After checking the weather forecast we decided to visit Cragside because the weather was going to be favourable. On our way there we detoured via Rothbury in order to find a cash point. Whilst we were in Rothbury Mr C insisted on locating for me the nice ladies clothes shop that I visited last time [...]
Archive for the tag 'National Trust'
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Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900 – 1944)
15 Comments CherryPie on Sep 15th 2013
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Bronze Nymph
The Bronze Nymphs dotted around Chirk Castle are the work of Andrea Carlo Lucchesi.
4 Comments CherryPie on Aug 18th 2013
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Hercules
And… There’s always one!!!
10 Comments CherryPie on Aug 17th 2013
Detail from the Statue of Hercules at Chirk Castle:
This lead statue of Hercules was commissioned in the 1720’s by Robert Myddelton, and stood outside the main entrance to the Castle with a companion figure of Mars. In June 1770 it was removed to an outlying wood in the park, whence it was rescued in 1983 [...]
20 Comments CherryPie on Aug 16th 2013
