Holy Trinity Hardwicke

 

This week the Church Explorer visits  Holy Trinity Hardwicke the fifth church of my tour of Kilvert churches, this church was quite simple compared to the other churches I visited but none the less a pretty one.

End of September Walk

 

The photos were taken near the end of September and I'll spin it out over the next week as well because these photos were taken with my compact camera

Clear blue sky and  lake

Camping field with a lone tent 

Top of the camping field

Looking back

Radnor hills in the distance

To get to this point is a steep climb, its just as bad around the bend

The end is nearly in site

At the end of the climb you get this view

I had to zoom in to get the wind turbines which have been up years and produce nothing as they are not connected. Bute Energy got the money out of the Welsh government but don't have the infrastructure to connect them

They now want to put more turbines up here, I hope some one hacks them

On the way back down looking to Aberedw hill

 The swan and cygnets, they are flying now and loosing the grayness fast

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Alisons Seat

 

Back in 2008 I came across this seat on the hillside above Fforest Fields campsite. It was dedicated to Alison who has sadly passed away in 2003 it overlooked the campsite below

Alisons seat in 2008

 This was the view of the campsite then

2017 the seat looked like this and the woods below had been cleared in 2012 but has been replanted and was growing fast

 Samplings obscured the view

 

Come 2025 when I thought we should take a shorter walk along the hillside to see how the woods looked now I remembered Alisons seat 

 

A little further brought us to the concrete plinth it used to stand on but the seat had gone

 

A little further and We came across this seat, not how I remember the seat on the hill or the original  

 

The plaque was screwed to the bench so she could be remembered and it still looks over the campsite from a different spot

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St Michael Moccas

 

This week the Church Explorer visits St Michael Moccas another of the churches associated with Francis Kilvert. The church has a beautiful organ and a tomb effigy if the church to see

Evening Walk

 

Few weeks ago in September when we went back to our caravan for a few days we took in an evening walk with our puppy

Nearing the hill gate I looked back towards the Radnorshire hills with the sun shining on the top as it went down

Zooming in a little 

Heading back down near the barn the sky was yellow from the setting sun

Twilight lit the hills in the distance

The sun had now gone from the Radnor hills

Looking back up the track towards Aberedw hill

The sun was gone a yellow glow remained

Looking up toe the barn form the lake the clouds shone

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St Andrew Bredwardine

 

This week the Church Explorer visits St Andrew Bredwarine the last church Francis Kilvert was vicar of before he died, he is buried in the churchyard.  I would think most people visit to see his grave but the church on its own is well worth looking round 

View from Pips Bench

Just a couple of photos today taken this morning from Pips Bench on Aberedw Hill in Wales

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Vist to East End

 

I took our dog for a walk around the village and decided to go to the East End, this was the new estate on the old east end farm 

After walking through the estate I ended up on the walk that run around the outside of the estate passing this insect hotel, the pile of dirt looks like it is there for hedgehogs and other small mammals to hibernate. The insect hotel was not the only one I passed

 

Further on I passed the pond

With this duck taking the opportunity to have it to himself 

The pond it where the rainwater ends up from the drains along the estate road

Up ahead the corn dryers from the old farm

Further around the poppy head sculpture a nod to the name of the estate and the fact it was built on a poppy field

Further along a children's playground

 The wooded walk planted when the estate was finished is now flourishing well and it will not be long before you will not see the houses.

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St Mary Monninton on Wye

 

This week the Church Explorer visits  St Mary Monnington on Wye the Third in the Kilvert churches I visited near the River Wye. Bit of a surprise finding this one was in the Bulmers Apple Cider orchards 

 

Campsite sky

 

Some photos from back in the middle of September when we were at our caravan 

The seat I am always drawn to trying to get the photo I want

Further up the path looking towards the Radnor hills

Zoomed in a little and the edge of Aberedew hill

Getting on further looking to the camping field

 Going back down near the bend in the track and you can see mist in the distance, mind you it could be rain

When we got around the end of the lake it did rain

It eased off so we got on with finishing the walk

The clouds still threatened rain

 Last time I saw this rock it was nearly out of the water, the rain has filled the lake back to nearly its normal level.

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