Oooo I bet it was a tough call whether to entre this shot in the architecture or old ways challenge, because it fis both wonderfully. I love the addition of the girl running across the lawn which adds to a superb sense of isolation in the image (and makes me think of the film the Last Emporer)
I love this photograph, to me it tells a story of the stateliness of the old and the exuberance of the young. I would just have liked a little bit more contrast.