Our National Heritage

Subject: Our National Heritage Fri Apr 09, 2010 10:51 am

Last summer, we visited three stately homes: Lyme Hall (Cheshire), Harewood House (Yorkshire, home of the Queen's cousin) and Tatton Hall (Cheshire). This photo is Lyme Hall (owned by the National Trust). The small lake in the foreground was used for the famous scene in the BBC's adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, where Mr. Darcy, played by Colin Firth, dripping wet, walked out of the water.

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Subject: Re: Our National Heritage Fri Apr 09, 2010 11:02 am

Subject: Re: Our National Heritage Fri Apr 09, 2010 5:34 pm

4/10/2010

Shelagh..

Gorgeous photo, did you shoot it ?
I think I'll make a watercolor out of it, I love
old English houses...

Cheers..Joe

4/10/2010 Shelagh, here's the watercolor.. Cheers..Joe

4/10/2010

Shelagh, here's the watercolor..

Cheers..Joe

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Subject: Re: Our National Heritage Sat Apr 10, 2010 2:19 am

That's beautiful Joe! Yes, I took the photo. It was a dull, overcast day. The design of the Hall is Italianate; the blue colours in the watercolour replacing the UK greyness make the scene look very sunny and Italian! This is a photo of the courtyard with the steps in the background, where Colin Firth walked down the steps at the end of the video clip.

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Subject: Re: Our National Heritage Sat Apr 10, 2010 7:03 am

Nice Shelagh.
I love old architecture. It has character, and if it could talk, it would have much to say.

Subject: Re: Our National Heritage Sat Apr 10, 2010 7:10 am

I love the jacuzzi

Subject: Re: Our National Heritage Sat Apr 10, 2010 8:05 am

Men in the wet T-shirts don't look too bad, either.

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