saint nicholas' church at little langford ... at last !

for years i've been intrigued by glimpses of this isolated little gem whenever i took the train from salisbury up the wylye valley towards bath

today i deviated from my intended course by many miles and was rewarded

sadly the church was locked today

it doesn't look ever so old from the train when you are two hundred yards away at sixty miles an hour, but it has been much restored

it is only when you find your way down a rough old lane and walk around to the west side of the church that you find an ancient doorway with it's heavily weathered "animated" carvings

when i can find out how old it is, i'll let you know ... unless you can tell me first !

saint nicholas' church at little langford

 

saint nicholas' church at little langford ... THE DOOR !

 

saint nicholas' church at little langford

 

the village school at lacock ... students of the history of photography will recognize the name on the wall plaque

june and tony

three weeks ago today, tony westall and i met in the street outside his garden gate in lacock

sadly, i was in a moving car whilst tony was moving on foot, pretty fast

some very nice men came to take him away in a helicopter whilst his mum and dad both took the trouble to comfort me !

since then he's had three operations including a complicated bit of bone-grafting and things are looking good

as you can see, they aren't the sort to let a little bit of pain get them down !

 

june and her sunny door

 

the monkey island hotel at bray. there are only two ways in; one is by boat ...

 

...and this is the other

 

hambleden church tower on a dreary dark day

 

hambleden church ... the d'oyley family

a horrid day using the satnav to get lost in the thames valley when a decent map might have saved hours ... i ventured into hambleden church to soothe my eyes for twenty minutes, although the exterior promised little ... and found yet another splendid family memorial ... from the 1630s this time

 

the d'oyleys with their eight children at hambleden church

verses on the pedestal of the d'oyley family memorial in hambleden church

 

from the d'oyley memorial in hambleden church

 

lichen infestation in hambleden churchyard

 

this week's votive offering

 

definitely in charge ...

 

at cowgill in dentdale

 

the national rail museum at york

 

pub window in sedbergh

what the national rail museum in york lacks ...