Today I was out and about at Lyveden New Bield a National Trust property in Northamptonshire. The lodge and garden were created by Sir Thomas Tresham between 1595 and 1603. Upon his death in that year, the family wealth depleted, the estate passed to his son Francis Tresham. However Francis along with his cousins Catesby … Continue reading Out and About
Category: Out and About
Out and About – Fountains Abbey
Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire is one of my favourite places in the county. The ruins of this former Cistercian abbey are huge and magnificent. At the time of the Dissolution it was the richest Cistercian abbey in Britain, which no doubt helped in its demise. It was a lovely warm spring afternoon when Mrs M … Continue reading Out and About – Fountains Abbey
Out and About – Harewood House
Towards the end of last month, Mrs M and I took ourselves off to Yorkshire for a few days. It really is a gorgeous county and certainly one of our favourite places to visit. On the way to our hotel, we called into Harewood House. The gardens are lovely with a walk around the large … Continue reading Out and About – Harewood House
Out and About – Baddesley Clinton
I took myself off to one of my favourite National Trust properties this morning for a treat. One of their excellent bacon batches (that’s ‘roll’ to any southerners), and a cup of coffee. It had rained just before I left so I didn’t take any of my cameras, but I had my iPhone for any … Continue reading Out and About – Baddesley Clinton
Out and About – Laggan Wood
This is another image taken whilst I was in Scotland. This time we had parked in the lovely little village of Comrie and walked along the top of the gorge in which the River Laggan ran. The out ward trip was on the western side of the river and the return trip was on the … Continue reading Out and About – Laggan Wood
Out and About – River Braan
This image was taken as I walked along the gorge cut through the woods by the River Braan, near Dunkeld in Perthshire. The sun was just filtering into the trees and the lack of leaves meant that the thin branches were illuminated whilst the trees and thicker branches were rim lit. The thinner tendril-like branches … Continue reading Out and About – River Braan
Out and About – Pitlochry
I've only just managed to get back to my desk at home to start looking at some of the images that I have taken over the last ten days or so. Firstly I went to Perth in Scotland for a Royal Photographic Society group meeting for four days and when I came back it was … Continue reading Out and About – Pitlochry
Out and About – Witley Court
Today I paid another visit to Witley Court. It was promising to be another lovely early spring day and I had three photo projects that I had to be getting on with. Witley court started off as a medieval manor house but was bought by the Foley family in 1655. Over the next two centuries … Continue reading Out and About – Witley Court
Out and About – Avoncroft Museum
Today I was in Worcestershire just outside Bromsgrove visiting the Avoncroft Museum. The museum is home to over 30 different historic buildings that have been rescued, dismantled and debuilt in 19 acres of countryside. I took the D800 and the 50mm f/1.8 standard lens with me today, as I thought that I would need the … Continue reading Out and About – Avoncroft Museum
Out and About – Croome
Today I was out and about at the National Trust property at Croome in Worcestershire. It has had a chequered history over the years being owned by the Earls of Coventry who emplyed Capability Brown to design the house and gardens and some of the interiors by Robert Adam. During the Second World War it … Continue reading Out and About – Croome
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