{"id":1529,"date":"2009-09-30T16:13:14","date_gmt":"2009-09-30T22:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/?p=1529"},"modified":"2009-09-30T16:13:14","modified_gmt":"2009-09-30T22:13:14","slug":"groombridge-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/?p=1529","title":{"rendered":"Groombridge Place"},"content":{"rendered":"

We traveled on the train for about an hour to Tunbridge Wells in Kent, then a taxi to Groombridge Place. One of my ancestors built this beautiful manor home and I always wanted to travel here to see it.\u00a0 Here is a collection of photos from the beautiful formal gardens. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle lived closeby and Groombridge was the setting for one of his novels. This was the place they filmed Sense and Sensibility, the latest version with Kiera Knightly and Dame Judi Dench. It was lovely and peaceful.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The side of the mansion from the formal gardens<\/p><\/div>\n

\"The<\/a>

The "bowling alley"<\/p><\/div>\n

\"The<\/a>

The White Rose Garden lovely even in fall<\/p><\/div>\n

\"IMG_2714\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Country<\/a>

Country gentleman<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Be<\/a>

Be still, my garden heart<\/p><\/div>\n

\"IMG_2693\"<\/a><\/p>\n


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\"Little<\/a>

Little cottage dedicated to Conan Doyle<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"front<\/a>

front -- there is a moat<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Bob's<\/a>

Bob's favorite -- the Crown Inn - a pub that was built in the 1500's one of the oldest in England, we had beef pies, Bob had a beer.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We traveled on the train for about an hour to Tunbridge Wells in Kent, then a taxi to Groombridge Place. One of my ancestors built this beautiful manor home and I always wanted to travel here to see it.\u00a0 Here is a collection of photos from the beautiful formal gardens. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle lived […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1529"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1529"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1546,"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1529\/revisions\/1546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}