CJ's

 

 There has been a coffee shop here for a number of years, CJ's should have opened six months previous after the last owner decided to give up the lease. During the winter a pipe burst caused flodding in all the nearby premises, CJ's suffered the worst. Eventually the work was done and CJ's opened

 CJ's is differnt in that it  is more like an American Dinner

 This was a private even for the opening

Inside the place is well laid out for people to eat or have coffee

They have a wonderful array of Danish pastries

 

Along with cakes and biscuits (Cookies)

 

 It may look empty in the photo but it was early and I have not seen it with out people there so the place is popular. The food my son tells me is very good, I have tasted it and agree.

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St Nicholas Piddington

 

 This week the Church Explorer visits St Nicholas Piddington, one of Oxfordshires  Best Churches which is one of the reasons I went along to visit, I cannot say I was disappointed

 

September Sunset

 

I could not miss this sunset on the 1st September I caught it just at the right time

Out of the bathroom window

Between the chimneys

Wider view

 Looking out the front window

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St David Triabad

 

 This week the Church Explorer Visits St David Triabad, a now redundant church which the local community are trying hard to keep as a church. It is also one of the very few Georgian Churches in Wales.

The Vyne

 

As I went to visit The Vyne again this week I thought I would share a few photos with you.  If you want a more in-depth view of the place the click the link at the beginning. The house was built in the 15th century and has had some royal visitors in the past

This is the main entrance off the road which was done in the 17th century, this was originally  the back of the house

The front would have been here on the north side though this portico was added in the 17th century

This was one of the royal visitors now doubt with his latest wife in tow

They would have been entertained in this long room

There are over 400 of these panels in the room each one with the crest of a person the owner was friendly with

The panels date back to the 15th century 

 

This was the view from where we exited the house, I think it is the back of where the cafe is now

 

Going through the walled garden

 

Where they grow a lot of produce that is used in the food sold in the Cafe

 

I'll leave  you with this view across the north lawn

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Different Clouds Different days

 

Some clouds taken over a few different days

Noticed these storm clouds when I was putting my car away in the garage

 

They did look threatening 

 

Even looked to be dumping rain in the distance

 

Wide view of the cloud with blue sky on one side

 

lighter clouds in the distance

 

A few days later I saw this cloud, it looked like a little animal running across the sky

 

Days later my wife spotted this while we were out for a walk at our caravan in Wales

 

I cannot say I have ever seen one before.

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Some Bee Photos

 

Back in July I took a few photos of bees on some of the flowers in our garden

They seemed to love the giant globe thistles

 

And were all over them

 

Even the thistle made a good subject

 

 

So many different bees

 

A few days later we found this one on the doorstep

 

I'm not sure what was up with it but I moved the poor thing some where safer where it would not get trod on.

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St David Llanwrtyd

 

 This week the Church Explorer visits St David Llanwrtyd the older parish church the spa came about further down hill in  Llanwrtyd Wells. The church is largely unspoiled from when it was first built retaining most of its charm and is in some beautiful surrounding countryside

A Different Walk

 

Back in the first week of August my wife and I were in Wales at our caravan the place we stay at was very busy to take our dog for a walk so we drove a few miles to another place and took him for a peaceful walk 

 

The walk took us around a small hill to a different view of the area

 

Taking in a wider view

 

Turning right a little

 

And a wider view taking in the small hill we walked around

 

Time to head back along the track

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Some Birdie Photos

 

 This week I thought I would show some birdie photos I too over the last couple of months

 Woody comes by now and then to feed off the peanuts

 

The Greenfinch loves the seeds we leave out

 

While on the ground the Dunnock eats the seeds that drop down

 The greenfinch making a meal of it

 

Taking in the sun and snoozing

 

One day Woody got soaked in the rain but he sill has his peanuts

 

As log as he eats the peanuts and does not attack my birdhouses I'm happy he comes

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