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Month: March 2023
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Week 156 – March 11th – Bushy Park – Part 5
Diana fountain 
British Airway aircraft leaving Heathrow airport. 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.
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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. 
Rabbit running around. -
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.
Pictures from the visit, login required to see this post.
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Week 156 – March 9th – ESPNcricinfo
After several emails to the contact I had at cricinfo and no responses.
Today I decided to write to the editor of the website and see if I would get any feedback.
What do you reckon?
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Week 156 – March 8th – Why was it purchased?
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Week 156 – March 8th – New car mats
Today I drove down the Kia garage to pick up the new car mats.
It had snowed overnight as previous posting showed. Of course I came across one idiot who deliberately drove into the snow to spray it everywhere.
I never understand why cars don’t come with these mats, well I do, more money for the car manufactures.
Though due to the previous issues, these were provided free.
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Week 156 – March 8th – More snow
Well it was forecasted, but do you always believe the weather forecasters?
Actually surprised it settled, as it had been raining for about 12 hours before.
Rare sighting of snow.
