Hi all 👋🏻
With this post I’m joining in at the Wednesday Walk challenge and Make me Smile challenge. That are hosted by @tattoodjay and @elizacheng every week on Wednesday.
‼️Have a look: Here in the Wednesday Walk Community if you want to join in! or at @tattoodjay ’s Post here: “Wednesday Walk Teddys Beach Tiverton Rhode Island“
It tells you also the rules of joining in, at the end of his post 😁
Today’s selection will be of 27 photographs, where I take you along on a visit to the Grimsthorpe Castle Park & Gardens in Bourne UK 🇬🇧
We visited it 5 April 2018 during a holiday to visit hubbies family in the UK
The Photographs in this post are taken with my old iPhone 5s, which is replaced since a few years now.
I will follow the time stamps on my photographs. So it looks like you are walking along with me 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻 and see the surroundings through my eyes. 😊
Let me show you first its location on Google maps, see the yellow star ⭐️ :
Zooming in a bit:
It is surrounded by so much nature. A lovely location for sure.
The castle’s website you find Here!
Some information that above’s website States:
”In 1516 Grimsthorpe and its lands were presented by Henry VIII as a wedding gift to William, 11th Lord Willoughby de Eresby and his Spanish bride, Maria de Salinas, lady-in-waiting and confidante of Henry’s Queen, Katherine of Aragon. Through many different titles bestowed upon their descendants over the last five hundred years – the Duchess of Suffolk, the Earls and Marquesses of Lindsey, the Dukes of Ancaster and Kesteven, the Barons Gwydir and Aveland and the Earls of Ancaster – the ownership of Grimsthorpe has remained in successive generations of the same family united under one ancient title, the Barony of Willoughby de Eresby.
This long and continuous occupation by the Willoughbys is reflected in the remarkable collection of art and furnishings to be found in the house today: an eloquent record of the characters and fortunes of a powerful and influential dynasty over half a millennium.
The Willoughby de Eresby family is one of three in England who still fulfill the hereditary office of Lord Great Chamberlain, the Monarch’s representative at the Palace of Westminster. Due to this role, Grimsthorpe houses one of the largest collections of royal thrones and furnishings outside the Royal Palaces.”
”Gardens: We are certain that there’s been a garden at Grimsthorpe since the early 1500s and maybe even before that.
They have evolved over the years and there are still subtle changes taking place. The gardens never appear crowded and there are plenty of quiet corners where you can relax. There are also huge expanses of lawn where younger visitors can let off steam and have fun.“
Let’s hold you not further in suspense and start our walk around the grounds:
We walk on the side of the castle towards the garden and have these lovely views.
Some different angles…
Looking back we see the Castle.
The castle seen from the lawn.
It looks so ancient and majestic, don’t you think? 😊
We are discovering the gardens closer by and can see different views, the manicured bushes make it rather interesting as there are lots of shapes in them. Even animals…
As you can see here. 😎
This statue can be found too, I thought it was best in black and white to give it a more vintage look 😎
Walking towards the edge of the gardens we see the large park that goes all around the castle grounds for miles on end 😊
Along this path we find benches with beautiful winged creatures 😎
Another view over the fields… towards the large pond/lake.
Beautiful views… it was a fresh and crisp day back than in April.
Walking further we discover more statues, this lion 🦁 can be found closer towards the castle.
We walked here to the other side of the castle to have a look. We see a large lawn and a fountain in the middle.
Closer look:
Made it a bit lighter for you to see more details. Look at the statues on the pillars.
Another angle… 😊
We walk now further and are surrounded by wildflowers and trees… 🌳🌳🌸🌼🌸🌼
Blue bells over the ground. 🥰 as you know we should share #alwaysaflower 😊
Views around us… isn’t this lovely 🥰
Small flowers in the most beautiful shades of purple 💜💜💜
It wasn’t busy when we went as you can see in my photos we were almost alone…
I noticed a butterfly and point it out for you, do you see it? Yes… I know… I didn’t show you up close 😇
It would have flown away to quickly getting closer by.
Such a beautiful sight… early #spring #flowers everywhere 😊
We walk now back to the castle to end this visit and our walk today, let’s go 😊
And that’s all for today’s post my friends, join me next time for more #adventures, #stories and #photographs 😎👋🏻 Even some #artworks once in a while will come by 🎨
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Have a great Wednesday all 😎
Grtz Jackie
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