Finally, OUTSIDE
After four months of going nowhere but the occasional field I have been to Bradgate Park in Leicester! Oh thank god. It’s so nice to BE OUT.
No-one else was wearing masks… apart from this elf we found in a tree on the way there.
I took a panorama with my phone once we got there. Surprisingly there are no deer in it (they are everywhere)
See, here’s one. This deer has an expression on his face I cannot read.
More deer.
Dave took most of the above photos (only numbers 2 and 6 are mine I think) and he also took these AMAZING ones of a white deer chilling in the ruins of Lady Jane Grey’s estate. There was a wall in the way but he STILL MANAGED IT!
The Romantic/gothy side of me likes to think, maybe that’s Lady Jane’s reincarnated spirit wandering around there.
Meanwhile I took a picture of an interesting wall.
Dave then got this amazing photo of a dragonfly which are very hard to photograph-
AND THEN! WE CLIMBED! ALL THE WAY UP to Old John.
It’s much harder to get to than it looks from here, trust me.
I took this photo halfway up:
It’s worth it for the views, if your legs can take it.
Here’s some pictures I took at the top!
Here’s a couple of slightly more imposing-looking ones I took with my phone.
And then just before we left suddenly a noisy peacock flew overhead! Sadly neither of us got any photos of it in flight, but I WAS able to get close enough to it to take this:
And that was I think everything, and oh my god my legs are killing me.
July 27, 2020 @ 1:49 am
Beautiful – what is the name of that ruin you took pictures of? It’s amazing :)
July 27, 2020 @ 11:27 am
Awww thank you! :) That’s Bradgate House, the childhood room of Lady Jane Grey, the Nine Days Queen. There’s a visitor center nearby which has more info about her but it’s closed due to COVID, wah. It’s a fascinating place, there’s a tomb in there and deadly nightshade is grown near it! (Hopefully for scientific reasons.)
It’s a great place to live near to. :D
July 27, 2020 @ 11:16 pm
Wow that’s amazing history – I just looked her up online, my gosh, what a life she led :)
July 29, 2020 @ 12:03 am
Yeah and it’s such a shame it was cut so short. Without knowing much about Tudor-era politics, she really didn’t deserve that I think. But hey definitely let me know if you ever want to know anything about Bradgate Park or the ruins! :)
July 29, 2020 @ 1:20 am
I will do, it’s amazing the historical significance of that place and the woman who lived there :) Thanks again :)