RE: New Burghley House Sundial

2007-04-05 Thread Patrick Powers
Message text written by John Carmichael This fits in real well with the BSS conference John: Not only that but there is also a direct (ie no changes) rail link from Cambridge to Stamford at hourly intervals most days and the journey only takes just over an hour. Mind you, although the train link

New Burghley House Sundial

2007-04-04 Thread John Carmichael
Dear British Dialists: According to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal, there is a new 132 ft. sundial in the new Garden of Surprises at Burghley House in Stamford England. According to the website at http://www.burghley.co.uk/ the Burghley House is the largest and grandest house of

New Burghley House Sundial

2007-04-04 Thread Patrick Powers
Message text written by John Carmichael According to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal, there is a new 132 ft. sundial in the new Garden of Surprises at Burghley House in Stamford England. Burghley is indeed one of the largest and grandest houses of the first Elizabethan Age. Built and

New Burghley House Sundial

2007-04-04 Thread Patrick Powers
Message text written by John Carmichael Has anybody seen this dial yet? In my enthusiasm for the equestrian facilities at Burghley g I forgot to say thatorgot to add that the dial was recently mentioned ina local paper. It has been designed by a former curator at Harvard USA. The article I saw

RE: New Burghley House Sundial

2007-04-04 Thread John Carmichael
Did you see this particular webpage: http://www.burghley.co.uk/t3_newsdetails.asp?prid=67 This fits in real well with the BSS conference since it's all about science and time. I hope I can squeeze in the time to see Burghley. ---