Henley on Thames

This week the Church Explorer visits Henley on Thames and St Mary's Church which dominates the Town centre with it's tower.

Sky at the Garden Centre

At a different garden centre again, this one near Newbury just happened to look up at the beautiful blue sky and fluffy clouds

Happy Skywatch

Coffee Time

The Teddy Bear Shop

I recently visited the town to take some photos of the church there but I also took a few around Town for you as well and one of the first places I passed was the world famous Teddy Bear Shop

You cannot miss it along New Street

Or the sign outside

It takes up the whole of the building you see across the street

Each window has a display of Teddy Bears

 Teddy Bears look at you and entice  many a child and parent to come in not doubt many being dragged away in tears

Windows on New Street

and also on Bell Street

 Paddington Bear in the window waiting to be looked after, you can visit the shop if you are in the town and you can see the Teddy Bears on their website

Next week I will show you some more of Henley on Thames

St John the Evangelist Fernham

The week the Church Explorer visits St John the Evangelist Fernham a village church which is used as a village hall as well as a place of worship

Heathrow Sky

A few weeks ago I went to meet my son from London Airport or LHR as we know it, I went up on the Rail Air bus because I could not be bothered with waiting around in traffic. I took some photos with my phone while I was on the Bus.

 This is the coach you take, I used to travel on it a lot when I was working and going out on installations in different countries. It was never as luxurious as these though 

 I was hoping to get this plane head on as it was coming over the M25 to land but this was as good as I could get, the coach was a little too quick

 As you go around the roundabout before the tunnel you see this plane, when I used to go on a regular basis it was Concorde (I miss that) then another airline bought  the advertising space now this one

 On the way out I took this one of a globe but I forget the airline

Then it's back past the plane on the roundabout again. It was interesting to see how the place has changed from when I was a kid because I remember going there when I was around 10 with the school and we could go on the roof of the Queens building that had just opened. Times have changed.

Happy Skywatch

Spells Kitchen

Creepy Walk in the woods

Last week I took you for a walk through some of the woods near where I say in Wales well as it is Halloween in a few days I though I'd show the creepy part I went through first.

  As I started to walk through the woods I noticed something on a tree

 Close up a face can be seen

 A door in a tree maybe fairy's live here

 A skull stares from another

 Something looking like a ghoul with a long neck

Another with a long tail

I look back the way I just came thinking I would not want to come through here at night

Happy Halloween

Holy Ascention Littleworth

This week the Church Explorer visits The Holy Ascention Littleworth a church built in 1836 on the foundations of a Norman church

Hillside Views

 After the walk I showed you on Tuesday I took a path that went uphill and from there I took a few photos across the hillside

 This looks towards Gilwern hill

 This is a little to the right of the last photo

 Here we look across the village of Hundred House

 A wider view of the area with blue sky poking through the clouds

Wider view of the first photo

We finish with a view towards Castle Bank

Happy Skywatch