Hi Chris,
Lack of information on the web coupled with the tight schedule for visiting
makes it seem that they consider it their duty to keep the public away.
There is one shot here which I missed earlier because I did not scroll.
http://www.gardenvisit.com/g/strok1.htm
Thanks for looking.
--Graham
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Barker" <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: 10 June 2005 06:06
Subject: [OM] Re: Stoke Park Northamptonshire
>
> Thanks Graham, that was fun. The weather is great for your
> wanderings at the moment eh? I looked for Stoke Park on the Internet
> and came up with only Stoke Park Club. Is that one of your haunts? ;-)
>
> Chris
> ~~ >-)-
> C M I Barker
> Cambridgeshire, Great Britain.
> +44 (0)7092 251126
> www.threeshoes.co.uk
> homepage.mac.com/zuiko
>
>
> On 9 Jun 2005, at 19:16, GeeBee wrote:
>
> > Stoke Park was one of the first Palladian houses in Britain. All
> > that now
> > remains of the once stately home are two 17th century pavilions, a
> > colonnade
> > by Inigo Jones and a terraced garden with herbaceous borders, herb
> > garden,
> > fountain and a pool. In a somewhat cavalier approach to the tourist
> > dollar
> > the pavilions are open to the public only during the month of
> > August from
> > 3pm to 6pm (possible Zuikoholic venue?).
> >
> > This avenue of poplars marks the route of the drive to Stoke Park
> > which has
> > now exchanged the sound of the horses and carriages of the gentry
> > for the
> > bleating of lambs, the chewing of grass and the sounds associated
> > with the
> > after effects of its digestion:
> > Olympus OM2 SP : Zuiko 21mm f2 : red filter : Kodak T400CN
> > http://www.geebeephoto.com/2005/Temp1.htm
> >
> >
> snip
>
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