Frosty Morning in Piddington

Taken a few years ago but I thought needed showing, I'll follow with a blog soon

Blown Away

A Crane in Wallingford

Happened to go into Wallingford with my wife the other Friday and the first thing I saw was a crane jib jutting above the buildings 

Well what can I say other than I had to go and check it out

Walked passed Rides on Air, you might have noticed their Van on Midsummer Murders

The crane was working on Pettits refurbishment

Lifting the new steelwork which needed fitting to the building

The road was closed all the way down for cars but you could still walk along there

Certainly stood out in he town

Back in the town I noticed a new shop called busy brush which I think is a restaurant where you can go for a coffee

Going back to the car we passed the green tree  a pub I have been in a few time when I was younger.

Hope you enjoyed my short visit.

Cloud Watching

Thursday lunchtime with my wife and a cup of coffee on the downs near work where we had fun watching the clouds and seeing what animals  or thinks we could make out .

 Not much looking towards Didcot

 But promising clouds towards reading

We did se rabbits towards Newbury but by the time I took the photo they were gone

Looking towards Didcot again you could see black smoke riseing, someone spoiled the view with a bonfire. Happy Skywatching

A Real Butchers Bike

Reading in the Morning

The photos were taken a few years ago now but show an area of Reading which was devastated by bombs on the 10th Feb 1943. Looking at it now it's hard to believe people died here  

The statue of Queen Victoria looking towards the station did not escape unscathed, she lost a finger in the incident

Looking towards Friar Street in the morning Sun

 

If you click the link at the top it will tell you more about what happened

Goring Weir

Goring Weir in the winter sun after all the rain we had, the Thames is flooded but not as high as in other times I have seen it. Goring lock is over to the right

Asleep by the Tree

The Bear at Home

Last week I showed a pub called the Brenford Taylor where I first met my wife, well this is the pub I met her the second time. The Bear at North Morton is now the only pub left in South & North Morton. The other pub which is in this village was the Queen Victoria and that closed many years ago. The Crown which is in South Morton kept going closeing and reopening a few times. At the moment it's closed again and I wonder if it will ever open again.The Bear at Home as it is now called has mananged to weather the storm's and is still going.

The pub has changed very little since the times I used to go to it though the inside has changed, I doubt they have the wild nights that used to happen here when I was younger. Less than a year after meeting my wife here again we got married and 33 years later we went back for lunch at the pub that brought us together.

Nuffield Place Tapestry

Lady Nuffield was quite adapt with here needlework and produced a few tapestry's like this at Nuffield Place

Taking Part in Monday Mural