I recently paid a couple of visits to Ouse Washes, a nature
reserve managed by the RSPB, which houses two diversion channels from the River
Great Ouse and is the largest area of frequently flooded (for an average of 22
days per year) grazing marsh in Britain.
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Ouse Washes - From sombre to sunset
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cambridgeshire,
clouds,
nature reserve,
ouse washes,
sunset
Location:
Manea, UK
Saturday, October 22, 2016
Lyveden New Bield in Northamptonshire
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A couple of weeks ago I visited the National Trust property
of Lyveden New Bield, an unfinished Elizabethan summer house in the east of
Northamptonshire, and a Grade I listed building.
It was constructed for Sir Thomas Tresham, who was a figure
of national importance and a talented designer, and also a fervent Roman
Catholic, for which he suffered persecution a good portion of his life. Much of
the garden design and cultivation instruction were penned by Tresham from his
prison cell. The house is thought to have been designed by Robert Stickells.
The exact date is unknown but can be estimated to circa 1604–05, the year of
Tresham's death.
Thursday, October 20, 2016
Dorset Day 3 - Corfe Castle ruins to Kingston Lacy finery
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Woke up to my alarm and dutifully got ready to head out for sunrise, checking my phone just before I stepped out and I realised I'd lost half an hour somewhere. Turns out I'd immediately fallen back to sleep after switching off the alarm and didn't realise it, so I was running rather late.
Woke up to my alarm and dutifully got ready to head out for sunrise, checking my phone just before I stepped out and I realised I'd lost half an hour somewhere. Turns out I'd immediately fallen back to sleep after switching off the alarm and didn't realise it, so I was running rather late.
Labels:
corfe castle,
Dorset,
kingston lacy,
national trust
Location:
Corfe Castle, Wareham BH20, UK
Monday, October 10, 2016
Dorset Day 2 - From stormy sea to Brownsea (Island)
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I awoke to a very dismal morning, not the best news when you're on the hunt for a decent sunrise. My plan was to head for Peveril Point in Swanage, to document the beginning of a glorious new day, but as I arrived at the car park on the eastern tip of the town, it started to hammer it down, so I sat and waited patiently for it to subside, which in due course it did.
So gathering up my stuff, I began to set off on the 10 minute walk to the coast, but after a few steps I thought better of it, as it began to lash it down once more. I realised that even if I waited for this shower to clear, if the rain insisted on a repeat performance, particularly one with a bit of longevity to it, which seemed prodigiously feasible. Once I was down at the point, I and my gear were going to get a thorough drenching. I needed somewhere with a bit of shelter, where I could cower and hide should the weather mount a sustained attack.
I awoke to a very dismal morning, not the best news when you're on the hunt for a decent sunrise. My plan was to head for Peveril Point in Swanage, to document the beginning of a glorious new day, but as I arrived at the car park on the eastern tip of the town, it started to hammer it down, so I sat and waited patiently for it to subside, which in due course it did.
So gathering up my stuff, I began to set off on the 10 minute walk to the coast, but after a few steps I thought better of it, as it began to lash it down once more. I realised that even if I waited for this shower to clear, if the rain insisted on a repeat performance, particularly one with a bit of longevity to it, which seemed prodigiously feasible. Once I was down at the point, I and my gear were going to get a thorough drenching. I needed somewhere with a bit of shelter, where I could cower and hide should the weather mount a sustained attack.
Labels:
Brownsea Island,
corfe castle,
Dorset,
South Coast,
sunrise,
sunset,
Swanage
Location:
Studland, UK
Friday, October 7, 2016
Dorset Day 1 - Corfe Castle & Durdle Door
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Last week I paid another visit to the beautiful coast of Dorset, around the Swanage area, as it had been a while since I'd been there last, which meant it high was time I got a few more pictures from this very scenic region. My first day was spent almost exclusively at Durdle Door and Corfe Castle, or Durdle Dorf Castle as I like to say when referring to them together.
My initial stop was sunrise at Corfe Castle, where I ascended West Hill, to get a view of the sun rising from behind the ruins. Unfortunately the sky wasn’t looking like it was going to play ball, there were hardly any clouds, apart from a thick plume along the horizon where the sun was supposed to make an appearance. So I was not best pleased I can tell you, but as I’d made the effort to get part way up the hill, I wasn’t about to turn back without giving the dawn the benefit of the doubt, and allowing it to make amends for such a tardy display.
Last week I paid another visit to the beautiful coast of Dorset, around the Swanage area, as it had been a while since I'd been there last, which meant it high was time I got a few more pictures from this very scenic region. My first day was spent almost exclusively at Durdle Door and Corfe Castle, or Durdle Dorf Castle as I like to say when referring to them together.
My initial stop was sunrise at Corfe Castle, where I ascended West Hill, to get a view of the sun rising from behind the ruins. Unfortunately the sky wasn’t looking like it was going to play ball, there were hardly any clouds, apart from a thick plume along the horizon where the sun was supposed to make an appearance. So I was not best pleased I can tell you, but as I’d made the effort to get part way up the hill, I wasn’t about to turn back without giving the dawn the benefit of the doubt, and allowing it to make amends for such a tardy display.
Labels:
corfe castle,
Dorset,
durdle door,
Jurassic Coast,
man o war bay,
sunrise,
sunset
Location:
Corfe Castle, UK
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Oxburgh Hall - Part two
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In part two of my visit to Oxburgh Hall in Norfolk, I take a wander around The Wilderness, stroll through Home Covert and I encounter some very charismatic trees.
Wilderness gardens were created in deliberate contrast to the rigid formality of gardens immediately surrounding country houses. Clumps of shrubs, specimen trees, meandering paths and the dappled sunlight of surrounding woodland created a romantic illusion of an untamed landscape, in which people could walk and experience nature.
This part of the estate also contains a large boulder, about a metre across, that is composed of hundreds of fossilised oysters, and has been dated back to around 165 million years ago. I didn't take a picture of it, as its picturesque interest is of a somewhat limited value.
Labels:
manor house,
national trust,
norfolk,
oxburgh hall,
stately home
Location:
Oxborough, King's Lynn PE33, UK
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