These are the final pictures from the 1st time visit to Bushy Park and we only covered a fraction of the 2nd largest Royal park.
Hope you enjoyed the pictures?
Till next time.
Category: Holiday, trips and events
Holiday, trips and events
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Week 156 – March 11th – Bushy Park – Part 5
Diana fountain British Airway aircraft leaving Heathrow airport. -
Week 156 – March 11th – Bushy Park – Part 4
Some more pictures from the 1st time visit to Bushy Park.
A Qatar aircraft leaving Heathrow this afternoon. 
Three parakeets by the side of the road park. 
Diana fountain. Some information about the fountain and statue.
The Diana Fountain is a bronze statue of goddess on a marble and stone fountain, surrounded by bronzes of four boys, four water nymphs and four shells. It is located at the centre of a round basin at the junction of Chestnut and Lime Avenues.
The history of the Diana Fountain
Designed in 1637 by Hubert Le Sueur at the request of King Charles I for his wife Henrietta Maria, this bronze statue of a goddess (sometimes described as Arethusa) is set on a marble and stone fountain, surrounded by bronzes of four boys, four water nymphs and four shells. Le Sueur submitted an invoice for £200 for the statue.
The fountain was moved to the Privy Garden of Hampton Court in 1656. In 1713 the fountain and statue were moved to Bushy Park to the middle of Chestnut Avenue, designed by Sir Christopher Wren, where it still stands today.
The fountain was restored in 2009 as part of the Bushy Park Restoration Project. The exact weight and height of the statue (2.38m tall and 924kg) were confirmed for the first time when it was moved for restoration. During restoration, a stone was uncovered on the base of the statue for the first time. It had a crown and the date AR 1712 (AR for Anne Regis) and would have been added when the fountain and statue were installed in the basin.
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Week 156 – March 11th – Bushy Park – Part 3
Now rabbit time with friends. 😃
Now it’s rabbits eating. 
Now a squirrel and a rabbit eating. 
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Week 156 – March 11th – Bushy Park – Part 2
Geese time.
A couple of geese eating and resting in the park. 
More eating 
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Week 156 – March 11th – Bushy Park – Part 1
The weather had improved after the snow and we wanted to get out.
After searching around, I said lets go to Bushy Park, never been and it was just over 20 miles away. Didn’t realise it was that close.
It’s the second largest royal park and the car park is free, that makes a change.
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Week 154 – February 26th – London – Part 5
Final posting of our trip up to London.
I clocked up over 5 miles, was more, but as you saw I forgot my phone to start with.
Hope you have enjoyed the pictures?
Any one know what the bird on the left is? 
Closer look at the birds. Would be interested to know what the one on the left is? -
Week 154 – February 26th – London – Part 4
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Week 154 – February 26th – London – Part 3
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Week 154 – February 26th – London – Part 2
Zooming in on the front of Buckingham Palace. 
Looking across to the London Eye from Buckingham Palace. 
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Week 154 – February 26th – Buckingham Palace – Part 1
Some more pictures at Buckingham Palace.
The guard on the march. 
Left, Right, Left, Right 
Queen Victoria memorial in front of Buckingham Palace.
