Monmouthshire
This is the view from the meadow below our holiday house. I’ve shot it in all kinds of moods over the course of the week, but as I walked through the meadow (sadly mown since I last saw it) to … Continued
Transformation
It was a dark, dreary, damp day, but this afternoon R and I went out anyway. Having a couple of errands to run in Evesham, we parked on Waterside and then walked along the southern loop of the river and … Continued
Cherub breath
R and I went for a walk around Croome this morning, where they were theoretically fully booked – leastwise, it was indicated to us at the gate that we could only go into the car park if we already had … Continued
Hampton Lucy St Peter
“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
Castles and curlews
In welcome contrast to yesterday, this morning dawned gloriously sunny, and R and I went road-tripping. “That’s quite a lot of castles,” he said in response to my plan. “Are you sure you want to do all of them?” I … Continued
Hadrian’s Wall
We spent most of the day ‘doing’ Hadrian’s Wall, which neither of us had ever seen before, and which we both found really interesting. We began the day at Housesteads, a joint National Trust/ English Heritage site with a superb … Continued
