Church yard, Welford, Wilts |
Church yard, Welford, Wilts |
Cottage being thatched, Welford, Wilts |
St. Mary's Church, Fairford, Gloucs |
St. Mary's Church, Fairford, Gloucs |
Cat grave, St. Mary's Church, FairfordI think what amazed me was there are fresh flowers on a grave for a cat that died 24 years ago |
"A very goodwoman" St. Mary's Fairford |
Swan, Fairford |
Scenic view, Coln-St. Aldwyn, Gloucs |
View, Coln-St. Aldwyn, Gloucs |
View, Coln-St. Aldwyn, Gloucs |
River Windrush, Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucs |
BOW River walk |
Cottage, BOW |
Post office, BOW |
"Old New Inn" BOW |
Fire place, "Old New Inn" BOW |
View from room at the "Old New Inn" |
War Memorial and dog in window box, BOW |
Dog in the window box |
close up of dog |
"These Birds Bite" BOW |
Cottage wall, Over Stowey, Devon |
Church, Crowcombe, Devon |
Gargoyle, Church, Crowcombe, Devon |
Packhorse bridge, Allerford, Devon |
Bridge and school, Allerford, Devon |
Porlock Bay, Devon |
View from the room #1, Lynton, Devon |
House on a hill, Lynton, Devon |
View from the room #2, Lynton, Devon |
Me on the North Costal Walk, Devon |
North Costal Walk, Devon |
Cliffs, North Costal Walk, Devon |
sun and gorse, North Costal Walk, Devon |
more sun, more gorse, North Costal Walk, Devon |
North Costal Walk, Devon |
Castle Rock, North Costal Walk, Devon |
North Costal Walk, Devon |
North Costal Walk, Devon |
vicious local wildlife, North Costal Walk, Devon |
View from North Costal Walk |
North Costal Walk, Devon |
Straw owl on straw roof, lynmouth, Devon |
Street view, Lynmouth, Devon |
Lynmouth on path to Watersmeet |
Path to Watersmeet, Devon |
Path to Watersmeet, Devon |
Watersmeet, Devon |
Bridge near Watersmeet |
Our room at the "Victoria House" Lynton |
Our room at the "Victoria House" Lynton |
Victoria House B&B Lynton |
water powered tram between Lynton & Lynmouth |
War memorial, Clovelly, Devon |
Alley, Clovelly, Devon |
Cat in the window, Clovelly, Devon |
Cat, Clovelly, Devon |
"waterfall village" Clovelly, Devon |
Clovelly, Devon |
View of Gorse |
Minack Cottage, CornwallMy wife loved the "Minack Chronicles" and wanted to see the house where they were written. It was a cold and miserable day, but we loved the hike and she got to see the house, alas only from a distance.
During the 1940s Derek and Jean Tangye lived in London. Derek was a Fleet Street journalist and Jean was Public Relations Officer for the Savoy Hotel. In 1950 they turned their backs on a lifestyle which, although sophisticated, they were finding increasingly shallow, and became the tenants of Dorminack, a run-down cottage and flower farm, in the far west of Cornwall.
Here, from 1961, Derek wrote the autobiographical books, which became known as the Minack Chronicles. In these 20 volumes he shared with his readers stories of nature, donkeys, cats, the vagaries of the weather as they eked out a precarious living from the farm, and his philosophy of life.
In 1979 Derek and Jeannie bought about 20 acres of wild cliff land adjacent to their tenanted farm. They called it "Oliver Land" (after a cat in one of his books) and this became "The Minack Chronicles Nature Reserve - A Place For Solitude".
Jeannie passed away in 1986 and Derek in 1996. Derek died at Minack. Both his and Jeannie’s ashes were scattered in the Honeysuckle Meadow in the Nature Reserve.
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Minack from a distance |
Vicious wildlife, Minack |
On the trek to Minack |
Pathfinder, leading to Minack |
Muddy path to Minack |
Following path to Minack |
Lost Garden of HeliganThe Lost Gardens of Heligan extend to some eighty acres is returning to its former glory. In its heyday, Heligan Manor was one of the glories of Cornwall. Almost completely self-sufficient, it had a number of farms, quarries, woods, brickworks, a flourmill, a sawmill, a brewery, and productive orchards and kitchen gardens. Its land extending over a thousand acres, it was the center of the community and supported 20 'inside' staff and up to 22 'outside' staff.
The outbreak of war in 1914 ended this idyll. Many of the staff would perish in the mud of Flanders and although the Tremayne family returned after the war for a few years they finally tenanted the estate out to friends and moved away. Although basic maintenance was undertaken to the grounds around the house, the gardens gradually and gently went to sleep.
