Category Archives: Historic
A massed meeting of Morris dancers
A massed meeting of Morris dancers
Held in Eydon on October 3rd to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the founding of Royal Oak Morris with guests from all over the country Continue reading
Living History day at The Three Conies Thorpe Mandeville with the Sealed Knot
Featuring Colonel Hammond’s Regiment of Foote and located across the road from the Three Conies, this was a fab day for families and those interested in Civil War history. On arrival, we were greeted by our genial host, Richard – … Continue reading
Commuting with a camera
I’ve recently been working in High Wycombe and am absolutely fascinated by red kites as you don’t see them in Northamptonshire. I always start looking for them once I pass the Oxford Services, and by the time you reach junction … Continue reading
All Fools Day in Northampton
I saw what I thought could be an interesting day out advertised on Facebook: The Fools Parade, to take place in the beautiful Abington Park in Northampton. Unfortunately I misread the times for the event so I got there too … Continue reading
The award winning Bury Mount
This is Bury Mount, off Moat Lane in Towcester – the site of an old 12th century castle which has recently been redeveloped and has recently been given a Heritage award (beating a restoration project at Westminster Abbey, I believe). … Continue reading
Saint George’s Day
Nowhere near as spectacular as Saint Patrick’s day in Birmingham earlier this year, I saw on the King Billy’s facebook page that they had invited a morris team to dance on Saint George’s day at their pub in Northampton and … Continue reading
Church of St Andrew, Kimbolton
Sometimes having a camera with you can make you see things in a different light. I had an early start last Sunday, dropping off my webmaster at Stansted Airport. Returning home to South Northamptonshire I decided to branch off the … Continue reading
The last visit of the year?
I’m an enthusiastic visitor of National Trust properties, and recently re-visited Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire, the former home of the Rothschild family. I find the building very French influenced – the closest thing you can find to a chateau in … Continue reading
Open Heritage weekends
As can be seen from the content on this blog, I love to visit historic places so the yearly Open Heritage weekend in September is always awaited with anticipation. As last year, I spent the Saturday in Northampton and visited … Continue reading
Panoramas…
…. can be a pain! I spent most of last night trying to create this panorama: A five-image panorama, taken in RAW format and converted straight to JPEG, the merged file was larger than 450Mb. Then the fun began! I … Continue reading
