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A Day at the Palace
2011.07.03
BEEF. waiting to be spit roast.
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Kiddo with his note book. Took 2 pages of architectural notes down to use in minecraft.
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First saw this years ago and decided to see if I could find it again. Looks nothing like I remembered it.
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A painting of Elizabeth that I'm not familiar with. Read a lot of books about her so this was an exciting surprise.
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BEEF.. looking at this James started salivating. The public are not allowed to eat it...
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Off in a private bit of the palace for a cup of tea and tudor bread and butter.. mmmmm. Kiddo quite content to sit n read his book while I went off on my own.
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Graffitti.. there was a deer too but for some reason it doesn't want to upload.
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A strange and recently discovered beast. Looks like a wolf to me.
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Barry who gave us tickets and tea (and BEEF)
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Barry who showed me the wolf graffiti.
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Bugger forgotten his name.. Terry will inform me I hope? Ah Thank you Terry.. Robert.
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Ditto
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Took lots of pictures in the wine vault. I only like this one however.
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took lots of pictures of these beasts in the garden. I only like this one...
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Bizarre door with named letterbox opening into a courtyard...
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More Graffiti
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BEEF almost done. Me n James held off leaving until it was ready....
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Ah! the deer!
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Terry looking at the BEEF fresh off the spit.
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Robert, Robin (who I had a lovely cigarette with in the loveliest staff smoking garden) and Terry with the BEEF..
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Oh the BEEF. Salivating at the memory. We were advised to try beef with butter. OH MY GOD. We were so so lucky to be able to have this! I am extremely grateful and it was unspeakably delicious.
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Some eggs laid by Celestine who I can't wait to meet and am so pleased to be the one who named her. and some BEEF :)))))
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Went to see Terry at Hampton Court Palace today and to meet Barry. Didn't actually see much of Terry as I was too busy flitting around. Had a really really lovely day.
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Great shots !!
finbarr · 2011-07-03: 16:46
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Fascinating set. Haven't been there for about 20 years - you've made me want to go back!
girafferacing · 2011-07-03: 17:09
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wow, a palace huh? looks like a lot of fun, and a great place to shoot
McMommy · 2011-07-03: 17:50
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The one you can't remember in #11 is Robert. The one turning the spit is Marc M (in #5), there's another Marc, Marc H, not shown. There's also Richard (shown in #12 above) and Jorge who you missed (he spent the morning showing people how to write with a quill pen and the afternoon with a 4 place "mess" explaining about Tudor table etiquette and how the whole dining experience worked. The kings beast you like is "The Yale", a mythical animal, whose horns can rotate. The one you show if from the Chapel Garden, and I like both the garden and the beasts. The beasts appear at the front gates, and also at Kew Gardens in front of the Palm House. I'm glad you had a good time, the place is (as far as I'm concerned anyway) a great place to visit.
????? · 2011-07-03: 17:55
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reminds me a bit about visiting my local Callendar house in Falkirk which does cookery demonstrations in the kitchen from days gone by. I can't do links well by the way!! http://www.falkirklocalhistorysociety.co.uk/home/index.php?id=133
elizzi · 2011-07-03: 18:52
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sorry I can never get links to work!!
elizzi · 2011-07-03: 18:53
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Carole, this is an outstanding set and I really enjoyed it. It must be absolutely fascinating to be loose in a place like this! Your shots as very well done. The people shots are outstanding!
danrav · 2011-07-03: 19:43
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Oooh lovely. V jealous of your shot of the Elizabeth paintin...great detail - couldnt get that on mine. Love #2 and # 16 esp.
catherineh · 2011-07-04: 03:46
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what a place of utter aristocratic nonsense. palaces always make me glad that i'm a freaking common. this one, taken over by some citizens making tourist money out of it, seems to make some kind of lovely sense. must be the BEEF. so, you're a BEEFeater now? ;-)
stormfish · 2011-07-04: 08:53
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The BEEF is the most important character in this post, I presume... :-)
wfrnk · 2011-07-04: 09:56
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hangin' with the royals. oh yeah girl
????? · 2011-07-04: 10:22
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Amazing set! When visiting castles I always wonder how it must feel to actually live in one...at night, when all the visitors are gone and ghosts take over:)
Eiram · 2011-07-04: 13:05
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