Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
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Dotted around the garden were several bronze nymphs that had been created by Andrea Carlo Lucchesi. The one pictured here is rather reminiscent of Eve because there was a snake beneath her foot.
There is also a very prominent statue of Hercules (by Van Nost) set before the backdrop of the castle. You can’t see the [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on May 12th 2010
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The bluebells are a little late in flowering this year, so I am not able to present you with a very blue carpet of colour from my recent visit. But here as promised are the bluebells from my visit to Chirk Castle.
26 Comments CherryPie on May 11th 2010
If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.
The Buddha
PS: For those of you who have been waiting for the bluebells, this is the first glimpse of them.
12 Comments CherryPie on May 9th 2010
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Moving away from the castle and into the gardens there was a lovely display of spring flowers. I did think of Uncle Bernard as I took these, although there aren’t 10,000 in this border.
9 Comments CherryPie on May 9th 2010
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It is now time to go and find those bluebells that I mentioned. To do that we have to first walk through the formal garden which consists of topiary yews and hedges. These were planted by Richard Myddelton Biddulph in the late 19th century in order to give shelter to the plants that were growing [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on May 8th 2010
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The clock-tower was put up on the inner face of the Adam’s Tower in 1609. The belfrey however was added as part of later alterations.
6 Comments CherryPie on May 6th 2010
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Chirk Castle is a border fortress which was designed to subdue the Welsh. It was built between 1925 and 1310 by Roger Mortimer who was one of Edward I’s warlords.
In contrast to the unwelcoming exterior, the interior is a lot more homely. The castle has been almost continuously occupied for 700 years.
Among Chirk’s [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on May 5th 2010
