On top of my house
This blog has been serious for far too long! Here are a couple of shots from the rooftop of our house after I inspected the work the builders had done in rebuilding our chimney stack which was in a very dangerous condition.
Month: August 2017
Dahlicious at Dyffryn
Jenny and I took the opportunity of a break in the dismal weather we’ve been experiencing just recently in Cardiff, to go out for the afternoon. We went to one of those places we often return to. It was three years ago that we last went to Dyffryn House and Gardens, and that was …
Where could I be?
Church of St Mary and St Nicholas, WiltonIf you were to place a bet on where this church is, you wouldn’t have said Wilton, near to Salisbury in Wiltshire. It’s quite an amazing Grade I listed building in a Romanesque style with its Byzantine features, and seemingly so out of place in Wiltshire rather than …
Ibsley Bridge and The Old Beam Inn
Ibsley BridgeSo many times we’ve driven past this spot and never stopped to take a photograph OR to stop at the Old Beam Inn just down the road from Ibsley Bridge. Well … 2017 marks the time when both venues have been ticked off the bucket-list! I must give credit to Lightroom (with a little …
The Crown Inn at Alvediston
When is a country pub not a country pub … when it’s a B&B that’s just been taken over and they haven’t opened the bar yet! No issues with that. We had been warned before we arrived that this was the case and we said “no worries, we just want a little bit of quiet”, …
The Wedding Bus
Old Wardour CastleSo, having had a lovely breakfast in The Crown Inn B&B, we set off for Compton Chamberlayne to look at a church that I thought had early family connections – it didn’t I found out two days later after visiting the Hampshire County Archive in Winchester – when we discovered we’d left a …
Classic New Forest images
Wooton Bridge The Forestry Commission are attempting to improve the drainage of this part of the forest near to Wootton Bridge. Unsuccessfully so far, I’d have to say if my boots are anything to judge by. I was looking for a shot of the sun streaming through the trees and this just about does the …
A curious fellow this one …
Wilverley Inclosure It’s time for the aah! shot. This pony was quite interested in me sitting on the grass in front of him/her waiting for the light to change and by the time I pressed the shutter was only about 2 feet away from me.