Kew Gardens
Kew Gardens
Monday 25th August 2008
An August bank holiday day out to visit Kew Gardens.
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| 09:50:33 This is what I look like first thing in the morning. | 11:57:27 Just after arriving at Kew, this is a nice bit of momiji - Japanese maple. | 11:57:49 |
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| 11:58:12 ...to prove we weren't making it up. | 11:59:03 A pheasant! | 12:00:05 |
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| 12:00:26 A nice old folly here. | 12:00:39 | 12:00:50 |
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| 12:00:56 | 12:01:34 | 12:10:19 Lunch! I had the tomato soup, Chie had the sweet potato soup. |
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| 12:16:34 Note the napkin stuffed into my shirt. Very fetching. | 12:20:26 | 12:38:24 The famous pagoda. |
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| 12:38:45 | 12:39:03 Giant Japanese woman spotted at Kew Gardens! | 12:39:20 |
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| 12:40:28 | 12:40:31 Chie larking about. | 12:40:38 |
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| 12:40:40 | 12:43:12 | 12:43:17 |
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| 12:45:18 Chokushi-mon - the Japanese gate near the pagoda. | 12:45:25 | 12:45:55 |
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| 12:48:28 ...and there was even a Zen garden to boot. | 12:48:41 | 12:48:54 |
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| 12:49:00 I could very easily be in Japan here! | 12:49:35 | 12:50:53 |
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| 12:57:37 The walkway around the tree canopy - we actually found this a bit unnerving! | 12:58:19 | 12:59:34 |
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| 12:59:39 | 12:59:58 | 13:01:09 |
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| 13:02:41 | 13:03:19 | 13:04:11 |
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| 13:04:34 | 13:10:56 One of the glasshouses. | 13:11:36 |
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| 13:13:03 | 13:14:49 | 13:14:57 |
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| 13:17:52 | 13:18:32 On the walkway up in the eaves of the glasshouse. | 13:18:53 |
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| 13:19:32 | 13:19:45 | 13:19:52 |
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| 13:21:39 Nice spiral staircase here. | 13:22:02 | 13:22:06 |
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| 13:22:16 | 13:24:23 | 13:24:39 |
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| 13:34:21 | 13:35:50 An interesting modern bridge. | 13:36:03 |
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| 13:36:34 | 13:36:39 | 13:36:41 |
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| 13:36:43 | 13:39:35 | 13:39:42 |
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| 13:40:53 | 13:53:34 ...and another Japanese building! | 13:54:21 |
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| 13:54:25 | 13:55:10 | 14:05:42 I found these two funny birds quite entertaining. |
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| 14:05:46 | 14:05:59 | 14:06:06 |
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| 14:12:16 Chie at the "tree listening" place - quite a bizarre concept. | 14:13:38 Chie listening to a tree. How odd. | 14:17:44 I rather like this self timer shot - although my camera took a battering in the process (just after taking the shot, it fell off the sundail I had perched it on). |
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| 14:19:52 I think this building was called The Orangery - quite reminiscent of the tearooms of the same name in Kensington Palace Gardens. | 14:19:57 | 14:21:48 Chie was mildly fascinated by the monkey puzzle. |
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| 14:21:55 | 14:22:03 | 14:27:46 This was quite a nice spot, a little sheltered area completely covered by these climbing plants. |
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| 14:34:09 Yet more glasshouses - this one was particularly humid. | 14:35:14 Cactuses! | 14:35:50 |
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| 14:41:28 Erm, is that Kew Palace, or was that the red building? | 14:41:45 | 14:42:16 |
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| 14:42:18 | 14:42:23 | 14:42:25 |
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| 14:44:56 Lavender. | 14:45:34 | 14:46:34 |
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| 14:46:48 | 14:47:50 | 14:48:26 Taken just before leaving - if my fat head wasn't in the way you'd have been able to see the famous pagoda in the background here. |
