A wet August day in 2008: North of Newcastle is Alnwick Castle (where I believe
Blackadder 1 was filmed) and Gardens. The Gardens were busy; lots of people looking at the water features, fountains, pools etc. Clambering up the mound and looking at the cascades (see below).
Almost invisible below is the entrance to the locked Poison Garden - organised tours only. We enjoyed it - and I found out why Yew trees are associated with churchyards (Voldemort has a Yew wand, remember).
This is the view towards the fountain gardens - they are really something - carefully designed and whooly unexpected. (There is a shot of one at the end of this post).
The cascades again - a slightly different shot
And lots of events - announced by a rather wet-looking town crier:
The fountain I promised...
OK so it was wet, and Gardens aren't really my thing (Kew excepted), but this was really good fun and sufficiently varied that I enjoyed it enormously...
Almost invisible below is the entrance to the locked Poison Garden - organised tours only. We enjoyed it - and I found out why Yew trees are associated with churchyards (Voldemort has a Yew wand, remember).
This is the view towards the fountain gardens - they are really something - carefully designed and whooly unexpected. (There is a shot of one at the end of this post). 
The cascades again - a slightly different shot
And lots of events - announced by a rather wet-looking town crier:
The fountain I promised...
OK so it was wet, and Gardens aren't really my thing (Kew excepted), but this was really good fun and sufficiently varied that I enjoyed it enormously...
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