Video: Path by the Moat

Along one of the many nature trails around the castle grounds.

Trafalgar Square 360 Video

Bad noise quality, sorry- but here's what Tralfagar Square looks like. You can see the National Gallery and St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church to its right.

** I'm posting this blog entry slightly early because I'm about to leave for Bath on the midterm trip. I won't have my computer, but I'll be back on Sunday evening so there'll be a short post after I get back. See the post below for photos from the local orientation tour!

Video: Rose Garden and Shakespeare Garden

Here's a video to show you some of the castle gardens! It starts with the beautiful rose garden, then into the Shakespeare garden (which only has plants mentioned in Shakespeare plays!).

Folly Lake Video

The lily-pad lake next to the folly.

Walking the Castle Grounds

You can see the garden hedges and part of the castle in the distance.

On Sunday after the garden and castle tours, we had a couple of free hours, so I went back through the gardens and then explored the grounds a bit. The Herstmonceux estate is 600 acres, but a lot of it is leased to local farmers. The area immediately surrounding the castle is called "the park" and has lots of gorgeous walking trails, so it was this area that I was exploring. It was a gorgeous day and I was so happy to have the opportunity to walk through and admire the scenery!

right outside the gardens

the orchard

Folly Lake

Folly Lake

The Folly on the castle grounds is a structure that looks like a small mansion from a distance. However, it's really just a false front- a decorative ornament. As you'll see in the video below, it's only a few feet deep before opening onto the gardens behind it!

London Video Clip: Tower of London/Tower Bridge

I've got a backlog of videos I've taken during my time in England so far, which I'll be posting now and then. Here's a brief video I took to show the view from a Tower walkway, looking towards the river and Tower Bridge. :)