andrew on October 9th, 2008

The weather was so nice while I was exploring Hardwick Hall that I spent most of my time exploring the gardens.  I wandered down this path, just to see where it would go.

I found many wonderful flowers lingering among the garden beds.

I’m planning to return sometime to spent some more time inside the house and [...]

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andrew on October 9th, 2008

I visited Harwick Hall yesterday afternoon after bouldering at the climbing wall in Nottingham.

The house was designed for Bess of Hardwick, the Countess of Shrewsbury and an ancestress of the Dukes of Devonshire.  Bess was one of the most influential women during the time of Queen Elisabeth and her dramatic and innovative home reflected her [...]

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