These gardens are lovely and next year i really must buy a summer pass so we can go more often – assuming we get a summer of course. It is attached to the Sculpture Gardens which used to be free and it makes me very cross that it no longer is and so i’ve tended not to go. Which is stupid really. However, both bits are nice and the water is fun.
There is plenty of education to be had around the area too from Roman Emperors to elements, to magnetism to sundials and longitude and latitude, to water pressure, to nature and art. Can’t beat it really. And that, i find, is what is so hard to explain to a non-HE person. When i described this to a person questioning me at gym the other day their response was “so does that mean that if you spent all day today playing, you’ll do lessons in the evening instead then?” Some people are so stuck inside their box that they can’t see there is a world outside it.
Roman Emperors. (History).
Sculptures on earth, water, fire and air.
Exploring water pressure (physics).
What is depositing on the rock parts that are always under water? (Chemistry).
Was this a hornet? It was more than an inch long (Nature Study).
Magnetism. (Physics again).
Reflection and Distortion. (Physics again).
Is this steam or spray? What’s the difference? (Physics AGAIN!)
Is it real? (Nature Study and Critical Thinking).
Neptune. (Classics).
Apparently i didn’t take a photo of the amazing sundial, or the mosses we looked at on the wall and the children gathering and identifying the various tree seeds lying all over the ground. Or them learning the rules to an old version of Nine Men’s Morris, laid out on the ground. Or them playing in the different mirrors to see what happened in concave and convex surfaces.
But just now, while looking they are looking over my shoulder at what i am writing, i have explained why i accidentally spelt Burghley wrong on flickr, which is because my autopilot briain used the spelling of Burleigh native to my childhood Leicestershire home, not the one needed for the house that belonged to Lord Burghley. 🙄
I did however remember to take photos of…
Sisterhood.
Exercise.
Fun.
Thinking.
Exploring.
Tiny toes.
And beauty. All there for the taking at 2pm on a rain free, warm, sunny Friday afternoon at 2pm.
Just lovely.
Indeed.
That’s the place you keep blogging about that’s on my places to go to list. Just that little bit too far for us :-(.
It’s 10 minutes further on from us – amazingly quick to get to. All you need to do is schedule a day with us and we could all go! After half term the water gardens shut but the sculpture garden becomes free 🙂
If the insect was yellow and brown it was a hornet. If it was yellow and black it was a wasp. Is this Burghley house in Stamford or a Burghley elsewhere?
It was definitely yellow and brown – that was the thing that really struck me, beyond the size and length of the antennae.
Yes, Burghley House in Stamford – love it there. Don’t go nearly often enough!
Definitely a hornet then. They’re not as bad as people think they are. I am very familiar with Burghley as my boarding school was just up the road and walking distance from Bottle lodges which is at one end of the park. It didn’t have the gardens and things open to the public when I was there though. It belonged to the Marquess of Exeter who also went to the same church as our school.
I found it amazingly different to look at, though i didn’t get too close. Chalet School book training you know 😉
Fancy you going to school there – we met the current resident one day, she was out walking her dog and chatted to us for ages. No idea if the same one though.
It is a nice place, they’ve done a good job with the open bits, although i do miss them being free. I understand why they aren’t but i miss them on principle!
The Marquess of Exeter was an old man when I was there. He died some time ago. Nothing was open when I was there except the park. The house was private. We went to church at St Martins church which is down the hill from Bottle lodges. Small world innit!
Well, i am confused now as the family that appear to live there
http://www.burghley.co.uk/html/about.html
are not the person i met, although she had her picture up on a wall when we went in, so i just sort of assumed that person was the resident.
The family seems to have taken a good few twists and turns over the years too!
http://www.burghley.co.uk/html/familytree.html
Did you meet ‘the resident’ a while ago? It may have been Lady Victoria who handed over the reins of the house and estate to her daughter a few years ago and herself moved into a village in Rutland. I would also consider the historic houses membership as there are lots near you. Many are open only certain days of the week which makes it difficult for those who can only do weekends but may suit you better.