The Temple of the Muses...

...was very close to where we were staying: it was more or less at our end of the footbridge which is in most of my blips from the cottage. It was built in 1817 and dedicated to the poet James Thomson who wrote the lyrics to Rule Britannia (among other things). The temple originally contained a stone statue of the Apollo Belvedere on a circular pedestal showing nine Muses with laurel wreaths. Bronze figures of the Four Seasons by Siobhan O'Hehir were installed as a replacement in 2002. 

Today it was time to go home and I have to say that I was glad to get back to Robbie - who seemed glad to see me too!