Last year on one of my trips to Kent, there was just enough time (before catching the train home) to visit the Dover museum where the Bronze Age boat is housed. It is a very interesting exhibition, but sadly I have no photos, it was a bit too dark. The photos here were taken [...]
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Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Kent August 2011
Dover and the Bronze Age Boat
15 Comments CherryPie on Mar 12th 2012
Filed under Out & About
PhotoHunt – High
The fountain is capable of reaching a height of 90 meters.
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
PS: I seem to be in some sort of time warp and my post for high is a week early. I wonder if my post for public will appear next week…
8 Comments CherryPie on Oct 14th 2011
Filed under Crookham 2011, Gardens, Holidays
Alnwick Garden – Torricelli
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
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
