Comments on: We are here! http://www.cotswolder.com/blog/2008/travel-journals/winter-2008/we-are-here/ Travel Guide for the Cotswolds, England Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:04:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Simon http://www.cotswolder.com/blog/2008/travel-journals/winter-2008/we-are-here/#comment-236 Simon Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:20:06 +0000 http://www.cotswolder.com/blog/?p=9#comment-236 I love your photographs! You have some wonderful shots of The Cotswolds. Wish mine would come out like that :-) I love your photographs!
You have some wonderful shots of The Cotswolds.
Wish mine would come out like that :-)

]]> By: Ed and Sheila http://www.cotswolder.com/blog/2008/travel-journals/winter-2008/we-are-here/#comment-8 Ed and Sheila Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:52:05 +0000 http://www.cotswolder.com/blog/?p=9#comment-8 Found this piece of education... Ha Ha(1712): this 18th-century garden feature consisted of a trench, the inner side perpendicular and faced with stone, the outer sloping and turfed, that was intended to allow the landowner an uninterrupted view of the countryside. It came from the French word haha ‘an obstacle interrupting one's way sharply and disagreeably, a ditch behind an opening in a wall at the bottom of an alley or walk’. According to French etymologists the ha! is an exclamation of surprise – or could it be fear? Found this piece of education…
Ha Ha(1712): this 18th-century garden feature consisted of a trench, the inner side perpendicular and faced with stone, the outer sloping and turfed, that was intended to allow the landowner an uninterrupted view of the countryside. It came from the French word haha ‘an obstacle interrupting one’s way sharply and disagreeably, a ditch behind an opening in a wall at the bottom of an alley or walk’. According to French etymologists the ha! is an exclamation of surprise – or could it be fear?

]]> By: Gail Hecko http://www.cotswolder.com/blog/2008/travel-journals/winter-2008/we-are-here/#comment-7 Gail Hecko Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:49:45 +0000 http://www.cotswolder.com/blog/?p=9#comment-7 Pauline, I love the concept of the Ha Ha, and the name has always been a favorite. Wonder how they came up with it? Maybe "Ha Ha, fooled you!" Enjoying your blog! Gail Hecko Pauline, I love the concept of the Ha Ha, and the name has always been a favorite. Wonder how they came up with it?

Maybe “Ha Ha, fooled you!”

Enjoying your blog! Gail Hecko

]]> By: janelp.pip.verisignlabs.com http://www.cotswolder.com/blog/2008/travel-journals/winter-2008/we-are-here/#comment-6 janelp.pip.verisignlabs.com Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:03:09 +0000 http://www.cotswolder.com/blog/?p=9#comment-6 OK. Now I understand--it's a wonderful name for a ditch. Your picture of the circus in Bath is beautiful! OK. Now I understand–it’s a wonderful name for a ditch.
Your picture of the circus in Bath is beautiful!

]]> By: Pauline http://www.cotswolder.com/blog/2008/travel-journals/winter-2008/we-are-here/#comment-5 Pauline Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:23:16 +0000 http://www.cotswolder.com/blog/?p=9#comment-5 A "Ha-Ha" is an invisible wall in a field. The houses in the Royal Crescent look out to a large field. They did not want the animals in the lower field to come up to the upper field, close to their houses, but they did not want the view spoiled by an ugly wall or fence. So they dig out a wall that you don't see unless you are beside it. I will post a photo soon, but here is a <a href="http://www.slowtrav.com/uk/cotswolds/activities.htm" rel="nofollow">Ha-Ha in Hidcote Gardens near Chipping Campden</a> from an earlier trip. A “Ha-Ha” is an invisible wall in a field. The houses in the Royal Crescent look out to a large field. They did not want the animals in the lower field to come up to the upper field, close to their houses, but they did not want the view spoiled by an ugly wall or fence. So they dig out a wall that you don’t see unless you are beside it. I will post a photo soon, but here is a Ha-Ha in Hidcote Gardens near Chipping Campden from an earlier trip.

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