Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Cragside House @ Rothbury

TheTamshee: revisited Cragside House the previous country residence of Lord William George Armstrong the great water engineer who designed the "Accumulator" and hydraulic power equipment to raise Tower Bridge, London. The magnificient victorian house was the first in the world to have hydro electric powered arc lighting driven by a Siemens Dynamo (1878) The impressive rock gardens are awash with blooming Rhododendron Ponticum which seem to be running wildly out of control.
The Labyrinth is the favourite haunt of the kids who try and out smart each other while trying to find the center lodge.
The abundance of coniferous trees of all shapes and sizes entices the kids to climb
While walking around Nelly Moss Lake the Rob-miester spotted these scratch marks on the lower limb of this young tree. Otter; badger who can tell ?

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