BLENHEIM PALACE- WOODSTOCK

Last Thursday I went to Woodstock with Ana, Jose' and Patricia. The village was glowing in autunm colours and the park of Blenheim Palace next to it was stunning.





Capability Brown's design of the park is very intriguing: once you pass the main gate of the park you get a first glorious view of the bridge over the artificial lake and of the palace. Then as you walk along the route which brings you all around the lake, both disappear behind groups of beeches and slopes. The palace reappears all of a sudden as a surprise at the top of a slope near the bridge and is aligned on the same axis as the column in the middle of a long avenue planted with oaktrees.