Another sunny day after a week's rain and we decided to go back to Blenheim Palace for another visit. A different walk this time, circling Capability Brown's lake.
The bridge, the Column of Liberty in the distance
autumn colours
Two copses that I am particularly fond of, on our left
and a third one - you have to look closely to realise that it's more than one tree
the path circles the lake
this is one of my favourite bits of this walk
water birds seem to like it too
it's uphill now until one gets to the bridge
First glimpse of the bridge
zooming in
We reached the top of the hill
and turned right
More views of the lake and bridge
We eventually reached the palace gates: the marquis is part of the Christmas preparations - there is going to be a Christmas fair next week
The water garden where we had lunch
more Christmas preparations.
We wanted to walk some more so after lunch we walked to the back of the palace
past the Italian garden, which is private
and went into the Secret Garden to have a look at all the small ponds there
this acer is brilliant
the dominant features here are ponds and acers
out of the Secret Garden and on to the long avenue that leads to the end of the grounds
up to this water feature and then back to the palace and to the car.
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