Random thoughts and photos on my journey through life…
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The round garden was incredibly difficult to photograph due to the number of people crowding around to take in the view, not to mention those that were just standing around in groups chatting. The guide book describes this part of the garden as follows:
The circular bed that comprises the centre of the Round Garden is [...]
5 Comments CherryPie on Jun 5th 2010
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The Bodnant estate has been owned by the same family for over 130 years:
In January 1875 Henry Davis Pochin (1824-1895), a successful Victorian entrepreneur, purchased the Bodnant Estate. A trained chemist as well as an industrialist, Mr. Pochin had invented a means of clarifying rosin to produce coloured soap and he had [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Jun 3rd 2010
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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 [...]
20 Comments CherryPie on Jun 1st 2010
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…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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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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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
