Photos taken whilst walking around Hadleigh & Leigh, pottering along roads not yet wondered. There were still new chalk drawings to be found, and plenty of bunting hanging everywhere (although looking a little tired in places).
A few photos taken on our walk around West Wood in Daws Heath, Essex on May 31st 2020.
Photos taken whilst walking around Hadleigh, pottering along roads not yet wondered. Today’s walk included a bit of Daws Heath and Thundersley.
This little chain of painted stones has been growing over the past few weeks. I rather like the eye at the far end!
Photos taken on our walk around Dodds Grove in Hadleigh, Essex on May 25th 2020. We must have walked past the entrance dozens of times on the way into/out of Hadleigh Great Wood, but never gone in!
Photos taken whilst walking around Hadleigh & Leigh, pottering along roads not yet wondered. Monday’s walk was half an hour longer than usual. It was hot and there was chafing!
Photos taken whilst walking around Hadleigh, pottering along roads not yet wondered. Today’s walk included a bit of Leigh On Sea too!
Photos taken whilst walking around Hadleigh, pottering along roads not yet wondered. Sights include rainbow flag shadows and Cunning Murrell in sculpture.
Photos taken whilst walking around Hadleigh, pottering along roads not yet wondered.
Photos taken whilst walking around Hadleigh, pottering along roads not yet wondered. Several of the streets had bunting zig-zagging their way along from window to window, and there was some super rainbows in windows and chalk drawings on paths.
Photos taken whilst walking around Hadleigh, pottering along roads not yet wondered.
Photos taken whilst walking around Hadleigh, pottering along roads not yet wondered.
Photos taken on my walk around Hadleigh Great Wood in Essex on March 21st 2020, just before the Covid Lockdown.
These photos are from a walk going from Hadleigh Castle into Benfleet, then the pub.
Photos taken on my walk around Hadleigh Great Wood in Essex on May 6th 2019. The bluebells are almost over now, but still looking pretty.
Mum and I visited the Victoria Art Gallery in Bath a couple of weeks ago to see an exhibition called “Sharmanka Travelling Circus & The Loom”. A combination of mechanical sculptures, music and choreographed lighting created an eerie and macabre twenty minute show.
I took some photos in the Botanical Gardens, which is in the Royal Victoria Park, Bath. I also took a few photos of the Shakespeare monument in the Great Dell over the road and a couple of the gate statues on my way out of the park.
Last October, the Mr & I visited Colchester for the day. We started off wondering around the ruins of St Botolph’s Priory, then visited the Castle and museum, followed by lunch and a wonder around the town.
I had some time to kill whilst waiting for my train at Paddington Station a few weeks ago, so took a few photographs of Paddington Bear, the clock, roof and the war memorial statue. Afterwards, I sat and ate a packet of Nik Naks and watched Paddington Bear being fondled by strangers.
I took my camera for a walk into Old Leigh back in October. It was so sunny I couldn’t see the screen on my camera to see what I taking most of the time! Luckily they came out well.
I worked in a shoe repair shop for over twelve years until the business closed down in September 2018. I had wanted to take some photographs of the machinery for some time and took these shortly before the cobblers shut its doors for the very last time.
Close-up photos of paperweights look like little universes.
The farmer was at work in the Salvation Army fields in Hadleigh as I was heading to the bus stop, so I took a few photos.
Photos taken in my garden on 19th May 2018.
We popped down to the Hadleigh Rare Breed Centre last bank holiday weekend as it was a lovely morning and thought we’d get there before it got too busy.
Crisp snow on a green tree in the early morning sun. Lovely!
My Christmas present was to go and see The Making of Harry Potter at the Warner Bros Studios. It was absolutely wonderful and would love to go back for their winter exhibition one year.
There was an very colourful sunrise yesterday morning.
There was an excellent sunrise yesterday morning.
The second port of call on our whirlwind stop-over to Oxford was the Pitt Rivers Museum, which I last visited some 25 years ago with my mum whilst researching masks for an A Level art project on the grotesque. The only things I could remember about the place was the huge totem pole and the tiny shrunken heads.
The first port of call after arriving in Oxford on Wednesday was the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology. The museum covers five floors and contains thousands of objects from all eras of human evolution.
It was time for another visit to Hadleigh Rare Breed Centre this weekend so I could see all the birds, which were hidden indoors on our last visit in April. I went back twice to photograph the ducks, I just love them!
Iford Manor, situated between Bath and Bradford-On-Avon, has some wonderful grounds with an Italian-style garden. The manor was home to architect and designer Harold Peto from 1899-1933, who created the gardens.
It had been abut ten years since I last did the touristy thing in Bath, so visited the Roman Baths, Museum of Fashion and the Victoria Gallery on a special ticket thingy.
I was lucky enough to visit an exhibition by the Bath Textile Artists whilst visiting Corsham back in March called “From Here To There”. I found it very inspirational and took a few photos for my own records.
Mum and I visited the historic market town of Corsham back in March. It was a lovely day so we took a few photos of St Bartholomew’s church with its graveyard full of primroses (and a very friendly cat).
From 2009 to 2014 I photographed St Barnabas Church from my bedroom window. It became a bit of a project during the latter half of 2010, when I realised I had been photographing the church almost every week as the weather changed and I continued this through all of 2012. I must have had enough by 2013 as there aren’t many, and I took my last and only photos from 2014 in July, a few weeks before moving house. There was an absolutely fantastic sunset, and a prefect way to finish the project.
There was some interesting light at play in the back garden yesterday evening as I was listening to my newly purchased 78’s.
Sparrows in the big tree next door.
Slim pickings at Hadleigh Rare Breed Centre this weekend due to all the birds being kept indoors until next month, and most of the animals were asleep!
