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This is the ceiling of a room in the base of a church tower. The two-storey brick building has Hamstone dressings and a hipped tile roof. It made a lovely late summer walk, away from roads and with some beautiful riverside ancient woods. This first bridge was the Wilford road bridge, by the car park, itself very old, although not what we font and further east the small turret steps behind a glass door that in earlier times led up into a rood

So making grape jelly is a good isolation project.

The screens, which were saved, are in safe storage. The ancient wood carvings on the Parclose Screens in the church had as recently as the 1860's been removed So the screens that we see today, I presume to be reconstructions using original parts. architect, of Plymouth, in A.D. 1869; until then the remains of a pair of fine old carved oak Parclose screens The two screens, will each be about l2 ft, long and about the same height.

It reached the main road and there was still half an hour to go. We sometimes have to have a seaweed clearance on the road after the highest tides. There are several actual tidal roads around here which go under twice a day for most of the year. Those roads are actually impassable or impossible so you need to know your tide times, as cars do sometimes

Originally published on Photoblog by Gethin Thomas AUGUST. 06, 2021 Strictly speaking this is just one dominating structure in Tavistock that I did a whole set on because it fascinated me. I did drop clues in part 1 and part 2. As you walk up the hill from the town square this monumental structure starts to appear between the buildings and trees. Dated 1889 it comprises eight arches, five spanning fifty feet and three spanning thirty feet. The pier between the third and fourth arches from the western end includes a narrow archway. It closed in 1968 and is now a listed structure carrying a walkway. There is some discussion of reopening the railway.

a mix of old and new, and once you emerge into the Market Square on the High Street you are in the Food and new goods section. lathe, a variety of chair legs from green wood. Using a spokeshave he shapes the green wood into spindle legs. You can see more of his work here. We are finding some good words today. Despoliation - The action or process of despoiling.

I have checked my trusty "Let's Preserve It" by Beryl Wood and I am raring to go.

medieval castle more than a church with it's unusual pepper pot tower that originally gave access to the rood The stained glass is mostly modern but of good quality. Over in Kingswear they have the far more erudite names of Lower Contour Road and Higher Contour Road. This is West Alvington Woods with this years stunning display of wild garlic. I have never seen it this good.

There was no road crossing at all up to this point in the river. The road opposite would have led to the ferry landing on the Devon side. British road improvements usually entail taking a winding old road and straightening it. needed to get there fast, while modern roads are more concerned with road safety. On the 20th July 1644 there was more than a bit of road rage right here.

George’s, with its typical Devon three-gabled roof and tall broach spire, is still considered to be one the winding staircase within the octagonal turret led to an upper chamber which was also the priest's room The huge tower arch of this church, unlike so many others, isn't blocked by a screen or other barrier This vane was designed so that Triton, who was holding a rod in his hand, would turn so that the rod And so we leave the church behind now to cross over the road and complete a circuit via the school and

Having tried the largest supermarket in the area because the very good greengrocer in the high street He was wearing a mask and I am half deaf so I may have imagined that, but I have a good feeling about He did explain that while he doesn't really do Facebook he is quite good at emails and sure enough I

This is the view a mad axe murderer climbing over the roof would get. I blame the blind company. The latest is we are getting the roof blind in about three weeks. I am not convinced.