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We had stayed the night in Buckingham and the evening would find us at Arundel. National Trust Stowe Gardens was mid way (ish) - sadly no flower gardens, but lots of parklands. Stowe House is not National Trust but is separate...
For the pedants the Octagon Lake most definitely did not look Octagonal, so I have no idea why it is called that, perhaps Uncle Google will help....
Maybe it used to be an Octagonal Pond? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stowe_House
"In March 1741, Capability Brown was appointed head gardener. He worked with Gibbs until 1749 and with Kent until the latter's death in 1748. Brown departed in the autumn of 1751 to start his independent career as a garden designer. In these years, Bridgeman's octagonal pond and 11-acre (4.5 ha) lake were extended and given a "naturalistic" shape..."
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A lot of history has happened around here - which, thanks in particular to the work of Landmark Trust's researchers, we know much of! Just a short distance up the glen, close to where you need to park to walk down here, are the remains of Saddell Abbey, which was founded by Somerled, the great mid-12th-century Norse-Gaelic lord; ruler of Argyll, the Isle of Man and the Isles, whose descendants, the Lords of Isles, ruled the Western Isles until the late 15th century. Somerled was killed in 1164 at Renfrew, and there is a tradition that he was buried here (other sources say Iona). Bishop Malachy of Armagh came here in the 1140s looking to found a Cistercian monastery and Somerled granted him the land.
Somerled's son Raghnall re-endowed the abbey in 1160. While little of the abbey has survived (most of its stone has been incorporated into the castle buildings), there is a fine collection of West Highland medieval tombstones there. Whether Somerled was buried here or not, Saddell certainly became an important Macdonald burial ground for important Macdonalds.
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"I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much." - Mother Teresa
It seems that when I have one things finally under control another spins out of control.
Taken at the beginning of a rainstorm
Tremont
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
After 5 years working with this wee chap trust is not an issue. Came so close DOF was to shallow. This is a two stack image :)
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