Yeah! We found a wood with bluebells. They were not totally out but near enough for me to get some shots. We are not around next weekend so I think this would really be my only opportunity to capture them.
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We visited West Wycombe Park a couple of weeks ago. It is a grand house in beautiful grounds that is only open to the public a few months of the year. It has been used for several period dramas, one of which is Downton Abbey. There was a polo match in the grounds which had just finished and these girls had taken their horses down to the river to cool off
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n 1438, John Brome, Under-Treasurer of England, bought the manor, which passed to his son, Nicholas. Nicholas was responsible for the extensive rebuilding of the nearby parish church dedicated to Saint Michael, done as penance for killing the parish priest, a murder reputed to have taken place in the great house itself. The house from this period was equipped with gun-ports, and possibly a drawbridge. When Nicholas Brome died in 1517, the house passed to his daughter, who married Sir Edward Ferrers (High Sheriff of Warwickshire) in 1500. The house remained in the ownership of the Ferrers family until 1940 when it was purchased by Thomas Walker, a relative of the family who changed his name to Ferrers. His son, who inherited it in 1970, sold the estate in 1980 to the National Trust, who now manage it.
We visited the house back in May. It was a wonderful place to visit. Full of nooks and crannies
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Another 'strange' statue from West Wycombe Park. Looking at her pecs, I think this 'lady' certainly has been working out - lol
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