Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
On bank holiday Sunday I attended attended a family wedding, this led to us staying in Cheltenham for a couple of nights due to this being the area where the wedding took place.
During my stay I was able to do some urban walking around Cheltenham.
In addition to the urban walking the hotel corridors from the bedroom to the hotel reception and breakfast room (and back) also racked up some miles.
On our journey home we stopped off at Westonbury Mill Water Gardens where we enjoyed a pleasant lunch followed by a walk around the gardens.
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The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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This exhibit is a fiberglass model used to create the bronze statue that now stands in Whitehall Place, London. The London statue was unveiled by the Royal Tank Regiment’’s Colonel in Chief, Her Majesty the Queen, on the 13th of June 2000.
The memorial depicts a Comet Tank Crew and is a permanent tribute to those who have served in the Royal Tank Regiment and its antecedents.*
The bronze figures shown here represent (from left) the Hull Machine Gunner holding a BSA machine gun, Turret Gunner, Commander with binoculars, Loader/Radio Operator and Driver of a Comet Tank.
Comets entered service in 1945, as a 32 ton Cruiser Tank armed with a 77mm gun. They served with the 11th Armoured Division for the last few months of the war in Europe.*
Take these men as your example.
Like them remember
That prosperity can only be for the free,
Who alone have the courage to defend it.Pericles 490 – 429 B.C.
*from an information board next to the statue
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The garden is laid out into areas separated by walls and hedges.
The garden layout was developed in the early 20th century, by Dr. Price, including laying down triangular and diamond shaped flagstone paths. The ornamental domes of box were planted in the 1920s.[9] The early landscaping was expanded and planted starting in 1933 by Phyllis Reiss in a Arts and Crafts “Hidcote” style.[3] The 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) garden is separated into “rooms” by Yew hedges and walls.[10] The different areas include Eagle Court (the former courtyard), Middle Garden, Fountain Garden and Pool Garden.[3] The pool garden is the site of a former tennis court.[9]
In 1954 Reiss gave the house and garden to the National Trust, but continued to live in the house and care for the garden until her death in 1961. From then on, the Trust let the house to a variety of tenants, including the garden designer and writer Penelope Hobhouse and her husband Prof John Malins from 1980 to 1993.[11]
The gardens are included in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens and include small pools and an azelea garden.[12]
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…followed by fine dining at chez nous
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There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear; because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
1 John 4:18
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