Category Archives: Rural

countryside and villages

North Oxfordshire Riding Club Annual Show

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A Celebration of Country Life

An afternoon out in Thorpe Mandeville for a celebration of country life: a typical rural village fete with stalls, crafts and live music. Continue reading

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Rock Those Frocks!

A charity fashion show held at Woodford Halse Academy in aid of WHASP Continue reading

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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

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The Central TREC Group at Culworth

A Blue Chip qualifying TREC event held in South Northamptonshire Continue reading

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A rural village fete

Eydon’s summer fete   Our fete this year was opened by local celebrity, Lilah Parsons, the model and MTV presenter.   We couldn’t have had a better late summer day: the sun shone (most of the time). As I arrived, the … Continue reading

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Woodford Halse Summer Regatta

I think everyone was worried whether the weather was going to win today after a day of sunshine, dark clouds and heavy showers but after the last storm at 5pm the skies cleared once again in time for the annual … Continue reading

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Snowdrop Sunday

Sunday 16th February was Snowdrop Sunday in the village: most gardens have snowdrops somewhere at this time of year, but the massed snowdrops in the churchyard of St Nicholas were particularly good. Having been engrossed in the Winter Olympics coverage, … Continue reading

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South Northamptonshire landscapes

These were all taken one evening a couple of weeks ago between Culworth and Eydon, on my way home from work in Banbury. Taken a couple of weeks ago, before the trees began to turn. Looking back towards Eydon and … Continue reading

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The approach of Autumn

It’s now mid-September in England and, after a glorious summer the seasons are beginning to change. This was taken on the border of West/South Northamptonshire: from Upper Weedon and looking across towards Litchborough. The harvest is in, the hay is … Continue reading

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