The guidebook tells me that the first dinner to be held in ‘The Great Dining Room’ at Chatsworth was for the 13-year old Princess Victoria:
It was her first adult dinner and there was a cooked rehearsal the day before. The 6th Duke wrote, “it is like dining in a giant trunk and you expect [...]
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PhotoHunt – Framed
27 Comments CherryPie on Aug 27th 2010
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100 Photos 34 :: Rainbows
14 Comments CherryPie on Aug 26th 2010
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Chatsworth – The Emperor Fountain
This fountain is powered by the pressure of the water dropping 122 metres, through a 40 centimetre iron pipe made from a man-made lake. The fountain can reach a height of 90 metres although it is usually to half that height to conserve water. In the summer when water is scarce the [...]
13 Comments CherryPie on Aug 25th 2010
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100 Photos 33 :: Butterflies
I know it is a bit of a cheat and I should have made the effort to get a photo of a real butterfly, but I do rather like the effect of the sun glinting off this sculpture.
10 Comments CherryPie on Aug 25th 2010
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Chatsworth – More from the Exhibition
Some more sculptures from the ‘Beyond Limits‘ exhibition:
Engine of Evolution by Mark Quinn
Stairs by Lynn Chadwick
Butterflies by Manolo Valdes
4 Comments CherryPie on Aug 24th 2010
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100 Photos 32 :: Clean Fresh Water
I am not quite sure why but I really like this photo. I was trying to take it quickly to avoid the two children being in the photo. As you can see it didn’t quite focus on anything and the shutter speed was rather slow so the children made it into the photo [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Aug 23rd 2010
You are quaffing drink from a hundred fountains: whenever any of these hundred yields less, your pleasure is diminished. But when the sublime fountain gushes from within you, no longer need you steal from the other fountains.
Jalal ad-Din Rumi
10 Comments CherryPie on Aug 22nd 2010
