The Knollys Chapel

 

 

This week the church explorer visits the Knollys chapel at Rotherfield Greys to see the stunning Elizabethan  monument

Some local roads

 

I stopped off to get some photos for some little project I am doing at the moment so these are all local roads to me

The Oxfordshire boarder, that side is South Oxfordshire or what used to be North Berkshire before 1974 and they changed the boundary's 

Turn round the other way and your looking at West Berkshire

This is what is behind me, a few weeks ago I showed a photo pylons disappearing into the distance from just outside the village, well this is the last one, after this it runs underground to the other side of Streatley Hill 

This was looks over the surrounding countryside, the pylons head back past my village way past the last one you see

Just out side Streatley on another side road taking you to Cleeve court

That is one of the nearby cottages there

Streatley recreation ground

The carpark for the grounds is to the right where that flash of read is, carry on and you get to Cleeve court

 Townsend road which will take you back to the first one I was on at the beginning though I might add it is a private road.

Take Care 

Blossom and Bluebells

 

 I still feel the need for some flowers to bring a bit of joy to our lives

 Cherry blossom

 Bluebells

They are pretty

Single stem

Cowslips

These grow on the roadside as well

Daisy's

 Lilac

My wife found it growing in the garden and grew it into a standard to start with, it was replanted out the front of the house and now looks stunning

It smells nice too

Take care

St Margaret of Antioch Harpsden

 

This week the Church Explorer visits  St Margaret of Antioch Harpsden a lovely little church just out side Henley on Thames

 

Some blossom to brighten your day

 

Taken on different days 

 Blossom near Blooms cottage

Bluebells always bring a smile

No blossom here just showing the pylons disappearing into the distance

Not the effect I hoped with this one

This one is up on the estate 

This was taken out the back of my garden.

Happy SkyWatch 

St Nicholas Remenham

 

This week the Church Explorer visits St Nicholas Remenham one of the prettiest churches I have seen in a while 

Village sky

 

Some different view round the village when I took the dog for a walk a different way by going ta place we call Silly Bridge and taking a path to the Station.  

 

 I took this view on the way to the path, the powerlines you see went in back in the 1960's, from where the second stops it runs underground over the hill and out the other side where you can just see the other pylon

 This is where we started from though I admit I took it a few days later when we went along the track again

About half way down I topped and took this view towards the village 

A little further and this looks at the village

The looks down the path, just by the farm it closes in to an ally with hedging either side 

Looking back the way we came

The end or the start which ever you want but the first hundred yards or so from here are like that and you have to put up with a dog barking through the fence.

Happy SkyWatch

 

St Mary the Virgin Fawley

 

This week the Church Explorer makes a return visit to St Mary the Virgin in Buckinghamshire, this time I get to see inside this beautiful church and see the John Piper window who is also buried in the churchyard

Sky on the downs

 

By downs I mean the Berkshire downs as I know it. I went out to get some photos the other day for a website I go on and these are some of the shots I took. The landscape is quite boring so don't expect stunning shots

All the photos are taken outside a village called Blewbury. This view is looking back to the village

This way is to the direction of where I come from which is some where center the other side of the hills

Looking along the road uphill

Different place this time, the road here takes you to a place called Churn

The place is called Rose Cottage

The place in the distance is called the Kennels, not sure if that is what is there though

The hill to the right is called Church Knob

Odd name this New Buildings. That's it for now

Happy SkyWatch 

St Mary the Virgin Turville

 

This week the Church Explorer visits  St Mary the Virgin Turville which was used as the village church in the Vicar of Dibley