Lake District with National Trust

I'm a National Trust member and I belong as well to their local group in Nottingham. In the winter they have conferences and in the spring and summer they organise walks and trips. I've already been on a day trip to Saltaire (see 22/05/10 entry) with them.
Yesterday we set off for a 6 days stay in Kendal in Cumbria. On the way we stopped at Newby Hall in North Yorkshire. See : http://www.newbyhall.com/