Hinton Ampner Sky

This is my 1000th post and I 'm joining with my Favorite Linky SkyWatch Friday The photos are from a recent visit to Hinton Ampner

 Hinton Ampner House

 Turn rond the ther way and this is the view you see of the coutryside

 One of the lawns, this one is in the Walled Garden looking towards the church
Going to take a break from Blogging for a week or so

The Village of Collingbourne Ducis

I posted some photos of the church a couple of weeks ago so I thought I would show the village in this weeks Our World Tuesday

The view I got looking down from the road leading to the village hall

 Looking along the main road past one of the thatched cottages

The pub is called the Blue Lion and unusual name, most are called the Red Lion

The village sign 

An old Mile Stone

Another of the roads through the village towards some thatched cottages

Row of cottages

Another of the thatched cottages 

Topically  looking English  cottage

There is even a stream running through the village 

Bridges crossing them

A thatched owl on a cottage porch

This cottage was in the first photo and I'm sure it was a pub at one time now like many it's closed and converted into a house

Finally back to the village hall.
 

Hope you enjoyed the little tour

Sky at Mottisfont

Taken at Mottisfont a few weeks ago

Head in the Ground

Village of Tichborne

Back in March I visited this church in Tichborne for my Church Explorer Blog. After taking my photos I took a few around the Village

In the parking are beside the church is this seat

 which over looks the Village

Might add if you walk round the churchyard you look out on this view of the surrounding countryside

I stopped off for a few photos through the Village, this way takes you towards the church

and back through the Village

Village pub is called the Tichborne Arms and I must admit looked tempting to visit as it was lunchtime

Opposite you can see the old village post office

which from what is see is now just residential

Nearby is an nice row of terraced cottages

along with a few further along going towards where I took the first photos

I'll leave you with a photo of an old telephone box which from the look is still in use

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Ovington Village

 Back in the Begining of March I happened to be down near Winchester visiting a few churches. On of them was in a place called Ovington where I took some time to get a few photos from round the village

Looking down the road beside the church

Just along the road from the last photo

From the churchyard you could see these cottages

 that had the builders initials on a stone at the end

The cottages looks the typical type you would expect to see out in a country village

Gates leading to the manor house

 and looking back along the road near the gates

The house here from what I can make out used to be the old village post office

this is a view you get coming ito the village of Ovington

 The other end now and I presume the local pub

  Looking up the road from nea rthe pub towards the Village of Ovington

This path runs past th epub

and goes over a bridge crossing the River Itchen and heads off to a village called Itchen Stoke













The river  is one of the cleanest I've seen

 Time to go, only sad I did not visit the pub as I was off to the next place I wanted to visit

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