The Orangery at Mt Edgecombe - now a cafe
The staircase in the Formal Gardens at Mount Edgecombe
The fountain in the formal gardens
Mum
A part of the formal garden which includes a feature constructed with bricks rescued from the ruins of the old Mt Edgecombe house which was destroyed by bombing in World War II
A tree fern grove in the gardens
A sculpture in the gardens
Eve and Al with Mum enjoying a coffee in the Orangery
The Cremyll ferry which crosses the Tamar between Mt Edgecombe and the Royal William Yard in Plymouth with Devonport Dockyard in the background
The Finnegook Pub in Crafthole which is not far from Mount Edgeconmbe
The view over Crafthole and the Lynher and Tamar Rivers towards Saltash and Devonport
On the way up to Heathrow we stopped at the National Trust property of Stourhead where we had lunch and walked around the lake in their magnificent garden
The Temple of Apollo
The entry to the grotto
In the grotto
The Pantheon
A waterfall and the remains of a Mill with a waterwheel
The next day I departed from Heathrow and arrived in Brunei for a three day stopover. Brunei was quite warm and muggy. Apparently October is wet season in Brunei and whilst it didn't rain, walking was difficult due to the humidity!
Brunei is a small country situated on the South China Sea on the Northern coast of the island of Borneo and sandwiched between Sarawak and Sabah. Whilst those two places are part of Malaysia, Borneo is not and is ruled by the Sultan of Brunei. The rest of Borneo is part of Indonesia.
I stayed in the Radisson hotel in capital Bandar Seri Bagwan
The Tamu Kianggeh Open Market
The Brunei River
The Australian Flag flying because the Governor General of Australia had visited a couple of days before I did!
This was erected to honour the Sultan
Water Taxis
Portraits of the Sultan are everywhere. This is at a park used for Royal ceremonial events
The Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque
Houses built in the the Kedayan River - At high tide these are standing in water.
There was a rain forest walk at Tasek Park, behind the hotel, leading to a waterfall
Some of the plants seen along the walk
Bananas
At the Tasek Falls
The Jame'Asr Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque
The roofs of the Sultans Palace
Monkeys spotted beside the road going to Tatong
The Tatong River at Tatong
And that was the end of my tripping. I arrived home on 10 October 2012.
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