This week the Church Explorer takes you on his first visit of the year to North Oxfordshire, Just over an hours drive and you get to one of the largest churches in Oxfordshire St Mary the Virgin Adderbury, a wonderful church with a lot of history and wonderful carvings on the outside
Spud's Daily Photo
This blog is to showcase some of the photo's I've taken, the pictures can be from my archive of many years or taken recently. They are from where I live and the various places I have been. I hope Enjoy my work and come back to visit again
Saturday, 8 February 2025
Thursday, 6 February 2025
Christmas Eve
Sill in December and one I forgot about, Christmas Eve the excitement over the next day for kids would be getting to the high point. Me I was excited because I took the sunrise
Tuesday, 4 February 2025
My Mini
A lady asked on my blog the other day was that my Mini hiding around the corner, truth is no, I sold mine back in 2011 as I needed the garage space for an extension to our house that was going to happen. The thing is I have had Minis on and off since I was 19 so I thought I would show my favorite ones
The first one I owned after my Lambretta was sold, (came off it and ended up under the wheels of a truck) The car got resprayed blue with a black roof and I leaned how to fix the car after blowing up the engine and wrecking a rear radius arm
I went through another three Mini's before I bought my 1275GT which like the previous one I did a few 12 car rallies in. This one was different I fitted a 1275 Cooper S engine in it which I modified. The car had been rebuilt by me in Dads garage, the engine I built in the shed. It's take outside my first house.
Not mine but a friends Racing Mini Se7en, I learned a lot helping prepare the car and at racing circuits. It won a lot of races.
After selling my GT and having a couple of Fords then a couple of kids I decided to get a couple of minis because it was as cheap to insure the two as it was the ford I had. This was the one I bought which my wife drove. We got our kid in it along with two push chairs so why mum's want to drive around in a dam great gas guzzling 4x4 now a days is beyond me
You would not have missed it or not heard it as I had modified the engine as well as everything else on the car, it was nigh on a racing car and was really fun to drive.
Take care
Saturday, 1 February 2025
Sr Edburg Bicester Pt2
This week the Church Explorer is back at St Edburg Bicester to show you around the inside of the beautiful old church
Thursday, 30 January 2025
Newbury Lock
Different place this week, Newbury. The lock to be precise taken from the bridge on Bridge street where I went to while my wife went out trying to find Christmas Presents. Always on the lookout for a skywatch this one was hard not to miss
Wide view from the bridge
Zooming in on the lock which is on the right, the part to the left is the river Kennet, back in the 1970's I did a raft race that came through Newbury, we had to go around the lock and down the steps you see in the center, not easy with a flimsy raft between four of you, we finished nearly last
Wednesday, 29 January 2025
Monday, 27 January 2025
More Rain
Well over here in the UK we have been hit by a couple of storms in as as many days not only was there wind there was rain as well, O yes some hail mixed in with it as well
Saturday, 25 January 2025
St Edburg Bicester
This week the Church Explorer visits St Edburg Bicester which was one of the last churches I visited in 2025. The church will be show over two weeks with the inside next week
Thursday, 23 January 2025
December sunset
I'm still getting through last months SkyWatch photos and these were taken on the 15th Dec when I noticed an orange tinge to the clouds