On a cold morning.
Thursday, 13 February 2025
Wednesday, 12 February 2025
Charlbury
After last week's train issues, at the weekend i headed back out on another journey into the shires. This time down to Charlbury in Oxfordshire and everything worked perfectly! Charlbury is a lovely large village (or town?) in the Cotswolds (and unlike a lot of places in the Cotswolds not yet ruined by endless traffic). Charlbury has a good looking church which was open too!
Monday, 10 February 2025
Berkshire Places (1) : Woolhampton
Woolhampton is a village in the south central part of Berkshire between Newbury and Reading.
The village has Saxon origins, the original name of the village was Ollavintone and may be derived from the Old English for Ridge Place. Woolhampton is located on the Kennet valley and nowadays is passed by the Kennet & Avon Canal.
Woolhampton was a stop on the stagecoach route to the west known as the Bath Road. The village had a number of coaching inns but only one, The Angel, survives as a public house. Woolhampton railway station was opened in 1847, however due to the possibility of confusion with Wolverhampton (apparently!) the station was renamed to Midgham in 1873, Midgham is a separate village about two miles away from Woolhampton.
Friday, 7 February 2025
Churches (250) : Old High St Stephen, Inverness
The former parish church of Old High St Stephen in Inverness mainly dates from the late 18th century though the site has been used for worship since the Saxon period, it is said to be on the site that St Columba converted a Pictish king in 565. The clock tower is 16th century though the top is a 17th century addition. The nave has seven bays with porches to the south east. There is a semi-octagonal apse.
The church is built from rubble, reusing material from a medieval kirk. It is no longer used for services.
Wednesday, 5 February 2025
Model week : Matchbox
Work on the first model kit of 2025 has begun, a Boeing P-12E. This is the first Matchbox kit i have done for years, i always liked doing them as a kit as they used multiple colours with the plastic moulding, as i seldom painted the kits back then this meant the finished models looked a bit more fun then the usual grey Airfix ones! I will paint this one though, but i need to get some yellow paint...