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.
Here’s some examples of Violet Pinwill’s carving on the font cover and the choir stalls.
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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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Visited this beautiful spot again yesterday, always impressive to see the signs of what happened in 1890 . . .
Can anyone identify please?!
Saw this wonderful coral-like stuff on the beach at Northcott Mouth today.
I've no clue what it is!
Why should customers bail out water companies for their mistakes? THEY built up £60 billion in debt rewarding banks and investors, and now want us to fix their problem. Sign the petition and tell Ofwat: no bill hikes to bail them out.
A request to anyone in north Norfolk, or who knows north Norfolk. Monkey Puzzle trees - where can they be found in places with public access, or within viewing distance of public access? I'm asking on behalf of someone with a particular interest in Araucaria Araucana - thank you!…
