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Avebury is one of the world’s largest prehistoric stone circles and we visited it in July in conjunction with visits to Stonehenge and Avebury Manor.
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Avebury
Categories: England, Wiltshire
Tags: Avebury, Avebury Stone Circle, photo post, sheep
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Wollaton Hall Wildlife 2016
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The deer at Wollaton Hall are currently rutting so I thought that would be a good opportunity to take some photographs (being mindful not to get too close, of course!) Below are some of the photos I captured of the stags, plus geese and swans around the lake.
Categories: England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tags: bird, deer, deer park, goose, photo post, stag, swan, Wollaton Hall, wollaton hall and deer park
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Stonehenge 2016
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I don’t really think that Stonehenge requires much of an introduction and I have written about my first visit to the site here. This time I made the return because my brother had never been and wanted to go and we happened to be holidaying fairly nearby.
Categories: England, Wiltshire
Tags: artefacts, english heritage, Neolithic, Neolithic houses, photo post, pottery, remains, skeleton, souvenirs, Stonehenge
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Nottingham Architecture Special: Watson Fothergill Contd.
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As a follow-up to my earlier post on the work of Watson Fothergill, Nottingham architect, here are some more of his beautiful buildings. The first is the Rose of England pub, built in 1899. I’ve often admired the Gothic look of it and it’s immediately recognisable as Fothergill’s work.
The Rack Isle, Bibury
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he Rack Isle is directly opposite Arlington Row, which I previously wrote about here. It’s a low-lying meadow which gets its name from the racks where wool would have been hung to dry after being washed at Arlington Row.
Categories: Bibury, England, Gloucestershire
Tags: Arlington Row, Bibury, national trust, photo post, The Rack Isle
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Arlington Row, Bibury
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Arlington Row in Bibury is apparently one of the most photographed streets in the Cotswolds. The Row is a set of cottages looked after by the National Trust that were built in 1380 as a wool store and then converted into weaver’s cottages in the 17th century.
Categories: Bibury, England, Gloucestershire
Tags: Arlington Row, Bibury, national trust, photo post, river, River Coln
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St Mary’s Church, Bibury
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On a recent holiday to the Cotswolds we spent some time in the picturesque village of Bibury in Gloucestershire. One of the places we had a look around was St Mary’s Church, a Grade I listed building.
Categories: Bibury, England, Gloucestershire
Tags: Bibury, church, photo post, st mary's church, stained glass window
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Leicester Cathedral
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The main focus on a recent trip to Leicester was all things Richard III and naturally that included a visit to Leicester Cathedral where his remains were reinterred on March 26th 2015. After having been to the Visitor Centre and seen displays on how the remains were discovered (blog post here) we were keen to see his final resting place for ourselves.
Categories: England, Leicester, Leicestershire
Tags: cathedral, Leicester, leicester cathedral, pall, photo post, Richard III, stained glass, stained glass window, tomb
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King Richard III Visitor Centre
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Back in June a friend and I went to Leicester to visit the King Richard III Visitor Centre. I imagine you’d be hard pressed to find someone who isn’t familiar with the story of Richard’s remains being found in a car park and finally being laid to rest in Leicester Cathedral (the focus of the next post) and the Visitor Centre did an excellent job of collating all that information.
Categories: England, Leicester, Leicestershire
Tags: facial reconstruction, Leicester, museum, Richard III, skeleton, stained glass, statue, visitor centre
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