Claremont

After a super rough week, with the weather turned gorgeous, I went out this morning to get away from the world, to Claremont, which was another of Queen Victoria's favourite places as a child. 

Central lake

The amphitheatre.

from the Camellia Terrace

Belvedere Tower.

Thatched cottage - lots of games.

the Island

Black Swan - didn't even know these existed. 

Once Queen Charlotte's tea house. 

Queen Charlotte died (aged 21 from childbirth, along with her baby) before the tea house was finished so Prince Leopold finished it as a monument to her.

View from the top of the Amphitheatre.