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Christmas Eve Bath UK

24 December 2022

Christmas Eve Afternoon Tea at the Pump Room Bath UK

24 December 2022

Saturday 5 February 2022

Football Association FA Cup 4th Round Chelsea v Plymouth Argyle at Stamford Bridge, London UK

VIP dining before watching the match.

Saturday 5 February 2022

Football Association FA Cup 4th Round Chelsea v Plymouth Argyle

Stamford Bridge, London UK

VIP dining before watching the match.

Chiltern Open Air Museum - Buckinghamshire UK

25 May 2018

The museum was founded in 1976 and aims to rescue and restore common English buildings from the Chilterns, which might otherwise have been destroyed or demolished. The buildings have been relocated to the museum's 45-acre site, which includes woodland and parkland. The collection has more than 30 buildings on view including barns, other traditional farm buildings and houses.

Buildings of interest include a 1940s prefab from Amersham, a reconstruction of an Iron Age house, a Victorian toll house from High Wycombe, a "Tin Chapel" from Henton, Oxfordshire and a forge from Garston, Hertfordshire. A fine pair of cottages from 57 Compton Avenue at Leagrave, near Luton which started out as a weather-boarded thatched barn with central double doors in the early 18th century. In the late 18th century the barn was converted into two labourers' cottages.

Celtic roundhouse at the museum, 1994

Recently, the museum has undertaken reconstruction of a wychert style farmhouse. The museum's collection includes 16 buildings that are in storage and due for re-erection as and when the museum's funds permit.

Chiltern Open Air Museum - Buckinghamshire UK

25 May 2018

Chiltern Open Air Museum - Buckinghamshire UK

25 May 2018

Chiltern Open Air Museum - Buckinghamshire UK

25 May 2018

Chiltern Open Air Museum - Buckinghamshire UK

25 May 2018

Chiltern Open Air Museum - Buckinghamshire UK

25 May 2018

Chiltern Open Air Museum - Buckinghamshire UK

25 May 2018

RHS Garden Hyde Hall ESSEX UK

I visited this garden on Friday 15 September 2017

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The garden at Hyde Hall was created by Dr and Mrs Robinson in 1955. Hyde Hall was formerly a working farm on a hilltop surrounded by arable land. The site was cleared and 60 trees purchased from Wickford market a few miles away. These trees now form the Woodland Garden.

In the 1960s shelter belts of Lawson and Leyland cypress hedges were planted. During this decade the farmland to the west of the Hyde Hall hilltop was incorporated into the garden.

In 1976 the Hyde Hall Garden Trust was formed to manage the garden on a long-term basis. The trust donated Hyde Hall to the Royal Horticultural Society in 1993.

RHS Garden Hyde Hall ESSEX UK

I visited this garden on Friday 15 September 2017

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The garden at Hyde Hall was created by Dr and Mrs Robinson in 1955. Hyde Hall was formerly a working farm on a hilltop surrounded by arable land. The site was cleared and 60 trees purchased from Wickford market a few miles away. These trees now form the Woodland Garden.

In the 1960s shelter belts of Lawson and Leyland cypress hedges were planted. During this decade the farmland to the west of the Hyde Hall hilltop was incorporated into the garden.

In 1976 the Hyde Hall Garden Trust was formed to manage the garden on a long-term basis. The trust donated Hyde Hall to the Royal Horticultural Society in 1993.

RHS Garden Rosemoor Great Torrington Devon UK

June 2017

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The Royal Horticultural Society garden Rosemoor is surrounded by over 100 acres of woodland with the River Torridge running along the western border. Features include a rose garden with about 2,000 rose plants; an arboretum; herb, fruit and vegetable gardens; and an alpine house.

The Rolle Canal, completed in 1827, terminated at a complex of large lime kilns at Rosemoor (known then as "Rowe's Moor"). The lime kiln complex, survives in a ruinous condition in a working compound at the gardens.

The garden developed in a naturalistic style, with sweeping lawns and curving borders set out as the plantings expanded. There was no master plan.

In 1988 Lady Palmer gave the garden to the RHS, together with an additional 32 acres of land.

#Rosemoor

Guildford Castle Guildford, Surrey, England.

I visited the castle on Wednesday 20 September 2017

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There is no record of the castle in the Domesday Book so construction probably started after 1086.

The keep was most likely used as a private apartment for the King. Henry III made a number of improvements in the 13th century which resulted in the castle being known as a palace. The castle was mainly used as a royal residence but it was also a fortress and did play a part in warfare and although the Castle was never attacked it was strengthened at various points in its history.

From the fourteenth century Guildford, was no longer needed for defence and was neglected. From the 1360s a royal moated hunting lodge (situated on the other side the river from the castle) was improved and enlarged, so royalty chose to stay there when visiting the area rather than the castle. The royal apartments at the castle were neglected and by 1379 only the King's great chamber remained, the rest of the royal apartments having decayed beyond repair.

This castle keep continued to be used as the common gaol for both Surrey and Sussex until 1487, when the inhabitants of Sussex petitioned parliament that the prisoners be moved to Lewes,

The tower and walls were restored and opened to the public as pleasure gardens in 1888.

Guildford Castle Guildford, Surrey, England.

I visited the castle on Wednesday 20 September 2017

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There is no record of the castle in the Domesday Book so construction probably started after 1086.

The keep was most likely used as a private apartment for the King. Henry III made a number of improvements in the 13th century which resulted in the castle being known as a palace. The castle was mainly used as a royal residence but it was also a fortress and did play a part in warfare and although the Castle was never attacked it was strengthened at various points in its history.

From the fourteenth century Guildford, was no longer needed for defence and was neglected. From the 1360s a royal moated hunting lodge (situated on the other side the river from the castle) was improved and enlarged, so royalty chose to stay there when visiting the area rather than the castle. The royal apartments at the castle were neglected and by 1379 only the King's great chamber remained, the rest of the royal apartments having decayed beyond repair.

This castle keep continued to be used as the common gaol for both Surrey and Sussex until 1487, when the inhabitants of Sussex petitioned parliament that the prisoners be moved to Lewes,

The tower and walls were restored and opened to the public as pleasure gardens in 1888.

Guildford Castle Guildford, Surrey, England.

I visited the castle on Wednesday 20 September 2017

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There is no record of the castle in the Domesday Book so construction probably started after 1086.

The keep was most likely used as a private apartment for the King. Henry III made a number of improvements in the 13th century which resulted in the castle being known as a palace. The castle was mainly used as a royal residence but it was also a fortress and did play a part in warfare and although the Castle was never attacked it was strengthened at various points in its history.

From the fourteenth century Guildford, was no longer needed for defence and was neglected. From the 1360s a royal moated hunting lodge (situated on the other side the river from the castle) was improved and enlarged, so royalty chose to stay there when visiting the area rather than the castle. The royal apartments at the castle were neglected and by 1379 only the King's great chamber remained, the rest of the royal apartments having decayed beyond repair.

This castle keep continued to be used as the common gaol for both Surrey and Sussex until 1487, when the inhabitants of Sussex petitioned parliament that the prisoners be moved to Lewes,

The tower and walls were restored and opened to the public as pleasure gardens in 1888.

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