I was reading this article about Bovey Castle, an Edwardian estate set within 368 square miles of the Dartmoor National Park in Devon

and it wasn’t the glitzy accommodation which appealed (like the “Grand Stateroom”), or the exquisite golf course which hosts PGA championships every year, or the 5-star restaurant overflowing with bottles of Veuve Clicquot to wash down the meal.

No no no!
Did you see what the draw card was in the article (at least for me)?  
Ferret Racing!!  :-)
I can’t imagine having ferrets racing up and down pipes on the lawns of that estate but how much fun would that be?  
Actually it’s really boring, because you’re standing around trying to will your ferret to stick all 4 paws out of the pipe and if something scares it, it will turn around and go back the other way!  Really frustrating, but still.
I wonder if I was there and told them I felt really homesick for my ferrets, if they would let me take a couple of them up to my fancy suite to play with.  Hahaha!  Now that would be a treat! 
All I have to do is talk my sweet husband into forking out 9,800 pounds (only about US$19,600) for a week in one of the Lodges.  
Sounds like an excellent idea … in my dreams!  ;-)))

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