Finally! The Sun made a much needed appearance yesterday and so we, somewhat delirious, made a b-line for Virginia Water at the Southern end of Windsor Great Park for a stroll and an ice cream.
We hadn't intended on a long walk but it was so nice out that we ended up circling the entire lake (about 5-6 miles) and (along with thousands of others) enjoyed the warmth of some rays on our faces for a change. Here's a picture (above) of the man made waterfall just past "Leptis Magna", the Roman ruins that were nicked from the Libyan desert in the early 1800's (below)
Along with totem poles, fishing lodges, tree-lined avenues, exotic fauna, woods, boating lakes, sculptures, temples and manicured gardens, all this landscaping splendour was built for the prince regent (later George IV) back in the day. A kind of royal theme park for him and his mates to frolic around in when he got a bit bored of mooching around the castle at Windsor or the race track at Ascot, ah those Victorians..
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