The prompt for this weeks theme was:
With ‘Vintage’ we are aiming to capture the feeling of dated, old, or classic. An alternative to that would be to edit a photo to give it a vintage feel.
The ‘Vintage’ gallery can be found here.
10 Comments CherryPie on Mar 1st 2013
Long time friends and readers will know how much I enjoy walled gardens and will understand why I couldn’t resist exploring the walled garden at Shugborough before I left the estate.
21 Comments CherryPie on Feb 28th 2013
Unfortunately on the day I visited Shugborough the tower was closed so I was unable to see the interior. This is what the guide book has to say about the tower:
The Tower of the Winds was completed in 1765 and is based on the Temple of the Winds in Athens. the Greek original derived its name from the depiction of each of the winds as reliefs at the top of each octagonal side.
Shugborough’s tower stood at one time at the edge of an ornamental lake and was flanked by two bridges. At the other end of the lake it was faced by an elegant Chinese Pagoda. Sadly the pagoda was lost during severe flooding in the late eighteen century and the lake was drained in order to prevent such a disaster recurring.
At one time the basement of the building was used as a dairy and the upper floor is believed to have been used as a gambling den by the 1st Earl in the mid-19th century.
4 Comments CherryPie on Feb 27th 2013
…we see the canal that divides Shugborough from the village of Great Haywood.
10 Comments CherryPie on Feb 26th 2013
I am now taking you on a little detour just outside Shugborough across the Essex Bridge:
The Essex Bridge links Shugborough to the village of Great Hayward at the point where the rivers Trent and Sow join.
It is believed to be the longest packhorse bridge ever constructed and was built in the late 16th century. The financing of the project was funded by the Earls of Essex who used the bridge to access the hunting forest of Canks Wood – now Cannock Chase – from their home at Chartley Castle a short distance away. Originally it boasted 42 arches but it is believed the bridge was shortened in size in the early 19th century when a new channel for the River Sow was dug. Today it spans over 100 yards and has 14 arches.*
*From the Shugborough guide book.
12 Comments CherryPie on Feb 25th 2013
Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.
Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955)
20 Comments CherryPie on Feb 24th 2013
The guide book says that it is rumoured servants who were tardy would be asked to sleep in the bedroom beneath the clock tower.. The clock chimed on the hour every hour.
18 Comments CherryPie on Feb 24th 2013
