We spent a lovely autumn day visiting Marble Hill House, a beautiful palladian mansion on the banks of the Thames close to Richmond. Apparently there used to be large numbers of these mansions in the area, before the London suburban sprawl overran them all. The surrounding parkland was looking lovely in the autumn colours:
Richmond, on the far bank of the Thames:
And this is an oddity of a distant age - an ice house, where ice cut from the river Thames would be stored deep underground to use in the summer for preserving food.
2 comments:
This is your second autumn this year.
The ice house is interesting. Great photos as usual :).
Yes, the second autumn... not looking forward to a second winter, though Northern Hemisphere Christmas is always fun.
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