We love walking
Typical signage on the Shroppie
Canary Wharf in the setting sun
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Lifting Locks
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Tank traps on the Basingstoke Canal
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Typical canal scene
Stableblock left over from when horses pulled the narrow boats
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Idyllic scene on the Kennet and Avon canal
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Wildlife on the canal
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Under the M25!
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The cheese rolling hill at Cooper's Hill on the Cotswold Way, sadly no longer an annual event due to too many crowds and a few broken legs and arms!
Almshouses in Wootton-under-Edge built by Hugh Perry, born in the town and became Sheriff of London in 1632. Quite enchanting, still used for their original purpose, with a tiny chapel in regular use, with stain glass windows of sheep and wool spinners!
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One of my higgledy piggledy farmyards!
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Two charming churches in North Nibley (LH) and Tormorton (RH), two villages to die for, with all the necessary - church, primary school, big house, shop, pub, lovely cottages and village houses - the ideal village. The latter had the M4 thundering by but it was still lovely and took me back 50 years to my childhood.
Yes, I did walk to Pennsylvania!
Has this dreary little place on a main road have anything to do with the American one? I'd love to know.
Has this dreary little place on a main road have anything to do with the American one? I'd love to know.
Murals painted by Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell in 1941 in St Michael and All Angels, Berwick, Sussex
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Christ in Glory by Grant on the left and The Annunciation by Vanessa Bell on the right.
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We visited this church when walking along the South Downs Way and staying the night at Alfriston.
I took this photo from an information board at Saddlescombe on Day 2 of walking along the South Downs Way. Sadly, we didn't have this weather!!
The motte and bailey in the foreground is to the east of Edburton Hill and to the west of Devil's Dyke.
We found it with some difficulty as not so clear on the ground in bad weather. It was an exciting moment to stand in the middle and think on the past though.
The motte and bailey in the foreground is to the east of Edburton Hill and to the west of Devil's Dyke.
We found it with some difficulty as not so clear on the ground in bad weather. It was an exciting moment to stand in the middle and think on the past though.
One of four black marble Tournai fonts in Hampshire, thought to have been given as a gift by the Bishop of Blois who was the Lord of the Manor to the church in East Meon.
The font depicts the story of Adam and Eve on two sides and Norman symbolism on the others. One of the other four is in Winchester Cathedral.
The East Meon Valley is just to the north of the South Downs Way.
The font depicts the story of Adam and Eve on two sides and Norman symbolism on the others. One of the other four is in Winchester Cathedral.
The East Meon Valley is just to the north of the South Downs Way.