It’s been a long time since I last made a 360° panorama of a Cornish church, but last week I photographed St Wyllow’s Church at Lanteglos-by-Fowey, a largely 14th century church, sensitively restored in 1904-6 by EH Sedding, with wood carving by Violet Pinwill.
A heron seems to have taken up residence on the River Camel at Wadebridge. I was watching the heron from the old bridge when it decided to go fishing. This is just a few of the 150+ photos I took of the fight which lasted over six minutes and ended with a grey mullet for lunch.
On private land just to the south of Hawk’s Tor on Bodmin Moor stands the Stripple Stones, the only stone circle in Cornwall to be in a henge (a bank and ditch). The circle dates to the late neolithic (2800-2000bce) and is about 45m in diameter. Originally there were thought to have been between 28 and 37 stones of which 15 remain. Some of these had fallen, but most were re-erected during a recent restoration.
At some time in the past the circle had been cut through by a boundary wall. This wall was moved outside of the monument as part of the restoration.
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No one knows when the ‘Obby ‘Oss festival, which takes place on the 1st of May (or the 2nd if the 1st is on a Sunday) every year in Padstow, Cornwall, started. The earliest written reference to it is in about 1800, but it’s likely that the festival dates back to much earlier times and is probably related to Celtic Spring rituals.
The celebrations start at midnight the night before when the Night Song is sung to the landlord of the Golden Lion Inn. The next morning, with the town decorated with branches of green leaves, bluebells and cowslips, the children’s parade, with smaller sized, colt ‘Osses, starts at about 8.00am. The Day Song is accompanied by drums and accordions.
Unite and unite and let us all unite,
For summer is a come unto day,
And whither we are going we will all unite,
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We really need to stop making it so hard for NHS staff to go to work
A huge number of NHS workers have to cope with inadequate public transport, insufficient and unsafe parking for cars and bikes, and exorbitant costs
Something needs to be done urgently - please RT if you agree
It’s my paperback publication day! :)
Two #ghostsigns visible from the footbridge over Harringay railway station. The first one os a palimpsest of three layers.
Brymay Safety Matches
John Bull
Illustrated Sunday Herald
Stevens & Steeds
High Class Builders &
Builders Merchants
🚨 How the King makes millions from feudal levies on the NHS, government departments like the MoJ and MoD, and charities and schools
Belter of an investigation by the Insight Team and Channel 4 breaking tonight:
