Lyme Park Photography

For the New Year I traveled down to the Peak District to stay with family. Staying true to British traditions, the weather was awful; it rained constantly for a week. Rather disappointing, for I always enjoy being out in the beautiful countryside down there, and there are so many lovely buildings to explore.

After becoming increasingly annoyed with the rain, I decided to take an umbrella and my camera and wander down to Lyme Park. Lyme Hall and Park is a beautiful country estate near Disley, Cheshire, and is probably best known for being Mr Darcy's Pemberley in the 1995 Pride and Prejudice. You know, the bit where Colin Firth appears from the lake to a rather surprised Lizzy Bennet - my favourite scene of the series (well, apart from all the scenes where the wonderful Mr Collins (David Bamber) is present)!

Here are my photos of Lyme Park and gardens. It was quite misty, which made half of my photographs really fuzzy and useless, and the other half, here, quite spooky.

This is the old Hunting Lodge. I thought the stone had some lovely textures and the building looked very imposing and proud.

Spotted a statue of Artemis on the roof, Ancient Greek Goddess of the hunt, childbirth and virginity.

Found this rather amusing and slightly ironic, seeing as Lyme Hall was just an imposing shadow in the mist...

Poseidon! With a rather lethal looking tridant... would not like to get on the wrong side of him, as found out by lion-hearted Odysseus! 

Happy New Year! and may the weather get considerably better for 2013, lets hope at least...