One of the reasons Heligan is so valuable is that no major alterations had been carried out over this last century and all the vernacular and garden buildings remained untouched. There are very few examples of gardens that haven’t been ‘modernized’, and Heligan provides a unique time capsule.
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Camellia, Lost Garden of Heligan |
Gate, Lost Garden of Heligan |
Rhododendron TREE! Lost Garden of Heligan |
Giant's head, Lost Garden of Heligan |
Mud maid, Lost Garden of Heligan |
Lost Garden of Heligan |
Lost Garden of Heligan |
Lost Garden of Heligan |
Rhododendrons, Lost Garden of Helligan |
Flora's Green, Lost Garden of Heligan |
Palms in England, Lost Garden of Heligan |
Rhododendrons, Lost Garden of Heligan |
Lost Garden of Heligan |
Lost Garden of Heligan |
Drain cover, Lost Garden of Heligan |
Lost Garden of Heligan |
Country lane, Cornwall |
SLOW, well D'uh |
Country Lane, Cornwall |
Fowey and harbour, Cornwall |
Bluebells |
St. Catherine's Castle, Fowey, CornwallA small artillery fort built by Henry VIII to defend Fowey harbour. It has two storeys with gun ports at ground level. Below the 16th century fort is a two gun battery built in 1855.
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Steps to St. Catherine's castle |
Church, Lydford, Cornwall |
Church, Lydford, Cornwall http://www.lydford.co.uk/churchtext.htm |
War Memorial, Lydford, Cornwall |
"Iraq 2003"It was such a shock to think that such a small village had experienced loss in the war in Iraq. |
George VI mailbox, Lydford, Cornwall |
"Dartmoor Happy Hogs, Free Range Pork" |
Church at Chetnole, Cornwall |
Kneeling cushions, St. Peter's Church, Chetnole, Cornwall |
Kneeling cushions, St. Peter's Church, Chetnole, Cornwall |
Sir Walter Raleigh's home, Sherborne, Cornwall |
Folly, Sir Walter Raleigh's home, Sherborne, Cornwall |
Sir Walter Raleigh's home, Sherborne, Cornwall |
Sir Walter Raleigh's home, Sherborne, Cornwall |
Sherborne Abby, Sherborne, Cornwall |
Reflected ceiling, Sherborne Abby |
Old Woman Feeding a Dog, Sherborne AbbyThis was on the end of a bench. there were other carvings, mostly religious theme, but this was one of the more whimsical ones. You have to look close to see that she'e holding a bucket upside down and the dog has put his head in it. |
I love English pubs!!!! |
Eastbury Hotel, Sherborne |
Back Garden, Eastbury Hotel |
One Tulip |
Stonehenge, Wiltshire |
Sharon, vandalizing Stonehenge, Wiltshire |
Stonehenge, Wiltshire |
Stonehenge, Wiltshire |
Stonehenge, Wiltshire |
Stonehenge, Wiltshire |
View from Sarum Wall, Wiltshire |
Stonehenge, Wiltshire |
Stonehenge, Wiltshire |
Stonehenge, Wiltshire |
Stonehenge, Wiltshire |
Stonehenge, backlit |
Salisbury as seen from Sarum |
View from Sarum Wall, Wiltshire |
View from Sarum Wall, Wiltshire |
First Salisbury Cathedral, Sarum, Wiltshire |
Sharon at Sarum |
Clock on cottage wall, Wiltshire |
Salisbury street hint: Zoom in on the guy in the middle |
The Poultry Cross, Salisbury |
Salisbury Cathedral |
Salisbury Cathedral |
Salisbury Cathedral |
Me, tired at Salisbury Cathedral |
let me see..AH! "Salisbury Cathedral" |
Main entrance, Salisbury Cathedral |
Inside shot of main entrance Salisbury Cathedral |
Salisbury Cathedral |
Reflecting water sculpture, Salisbury Cathedral |
Medieval door...with alarm, Salisbury Cathedral |
Carved door, Salisbury Cathedral |
Grounds, Salisbury Cathedral |
Door, Salisbury Cathedral |
Street scene, Salisbury |
Flowering Rape field, Cornwall |
Scenic view |
Flowering Rape field, Cornwall |
Scenic view |
Roof tops in London |
George VI Phone box |
Sharon in classic tourist shot, London |
Bluebells, Hyde Park, London |
Hyde Park, London |
Hyde Park, London |
Hyde Park, London |
Hyde Park, London |
Hyde Park, London |
"Picnickers," Hyde Park, London |
A Banyan tree in Hyde Park, London? |
Hyde Park, London |