Frosty Marsh

 

Last wee it was cold, the coldest |I have known it in years. I cannot remember the  temperature back in the bad winter of 1963 but this year had to be comparable. Most nights the gauge read -4 or 5 even down to -9 but on two nights it got down to under -11 in fact -12.9 was recorded at RAF Benson a few miles away. I thought that during this time I should pop down the River Thames and see if it had frozen at all, I temperatures we had been having gave me a inclining it would. This is what I saw

 

This is what is now know as Cholsey Marsh, back in Jan 1963 this looked totally different as it was flooded and onto of that totally frozen over, none of this could be see and no trees could be seen.

 

You could see all the way along the meadow then, the trees have grown up in the last 60 years because there  is no cattle to graze here any more

 

The hoar frost on the plants make it look as cold as it was

 

The Thames was not froze more to my surprise, I thought it might have been and I have seen it frozen a few times in my life

 

The little Stoke side looked not different to the one I was on

 

 

The Thames path is in there somewhere

 

At least a sight tells me it is

 

The Marsh on the other side

I left the Thames to flow on it's way to the sea

I will wish you all a Merry Christmas

St Giles Hampton Gay Pt 2

 

 

This week the Church Explorer returns to  St Giles Hampton Gay to see around the inside of the church, something I could not do on my last visit. It was worth returning to. 

As this will be the last blog before Christmas may I wish you all

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

November Sunset

 

Last day of November and another beautiful sunset or should I say the last of it because I missed it going down 

 

The sun left a fiery glow out lining the houses

 

The clouds still reflecting the colours

 

Even the wispy ones in the east with the moon rising

 

The clouds were pink

 

The glow was turning orange 

 

As the sun set further the night was not far behind

Happy Skywatch

 

Morning Glow

 

I had thought that all my October sunrises and sunsets had finished till I downloaded some photos off my Mirror-less camera and came across these taken around 70:30 in the morning when the sun was just rising 

 

I was about to go downstairs to join my wife for a cup of tea when I noticed a glow though the shutters

 

So I grabbed my DSLM as it was nearest and took this photos which are not edited 

Happy Skywatch

A Glimpse of the Past

 

This week I am showing a glimpse  of the past. I came across a couple of Photos of Fforest Fields which I took when we first started visiting the camp-site. The photo were taken using my SLR camera. The first two photos are how the site looked. You can see the sheep in the field

This is a view that you would not get now due to trees which have been planted and grown over the years. The field where sheep are in the foreground is now a camping field

Now this view was taken from a place I stop most time I climb up the hill and look down.

Back then this was how we went camping in a trailer tent

This is a view of the present time taken back in July this year, as you can see it has changed a little, the first photos were taken around 2001/2 a lot has changed in 20 years

Take Care

Firey Sunset

 Taken towards the end of October I could not help see this wonderful sky as I looked out the back of the house

The sky as I seen it from the bedroom window a reflection of the sun on the clouds

Lets look at the whole picture

This we looking over next door from the bathroom window

Looking south from the bathroom window

East from the bathroom

This is where I normally look for the setting sun

The colour changed to a fiery look

The setting sun behind the trees

By now some spots of ran were falling on the bedroom window. Time to go

Happy Skywatch

The Oxford Canal

 

I  Visited a church in Shipton on Cherwell towards the end of October, as the first church was locked I decided to walk over to the second church a mile across a field. The path took you over a bridge that crossed the Oxford Canal. I decided a few photos were in order

The Oxford Canal complete with canal boats from the Bridge

On the two path you can see more canal boats moored up along the banks

The reason I came down here was to get a photo of the church which you can see in the Church Explorer on Saturday

 

 From near the bridge zooming in you get a good idea as to the boats moored her, the people on the left live in one of the boats and you can see smoke in the distance coming off another. There is quite a community living along here

The bridge where I took the first photo, I'm also sure there used to be a lock here as you can see parts of it still remaining

I will leave you with this view I took across the field towards the church and canal

Take Care

Colourful Sunset

Another sunset from October which I noticed when I went out in the evening

I did see it from the kitchen window so went out on the patio and took this

This is looking back east were the clouds reflect the sunset

The colours were beautiful

It almost looked like the sun was going down here

Truth is it was setting over that way

Happy Skywatch

Fungus Time

 

Took these photos back on the 1st November  when were were at our caravan. I spotted some fungi growing near a tree and was overjoyed to find these Fly Agaric growing

I love finding these

Looking along from the first ones I came across I spotted more growing

I could not say if they were edible

Not even sure about these

 

These I knew you could not eat, not even sure if the water on top would be safe to drink

Table for one

Take Care everyone