slow to download Whatsapp but it did at least stay connected which is the problem I have in my room. If I try to do something substantial it disconnects before finishing. I got it all set up while I was there too, so now all it has to do is send a message which hopefully it will managed to do from my room.

I now quickly got the food and drink that I needed before retiring once again for another day of solitude. I was quite tired after my mission which was a bit stressing.