Friday Sky

Had a walk up the vets on Friday Moring to pick up the dogs prescription  the sky looked wonderful so thought it was good opportunity to get a photo

Churchyard Snowdroops

The Beast is here

A weather warning is in place telling us of a weather front coming our way bringing cold weather. cold I mean by up tless than zero deg C. It has been given a name of the Beast from the East or the Siberian Express.
Well the weather has been cold overight we are seeing tempertures of less -5c and during the day it can be +3c  but with the wind chill it feels colder. this evening I popped down the village and when I left the house I noticed the odd bit of snow by the time I reached the centre this is what I encountered

 Snow was falling

 Covering the pavement

 But on the way back it had stopped.

Come morning Batman did not look amused
 

Taking Part in Our World Tuesday

Nuneham Park

Taken the other week at the Global Retreat 

The sky over Oxford

Taking part in Skywatch Friday

Chimes

The Global Retreate

  I visited a church in the grounds of this place the other week, it used to be Nuneham House home of the Harcourt Family

I took the photos on my way back from the church

But had a walk through some of the grounds on the way to the church

Quite stunning  giant sequoia tree

and equally stunning view towards Oxford

below an ornamental stream

Back past the leaning tree

And this contemplation Temple

I walked past this Mulberry tree that was split down the middle

and noticed it was strapped together using a load strap

Taking Part in Our World Tuesday

Shirburn Church

I do not usually post photos of churches on this blog but  the other day I was visiting a redundant church, when I finished I was walking out the gate and turned around for a final look took out my iPhone and got this photo of the church, the blue sky was a bonus 

Happy Valentines Day

Around York

Theses were taken many years ago when I went with my wife to York. The photos were taken on 35mm film so have been scanned up. I only took a few photos at the time

The castle which I never had time to visit

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think this is the Shambles 

Amazed the narrowness of the streets still exist 

The Famous Betty's Tea rooms, I never got the chance to visit this place either 

Not sure which gate this is with the steps leading to the wall 

But they look impressive 

And you can see York Minster 

Which is even more impressive.

Taking Part in Our World Tuesday 

Clouds over the courtyard

I have been taking photos of the new building being constructed that you see in the photo. Once a week I took the changes till it was at this stage. This paticular day I though the sky should be included for a Skywatch Friday.

 In this photo I am at the top of an externall stairway looking down

On gound level looking up.

Happy Skywatch