Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Gardens, Heritage, Out & About
Glansevern Hall is privately owned and not open to the public. A property listing from when the house was up for sale in 2012 provides information on the history of the house and gardens:
Glansevern Hall is approached by a drive running through an avenue of sweet chestnut trees behind a high stone wall.
Understood to be [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 8th 2016
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens
On my recent journey to Glansevern Hall Gardens I noticed a monument on the top of hill, it was neatly framed by trees that reminded me of soldiers marching. Whilst walking around the garden I spotted the hill and the monument again and was able to zoom in close with my camera.
The County War Memorial [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jun 7th 2016
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We had an extra day off courtesy of Her Majesty the Queen in honour of her birthday. The weather was perfect for a short excursion to enjoy the sunshine, whilst it lasted. I did some quick research to find somewhere nearby that we had never been before and we settled on Glansevern Hall Gardens.
Taking advantage [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on May 31st 2016
Filed under Anecdotes, Hay-on-Wye 2015, Holidays
After breakfast, which was cooked to order, we headed off into town to visit one of the bookshops that we had missed the previous day. The bookshop was due to open at 10am but we arrived in town before this so we headed off to photograph the castle. This led to us finding another interesting [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Jun 9th 2015
Filed under Anecdotes, Hay-on-Wye 2015, Holidays
I have just returned from a mini break in Hay-on-Wye, where we have been to celebrate our wedding anniversary. The drive to Hay-on-Wye took us through the Shropshire and Herefordshire countryside which was particularly beautiful with the sun shining on and through the lush growth of early summer. As we approached Hay-on-Wye we encounterd a [...]
11 Comments CherryPie on Jun 8th 2015
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Built by Thomas Telford, 1795 – 1805 there are 18 piers of local stone, the central ones over the Dee being 126′ high up to the ironwork.
The canal runs through the iron trough, 1007′ long, 11′ 10” wide and 5′ 3” deep, the largest in Britain. The iron was supplied by William Hazeldine form his [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Feb 24th 2015
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23 Comments CherryPie on Apr 6th 2012
