St Nicholas Chadlington

 

 This week the Church Explorer visits St Nicholas Chadlington a church which was a pleasure to visit with some beautiful stained glass 

Random Skys

 I sort of run out of skywatch photos so thought I would show three random ones I took

This was a lucky shot, I spotted the kite in the tree so ran indoors to get my long lens and get a photo out the bathroom window. I just took the shot as it flew off, the nearest I have got of one taking off from the tree

 

 

The entrance to the caravan site I go to, the sign with the mural is new so I took a photo and got the clouds over the hillside 

 On the way back home we went over the Severn Bridge  this is the old M4 bridge which linked England to Wales.

Happy Skywatch

Didcot Railway Centre

 

As promised some more photos from around Didcot Railway Center

The is the view of the place you get when you come in, the track here leads to that water tower 

Water tower where they fill the steam engines

Rebuilt station waiting room, the people were waiting for  a train ride

Reproduction of the Iron Duke 

 

This is the one thing I wanted to see, its part of Brunel's Atmospheric Railway. It was a lot bigger than I thought it would be

Saddle tank train taking people for rides

Stationery saddle tank train 

The sign is from a local station of the now demolished Didcot to Newbury line. The station building this came from is still there. Ironically in a place called Beacham Close named after the person who closed down the line. Can't think why the council would call it after some one who cut them off  

Inside the engine shed

Wider view of the engine shed

One of the trains outside the engine shed

That's it for now, I'll sow more another time. I hope to go aback again to get more photos

All Saints Spelsbury

 

 

This week the church explorer visits All Saints Spelsbury a church with some superb monuments to see.

Shorthampton Sky

 

Getting up to date here with my sky's as this one was from last month when I visited a church in Shorthapton, it was way out in the sticks (countryside) along a narrow country lane with only a farm and a couple of houses nearby.

This is the church it dates back the 13th or 14th century the sky behind made it worth while

The narrow road it is along

The view out of the east window you see in the photo above

Outside you just see a combined parked up in a cut field of corn (Wheat)

The glorious Oxfordshire countryside is all you see.

Happy SkyWatch