a red bull in herefordshire ...

 

... master of all he surveys

 

clodock churchyard lettering (one)

 

clodock churchyard lettering (2)

 

clodock churchyard lettering (3)

The script reads :

How short is life how sure is death Our days alas are few
This mortal life is but a breath; Tis like the morning dew

interior of the church at clodock

 

the vicar of clodock demands cash instead of kind

tucked away in a dark corner of clodock church ... set in stone ... the vicar repudiates the old tithes and the courts award him cash ... he must have been rarther unpopular ... and he can't have been short of cash if he could afford this carving extravaganza

to read the text for yourself, click once on the picture for an enlargement, then again on the enlargement icon when it appears at the bottom right corner

this article has been published subsequently ...

http://www.ewyaslacy.org.uk/doc.php?d=nw_clo_3004

... and furthermore ...

 

... and was this symbol of peace meant to fit on the top ?

 

mavis ferguson-butler, aged ninety-something, but livelier than ever when she sniffs a bookshop

richard booth at hay-on-wye ... books bought anywhere in the world

 

the view toward the brecon beacons from hay common

 

the vale of ewyas

 

the tiny church of saint mary magdalene at capel-y-ffin

 

... in a deep valley ...

 

... shaded in a grove of ancient yew trees

 

madehurst church

madehurst church has unbelievably old bells

when the bell tower was restored it was discovered that the original wooden church tower is encased within the ancient stone tower

 

this is the pub that is right next door to the brewery ... the spreadeagle is across the road

 

old york road in wandsworth

while i was taking this picture at about quarter past four this morning, i was approached by a man wearing an orange railway worker's jacket who had a lifetime's stink of drink about him ... in fact it preceeded his arrival at my side

he asked first if i had a car jack, which was odd because i was riding a bicycle, and then if i could lend him the bus fare to vauxhall

i lied, uncharitably

cyclists eye-view of west hill in wandsworth

 

to the spreadeagle at wandsworth ...

 

... for a little light refreshment

 

the louis vuitton searchlight ... through a glass darkly

 

the art of hot desking demonstrated with considerable style by victor ( the godfather ) andrews

 

posh luggage out of reach in sloane street