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It's a beautiful sunny late Spring afternoon and nowhere I would rather be than at Stowe Landscape Gardens in Buckinghamshire.Always a great pleasure to cross the border and make another visit. I've written several times about Stowe over the years so this post will be mainly a few photos. We will be focusing our short walk mainly around 'Eleven Acre' Lake and 'Octagon Lake'. We start off though with the sound of leather on willow, a cricket it match is being played on the South lawn. Could there possibly be a better surrounding? The back drop of 'Stowe House, gently sloping down towards the lakes. We watch a few overs and the batsmen seem to hod the ascendancy. I think i might get a few runs given the perfect conditions. Passing the statue of 'King George II 'we make our way to the 'Sleeping Wood'. Originally a wilderness garden. Designed to deliberately disorientate the visitor, set in a mazy wood the paths wind around shrubberies. Eventually leading to the sleeping parlour in a secret clearing.
The Sleeping Parlour is now long gone but the challenge is to find the foundation stone which bears the following inscription. 'Since all things are uncertain, indulge thyself'. License to stop off for a pint of beer if ever there was one I suppose! In time the wood will mature and become a secret wilderness away from the garden. We continue on the 'path of Vice and Virtue following the Greek God Hercules personal struggle. The Temples here tell stories of seductive women, sordid goings on and excessive partying. Seems just my sort of place then. Oh and yes we did find the 'Foundation Stone'.
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Pebble Alcove
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Earliest Chinese pavilion in UK
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Palladian Bridge
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Rear view of 'the best view'
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As always another fantastic day out at Stowe. Each time I always see so many new things.
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