Stourhead in October 2017

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Stourhead in October 2017

#1 Post by om15 » Fri Oct 20, 2017 5:00 pm

In between the rain bursts I managed a walk round the lake at Stourhead this afternoon, not the normal autumn quiet, everything was sodden and storm lashed.

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#3 Post by Karearea » Sat Oct 21, 2017 4:15 am

Classic, beautiful. Thanks for the pictures. :)
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#4 Post by limeygal » Sun Oct 22, 2017 11:02 am

Lovely, thanks for sharing

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#5 Post by om15 » Sun Oct 22, 2017 12:30 pm

My pleasure, Stourhead is a favourite destination, marred only by the NT rampant drive for money making and customer control, a visit now entails having to sod about scanning membership cards into car park machines and being outnumbered by bossy NT officials, sort of Disney world experience.

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#6 Post by zarniwoop » Mon Oct 23, 2017 10:44 am

Beautiful photo's there, Stourhead has been featured on Gardeners World several times over the last few months with the head gardener showing some of the main features and describing the work involved in maintaining the grounds, even with modern motorised equipment it's still a major undertaking, hardly surprising that so many staff were needed to look after such places in the past.

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#7 Post by Mrs Ex-Ascot » Thu Oct 26, 2017 9:05 am

Beautiful photos om, especially as they have such an autumnal feel to them. :-bd Almost make me miss good old Blighty..........but not enough to return in the near future. :D
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