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LONDON – More than 100 people gathered for several hours at Greenway, the former home of famed British mystery author Agatha Christie, in the English countryside on Friday.
In a series of events that could have been lifted straight from the pages of Christie’s mystery novels, a group of tourists blocked the road to an estate in Devon when a storm fell on a tree. , South West England.
Caroline Haven, who was visiting Greenway, contacted local news outlet Devon Live to spread the word that around 100 tourists were trapped in the grounds of Christie’s former holiday home.
Britain’s National Trust, which manages the historic site, quickly announced on its website that a large tree had fallen on the single-track road leading to the greenway.
A National Trust spokesman said: “We know there are visitors, staff and volunteers who are still unable to get out on the Greenway” and the National Trust is “doing everything” to ensure their comfort while they wait.
The stranded tourists kept themselves busy, drinking tea in the houses’ tea rooms and playing crafts on the lawns, Haven told Devon Live.
Genet, who reached his home at 11:30 am on Friday, appreciated the efforts of the staff to take care of the tourists.
“They’re doing a great job, giving us free tea and stuff. It’s a bit gloomy,” she said.
Christie herself was known to while away the hours on the Greenway grounds, playing hours of golf and croquet and entertaining guests with excerpts from her latest mystery novels, according to the National Trust website.
The arrested tourists had time to see the estate’s walled gardens and the famous boathouse that served as the scene of the crime in Christie’s novel “Dead Man’s Folly”.
While it may seem calm, some social media users have failed to draw parallels with Christie’s epic novel “And Then There Wasn’t,” which inexplicably follows ten strangers invited to a remote mansion on the coast of Devon. As members of the party continue to be mysteriously killed, the group soon learns that there is a killer in their midst.
One social media user tweeted a link to the Devon Live article, reading: “99, 98, 97, 96, 94 (grisly), 93.” Another user shared the post, advising the stranded tourists to “immediately implement a buddy system.”
However, the tourists met a less tragic fate than Christie’s characters, as they were able to leave the property on Friday evening after local rescue services were able to clear the road.
Those wanting to taste the magic of Christine’s murder mystery will have to wait a little longer, however, as the National Trust warned prospective visitors in its Saturday update that the Greenway was closed due to “extensive storms”.
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