Out & About …

… on the North York Moors, or wherever I happen to be.

Category: Swindon

  • Plunge Pool at Lydiard Park

    Plunge Pool at Lydiard Park

    Cold bathing was fashionable in the 18c. George III was advised to do it by his doctors. It was said to cure madness, rickets, leprosy and asthma. This plunge pool at Lydiard Park dates from about 1820.

  • Lydiard Park

    Lydiard Park

    At a coaching conference in Swindon for the weekend. Nearby is Lydiard Park, a 260 acre park with a Palladian House. And a nice copse of beech trees.