Bodnant garden is famous for it’s Laburnum Arch which was out in full splendour yesterday and well worth seeing. The laburnums were originally planted in around 1882. They are trained over frames to form a curved tunnel of hanging gold racemes.
Due to the nice weather and the bank holiday there were a lot of people [...]
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The Laburnum Arch
20 Comments CherryPie on Jun 1st 2010
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A Short Excursion…
…into Wales.
I am still a bit rushed off my feet with lots of things that need organising and visiting people etc etc. But despite this I have been keeping my eye on the weather for bank holiday Monday (today).
The weather promised to be cloudy but fine so I set off towards the place I had [...]
25 Comments CherryPie on May 31st 2010
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The Royal Pavilion
I shall finish my series of posts about the Royal Pavilion with a few photos of the architecture.
The Pavilion was built for George, Prince Regent at the turn of the 19th century. I didn’t explore the buildings whilst I was there so you will have to wait until my next visit for some more detailed [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on May 31st 2010
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The Royal Pavilion Garden
I recently Blogged about my experience in the garden so today I am going to give you a little bit of information about the garden itself.
The garden surrounding the Royal Pavilion has been restored to its original Regency splendour closely following John Nash’s plans of the 1820’s. As the architect of the Royal Pavilion, he [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on May 29th 2010
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My Afternoon Off
On the half day that I had free between the two conferences I decided to visit the Royal Pavilion. To save time I asked for directions at the hotel reception and found my way there quite easily although it was further than I thought. The pavilion looked rather packed so I decided just to enjoy [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on May 27th 2010
