{"id":8769,"date":"2024-08-03T18:08:29","date_gmt":"2024-08-03T18:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8769"},"modified":"2024-08-03T18:08:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T18:08:29","slug":"a-visit-to-biddulph-grange-country-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8769","title":{"rendered":"A Visit to Biddulph Grange Country Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last month we paid a second visit to Biddulph Grange Country Park – The first since before the pandemic. Previously it was in the care of the local council but it is now managed by Staffordshire Wildlife Trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The photos I took, like many that I do of the countryside, is to gain a set of images that I can use for interactive virtual tours and video virtual walks. Therefore they concentrate on showing the path taken through the park. Below is a selection of images from this visit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is where the path no longer follows a stream but crosses it taking a different route:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A small bridge taking the path across a stream<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When I take photos of something of interest, such as wild flowers, I like to show the surroundings to give context so that if you go there at the right time, you could see something similar:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wild flowers (possibly the Apiaceae<\/em> family) beside the path<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The path taken took us down steps across a wooden bridge and up steps the other side:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Path crossing a wooden bridge across a stream<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Occasionally there are signposts giving directions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sign offering 2 directions: Left for the Himalayan Walk or Right for the Fish Pool<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At the end of a long, straight, downward path we came the gates of the National Trust’s Biddulph Grange Gardens:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Path leading to the gate of the gardens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We have often been in the gardens looking out from the gate but we never knew that there was a small lake (the Fish Pool) just yards away:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A panoramic view of the ‘Fish Pool’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Our path took us further along the Fish Pool which has an island within it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A second panoramic view of the Fish Pool showing the small island within it<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

From here we descended through the woods back to the car park. This park is worth another visit, perhaps in the autumn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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