Blenheim Palace from the South Lawn

Blenheim Palace main entrance, north side

Fountains and statues on the Water Terraces

East side of the palace and the Water Terraces

Statue and columns near the main entrance

Bridge and palace. The bridge is even more massive than it looks, because before Calamity Brown flooded the valley to make a lake, the bridge, which apparently has 30 rooms in it (some now very damp!), spanned three small canals. Alexander Pope wrote "the minnows, as under this vast arch they pass, murmur, how like whales we look, thanks to your Grace".

Acers and topiary in the Secret Garden

Sunlit bench on the edge of the South Lawn

Skeletal autumn trees

Bases of tree trunks and autumn leaves

Sunlit clouds and silhouetted trees

"So, you thought you might walk through our paddock, did you?"