A journey to paths traversed by hundreds
हरे पन्ने सी हरियाली में पैदल मार्च पर चलते हुए हमें ‘शहद से भीगे’ रंग वाला बाथ स्टोन पत्थर का विशाल भवन बेसिल इन पार्क हाउस दिखा। हम इंगलैंड के रेडिंग क्षेत्र में थे जहां 400 एकड़ की वुडलैंड में यह शानदार महाराजा जोर्ज शैली में निर्मित भवन स्थित है। बेसिलडन पार्क हाउस की अपनी […]
After a long walk from the car park through lush emerald greenery we came upon the honey- hued Bathstone splendid façade of the Basildon Park House in Reading England, a stunning Georgian Mansion set within 400 acres of woodland . We set out to explore its journey from an 18th century home to a deserted […]
With a zest to view one of the world’s oldest collections of books and manuscripts, we headed for the Adyar International Theosophical society complex, which unlike its tongue twisting name was a mini paradise of natural beauty and multi-religion shrines. Leaving behind the commotion of Chennai city, we crossed a bridge over the river Adyar […]
One summer we had a chance to drive up North of England to the seaside Bamburgh Castle in Northumbria . From the car windscreen i spotted the dramatic ,intimidating Castle , perched high up on a rock outcrop whose existence went back to the two thousand years. The Sandstone Castle could have been anywhere in […]
After viewing the 4000 years old mysterious marvel, the green chalk – Silbury Hill and the Neolithic period clandestine Avebury Stone Circles we headed for the Old Farmyard area through the Avebury Village . We were on a day long tour in Avebury village in Wiltshire, England. As we walked on we tried to sum […]
We drove past a landscape of green fields and farms , here since the Neolithic age to witness one of the largest ancient Stone Circle of the World created in the 3rd millennium BC or before! We were in village Avebury a chalk-land in the river Kennet valley of South England . Parking our car […]
In a landscape of pristine verdant stretch of greenery , the 41meter high Silbury Hill- a rare Chalk grassland stands as a lone witness to the mystery of its creation . We were at the tallest prehistoric man- made chalk Mound in Avebury England created for inexplicable reasons 4000 years ago or before ! Strangely, […]
An short drive through emerald greenery ,from the car park, in a Bus brought us to the magnificent palace-like 19th century Waddesdon Manor built above a hill in the beautiful Vale of Aylesbury England. In the after rain glorious sunshine we walked up the huge gravel driveway to spend the rest of the day looking […]