Did I mention it was wet?

[ellarien]

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Originally uploaded by ellarien.

The rain on the day we went to Chatsworth was very gentle, like a thick mist that left the flowers bedewed but not battered. (There were some very sad looking peonies, though. They're gorgeous things, but this is not a good part of the world for them.)

This is a detail of one of the delphiniums in the kitchen garden.

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[ellarien]

My sister and nephews once had a brief conversation with the Duchess while feeding the chickens in the park -- I think it was the same kind of thing, where they didn't realize who she was until afterwards.

A couple of years ago I was on an after-hours tour of the House, and the group immediately behind us reported that the current Duke (the one who is heavily into Modern Art) popped out of a door and scurried across the corridor.

I've never quite met any of the family myself, though Chatsworth is a fairly short bus-ride from my mother's house and we visit the gardens nearly every summer.

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Mmm, my father and stepmum used to live in Buxton, and a visit to them tended to include a visit to the Chatsworth gardens (tho' the time I was there with baby, I was just holidaying with friends. And baby. Who is now eighteen and off doing Camp America before university. Eek!).