The Darnley Mausoleum November 2023. © Carole Tyrrell

As the festive season gets underway, it’s time for the shadowsflyaway Christmas card! It’s a small thank you to all of my readers and those that have liked a post or sent me a message. Next year will be the tenth anniversary of shadowsflyaway which I think is a real achievement. So there is no Symbol of the Month. It will resume in January 2025.

The picture is of the Darnley Mausoleum in Cobham Woods in Kent. It’s one of my favourite places to visit even when its closed. In 2005, it was featured on ‘Restoration, a BBC TV programme about buildings that needed rescuing and the Mausoleum was one of them. It was in a sorry state, vandalised, burnt out, and surrounded by impenetrable woodland. I watched the TV programme, thinking ‘Why bother? It will just be vandalised again.’ But it was restored and landscaped and it is now a beautiful and elegant focal point.

And of course replete with symbols as I said in a previous post.

So here’s to symbol exploring in 2025!

Text and photography © Carole Tyrrell