Thursday, 19 December 2024

November Moring

 

Only a couple of photos this week that I took of the red sky one November morning 

 
This time from our bedroom window, I could not help notice the pink shining on the shutter and this is what I noticed when I looked out

 
Zoomed in a little

 
Google worked their magic with this one
 


May I take this opportunity to wish you all merry Christmas and to say thank you for visiting and all your comments this year
Happy SkyWatch

Tuesday, 17 December 2024

Painted Stones

 

On a visit to the local library I noticed some painted stones on the librarians desk, they looked so nice I had to get a photo of them.

Christmas time with the decorated tree and snowman

A snoozing fox is so lovable

 
This one I presume is a colorful bug


But I did love the Guinea Pig

  Take Care

Saturday, 14 December 2024

All Saints Middleton Stoney

 

This week the Church Explorer visits All Saints Middleton Stoney a really nice church in the grounds of Middleton Park. After a failed first attempt to visit I managed on the second and found it worth the effort.


Thursday, 12 December 2024

October Sunset

 

While waiting for some chips from the local chip van one Friday evening I noticed the sunset and as my phone was in my pocket it was rude not to capture it.


It was the reflection on the clouds that I noticed

Zooming in gave a different effect to them

Even Google give it an  effect


Looking the opposite way the sky was lighter

The clouds soon went leaving an orange colored sky


Which then turned pink

Happy SkyWatch
 


Monday, 9 December 2024

More Snow

 

Some more snow scenes from back in 2010, these were taken a couple of days later when the sky was clear.

 The icicles were on next doors house

 
Snow covered road

 
To be truthful an old road now disused and it is only a few miles from where I live

 
The snow covered track out of the village,

 
The pylons were built back in the late 1950's early 1960's as I remember them being built. You can just make out people sledging on a hillside which is what I was doing there in 1963 

 
This looks to the village down the track which was a roman road at one time

 
Boat on the bank by the Thames, the water is not frozen as it is running quite fast

 
As I cam back to the village a different way the sun was going down


Icicles 
Take Care


Saturday, 7 December 2024

St Mary Lower hayford

 

 

This week the Church Explorer visits St Mary Lower Hayford a church which I found more interesting that the one I previously visited 



Thursday, 5 December 2024

Last of the afterglow


 Back in October I managed to get some photos of the last of the afterglow from the sun setting, mind you I did intend to see if I could get a photo of the comet they were talking about. I'm not sure if I did or it could be a vapor trail you see in the photo below, either way I did get the last of the sunset

The white cloud is what I though to be the comet

Clouds coming in

From out the front window with the glow of my sons car shining on the hedge across the road

Looking up at the dark cloud

 A last look from upstairs 

Happy SkyWatch

Tuesday, 3 December 2024

Remember Winter

 

Some archive photos this week taken back in Jan 2010. They were taken around where I lived 

 


 The road is called Droveside and is off Station Road

Station Road, Droveside is to my left. This road was called Drove road originally but was renamed station road when the built the station at the end of the road here


Allotments well covered


Snow scene not sure where I took it

Snowman in someones garden

Scow covered tree

Someones garden


 Snow blasted telephone poles along Station Road. I went for another walk a few days later and took more snow scenes

Take Care

Saturday, 30 November 2024

St Mary Upper Hayford

 

 

This week the Church Explorer visits St Mary Upper Hayford which is rather devoid of graves in the churchyard till you look across the road and see the cemetery. 


Thursday, 28 November 2024

Another morning walk

 

Morning walks are always something to look forward to in Wales so we went out the following day after last weeks post only to find it was rather dull but that did not stop the photos

Looking to the top of the quarry I noticed something and after zooming in found a couple of sheep

This point we usually turn left towards the hill the track here is private taking you to the owners house

Looking to the right this was the view you got

Further back the way we came and a view in the Builth Wells direction

Zooming in a little

Further along another morning view

Happy SkyWatch

Monday, 25 November 2024

The Trip Home

 

I came across some photos the other day taken back in 2010 when my wife & I took a trip to Scotland with out Camper, we had dropped off out son at his grand parents and then gone on to Scone near Dundee so we could visit the oldest son who was working in Dundee. After our stay we drove back to Edinburgh to pick up our son from his grand parents  and drove home.

 
We drove over the Forth road bridge on our way to get our son

 
Which is beside the Forth Rail Bridge

 
It is quiet a fete of engineering 

 
After picking up our son ewe drove back along the Motorway stopping off at a services where I took a few photos of the lake nearby

 
I must admit the weather was not at it's best

 
But it did not put off these seagulls 

 
Nearby a family were having lunch like we did

 
The seagulls flew past

 
Even photo bombing my pictures

 
I looked back up the lake and hear the commotion behind me

 
The gulls wanted to hep out with the families lunch

 
We left them to it and went back to our van to travel back home
Take Care