Interesting Follies
By neilf49
@neilf49 (809)
August 18, 2007 12:35pm CST
We recently went for a day out at Rivington Lake near Bolton in the North west of England. Its a lovely place to go, lots of nice walks and things to do. Its one of the meeting places for lots of bikers in the area so I can also meet up with some old friends while I'm there.
One of the landmarks next to the lake is Liverpool Castle, or a copy of it. It was built by Lord Leverhulme who owned the land at the time. It's what is known as a Folly because it has no significant use. This castle is a copy of the ruined real Liverpool Castle and as such was built as a ruin.
Do you have anything like this where you live or have you visited anything like it while on vacation?
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@abroji (3247)
• India
19 Aug 07
Excellent description neilf49 of the location and the sight. We have plenty of such areas to where we go for a day out, but I cannot remember any thing rebuild from based on the ruins. We have an attractive tourist village namely Veli by the side of a lake, where some floating bridges and a lake resturant are set up. The park there is maintained in a very nice way with many sculptures and murals. By the way I am from India and my city is Thiruvananthapuram, capital of the state of Kerala in south most India.
