Torricelli is another water feature in the Serpent Garden. The water slowly creeps up the tubes and eventually bursts out in a cascade of fountains which slowly diminish. Kids are fascinated by this one and love to explore the feature first hand
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Filed under Crookham 2011, Gardens, Holidays
Alnwick Garden – Torricelli
10 Comments CherryPie on Jul 21st 2011
Filed under Crookham 2011, Holidays
Alnwick Garden – The Grand Cascade
The second day of my holiday was spent in Alnwick garden and town. The first thing that you see as you enter the garden is the spectacular Grand Cascade.
When passing through the archway into The Alnwick Garden, the view leads immediately to The Garden’s centrepiece; the Grand Cascade. A magnificent tumbling mass of [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Jul 11th 2011
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Kent January 2011
Leeds Castle – Fountain Court
This central courtyard dates from the 1280s:
As early as the 14th century, cisterns were installed beneath it, to which water was supplied for the castle from springs in the park. The yard was totally refurbished in the 1920s by Lady Baillie’s designer Rateau. *
*From the Leeds Castle guide book.
6 Comments CherryPie on Jan 31st 2011
Filed under Anecdotes, Art, Bruges 2010, Holidays
PhotoHunt – Male
By the time we had walked to the fountain in Zand Square the weather had taken a turn for the worse. I am not sure whether there was more water in the fountain or coming out of the sky. After standing around for some time whilst one of the party took a lengthy [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Dec 17th 2010
Filed under Heritage, Out & About, Science & Nature
Chatsworth – The Emperor Fountain
This fountain is powered by the pressure of the water dropping 122 metres, through a 40 centimetre iron pipe made from a man-made lake. The fountain can reach a height of 90 metres although it is usually to half that height to conserve water. In the summer when water is scarce the [...]
13 Comments CherryPie on Aug 25th 2010
You are quaffing drink from a hundred fountains: whenever any of these hundred yields less, your pleasure is diminished. But when the sublime fountain gushes from within you, no longer need you steal from the other fountains.
Jalal ad-Din Rumi
10 Comments CherryPie on Aug 22nd 2010
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Chatsworth – The Cascade
This cascade which was built for the 1st Duke of Devonshire is spectacular. A sign by the side of the temple at the top of the cascade provides some interesting information about both the cascade and the garden’s water features:
This cascade was built for the 1st Duke of Devonshire by a French engineer, Grillet, and [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Aug 21st 2010
