Cherie's Place » Traquair Maze http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Wed, 29 Apr 2026 23:45:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Traquair – The Maze http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/03/20/traquair-the-maze/ http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/03/20/traquair-the-maze/#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2014 20:30:25 +0000 CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=12580 Maze from Without

This maze was designed in 1980 by John Scofield and planted with 1500 Leyland Cypress trees donated by NICHOLAS SAUNDERS.  The first tree was planted by Anna Vaughan, the youngest child in the Traquair school.  In 1982 after an extremely severe frost two thirds of the Leyland Cypress died and were replanted with Beech.

The maze consists of four subcentres which must be visited in turn before reaching the middle – a distance of a quarter of a mile from the entrance.  To leave quickly a shorter route may be used.  On Easter Sunday an Easter Egg hunt for  younger children is held here.

We were lucky enough to have the maze all to ourselves when we took the challenge.  You can see a picture of  the FOOLS EXIT (the short route) here.

Maze Map

Labyrinth

Subcentre

Pathway

Centre

]]> http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/03/20/traquair-the-maze/feed/ 12 Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/12/15/cheries-place-thought-for-the-week-238/ http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/12/15/cheries-place-thought-for-the-week-238/#comments Sun, 15 Dec 2013 20:09:46 +0000 CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=11979 When you lay out all possible pathways, no matter how ridiculous or counter intuitive they may seem, and sort the multitude of data, events, and actions upon their appropriate piles, a new reality may emerge to compete against your own bias. It is your ability to believe and amend your belief system, which separates you from the masses. The task is not so much to see what no one yet has seen, but to think what no body yet has thought about that which everyone sees.

Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 – 1860)

Fools Exit

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