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stowe
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Logger above gps below
 Laocoon and his sons |
 Domed ceiling |
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 Frieze in the Marble Saloon |
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 Leopard |
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 Having tea and coffee |
Dining room |
 Through the window |
 Tapestry copies of the original in the boys' dining room |
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 Mercury / Hermes with his foot on a cherub's mouth?  |
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 Sir Richard Temple 4th Bt. 1st Viscount Cobbam 1675-1749 |
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 Our excellent guide and her whipper in |
 Cricket in front of the building |
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 George I |
Wet weather entrance |
 First Headmaster at Stowe |
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 Blue room |
 Chandelier detail |
 Richard Grenville 2nd Earl Temple |
 In the Library |
 Interesting lights |
 Through the window |
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 Black horses |
 Music Room |
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 The Marble Saloon and detail of the frieze  |
 Through the window |
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 Flower beds |
 Looks like a red plastic bag on the dome |
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 2nd Duke of Buckingham who owed more than anyone ever |
 1st Duke of Buckingham |
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The full size statue is near Tower Bridge and St. Katherine's Dock |
 Beatles |
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 Behind the scenes |
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The original of the copies in the Salon |
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 Stowe House |
 Stowe House with wings |
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| We boarded the coach and went round to the National Trust part of Stowe. We had lunch, then explored the grounds. | |||
 Kitchen |
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 Office |
 Dominoes |
 Kennels |
 Wind in the grass |
 Sunny day at last |
 Reminiscent of Monet |
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 Long view |
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 Prunella vulgaris - Self heal |
 Meadow sweet - filipendula ulmaria |
 Waterfall |
 Handsome stone |
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 Temple of Venus |
 The Avenue |
 Chatham House |
 The Rotondo |
 The Hermitage |
 Palladian Bridge |
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 Water lilies |
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 Corinthian Arch |
 Gothic Temple |
 How lovely are thy temples |
 Crow |
We caught the coach at 16.00 and had a smooth journey home after a good day out. |
