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  • Making Hay while the sun shines.

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    Well hello again. How’s it been? We’re still waiting for the November weather to turn cold. It’s confusing, when I look outside, the light tells me it’s winter, so I find my thick fleece, woolly hat and gloves. Then, suitably togged up, I set off to walk the boy and what do you know? Within…

  • A churchy day out in York…

    A churchy day out in York…

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    Warning: this post contains gratuitous references to bell-ringing. Anyone with allergies to bells should stop reading now. York is one of my favourite cities in the UK, and I was delighted to be able to spend the day there last Saturday. Now of course there’s more than enough to keep you happy and occupied in…

  • The Romance of Tomb Effigies

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    I’ve just realised something – I’m an effigy junkie. I’ve been visiting churches for as long as I can remember, fascinated by the architecture and the history, but it only dawned on me at the weekend, how much I’m drawn to the effigies. It was really brought home to me, when I visited Paulerspury (Northamptonshire,…

  • A Visit To Canon’s Ashby & A Picnic.

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    Canon’s Ashby House in very rural Northamptonshire, is one of those half forgotten manor houses that pepper England, and when you find them, you feel as if you’ve been let into a precious secret. I probably shouldn’t even write about Canon’s Ashby in case it gets big headed and loses it’s charm; but I will,…

  • These are not just strawberries, these are M&S strawberries…

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    Just back from a superb girlie weekend in Norfolk. We abandoned our long-suffering partners so they could do some father daughter bonding – well it was Fathers’ Day on Sunday wasn’t it – and headed off to stay with our old friend, who now lives in an idyllic farmhouse in the darkest depths of Norfolk. As the…

  • Ringing the Raunds…

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    At the weekend we went on a ringing outing with friends (have I mentioned that I’m a bell-ringer?) – don’t let it put you off, we’re mostly nice people. Anyway, we went off to Northamptonshire and explored a few of that county’s lovely village churches. The last tower in the day, was Raunds. Ever since…