Snow day
It was a surprise to wake up to snow – and not a welcome one, because I’d been planning on going out birding. But there are no reliable bird sites closer to home than about a fifty minute drive, and … Continued
This is Edensor, which R had to remind me this afternoon is pronounced ‘Enzer’. But he’s virtually a local, whereas I’m not, even though I lived on the Derbyshire edge of Sheffield throughout my teen years. Anyway. We were up … Continued
I snapped this image on my way into Chipping Campden parish church this afternoon, for the final, orchestral rehearsal before this evening’s Campden Festival Chorus concert. I was feeling unusually nervous and emotional about the concert, and as I looked … Continued
When blipfoto informed me that today would mark my 2500th blip, I suggested to R that he should pose, YMCA-like but forming the digits 2, 5 and 0, and provide me with the material to make a composite image. Sadly, … Continued
It wasn’t the best day for being out and about, being blustery and rainy, but I’m trying to keep moving – for the sake of my mental wellbeing as much as my physical health – so when R went to … Continued
“The spectacle begins to the east, from the road past Charlecote Park. The church rises like a cathedral across the water meadows, set about with trees in a perfect fusion of architecture and landscape. The tower is Perpendicular with elongated … Continued
R and I were walking back to the car after shopping – or, as it turned out, window-shopping – in Chipping Campden this morning, and I looped round to take a few wide-angle shots of the church. I was just … Continued