05-11-2017, 01:36 PM
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Re: Bob's Bits.
It's really good to see you all visiting Bob's Bits, even my antipodean friend..
.....I don't know if there are enough chairs for everyone, but never mind, Gumbud can stand at the bar....
Things just seem to be going right concerning my running just lately, once again this morning I ran a years best time for my eight mile route, that's three in a row!
Could it be something to do with the enormous looking full moon, gracefully sinking into the Western sky, Mrs Fox always says that my moods are controlled by the moon, I think it's just a load of poppycock! But it has made me think once again about Surfermoms theory concerning the changing size of the celestial bodies. I have included my interpretation of the illusion, and I apologise in advance for the questionable graphics.......
And for your enjoyment I have included some photos of Nidd Hall.
For anyone who is not familiar with Nidd Hall, it's part of the Warner group of hotels that are situated, at various locations around mainland UK. They are usually found on the site of a stately home or mansion, with an occasional castle that would have probably fallen into disrepair and dereliction without Warners assistance. They are also restricted to adults only.
The gardens and grounds are quite splendid and very well tended to.
There seems to be a craze going round at the moment with outdoor gym equipment being sited in local parks. Whilst passing our local park on the bus I've been surprised to see quite a few mature members of society doing their daily exercise routines on this equipment. So when we stumbled on the same equipment scattered around the grounds of Nidd Hall we just had to give it a go. I really enjoyed my workout and although there were instructions fastened to every machine, I would imagine it would be easy for the more sedate patrons of the hotel to overdo it.....So much fun though.....
This is a fine example of a 'Ha Ha' (I think that's what they call them)
When the gentry looked out of the window of their residence at the well manicured grounds they didn't want to see fences and walls in their line of sight. So they sort of terraced the land, which kept sheep and other cattle from straying into the gardens, but from the house the lawn looks continuous.
I believe Capability Brown (the well known Landscaper) was the first to use this design.