KENT: Leeds Castle. Gardens, Ducks, and Industry

Leeds Castle in Kent - modestly described as "the loveliest castle in the world," see http://www.leeds-castle.com/land.php.  There is the required moat, water, gardens, great ducks.

This Leeds Castle is in Kent, not in the County of Leeds, so it appears that  "Travellers in Leeds," a site about Roma, is not focused here.  See http://www.travellersinleeds.co.uk/_travellers/HistoryEngland.html. 

• Leeds Castle was named for a minister of old King Ethelbert IV, king who lived 856-860 AD.  It is not even near Leeds the City. See the Leeds Castle Timeline at http://www.castles.me.uk/leeds-castle-timeline.htm.  
• It was first a Saxon fortress, then a stone castle Norman "donjon" built by Robert Crevecoeur (donjon now gone), then King Edward I , 1272-1307, took over and made many structures and improvements, King Edward II successfully attacked in 1321, time passes, Henry VIII makes it a royal palace in the 1500's, etc.  Take a look. The castle ghost?  a large black dog, says the Timeline.

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Leeds Castle grounds offer a place for wandering. Spot the ducks. This particular duck is a Muscovy. See http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/poultry/ducks/index.htm.








Muscovy Duck, Leeds Castle, Kent, England




Meanwhile, go to the gardens at the castle. 



 Gardens, Leeds Castle, Kent, England





Is this so:  that the uglier the persecutions, and the more rigid the thought, the more regimented are the gardens as well?



Nature likes some looseness instead, I think. Something there is doesn't love a straight line.