Monday 21 May 2018

Perry Market Trader

Celebrating the very best  car boot sales in the South of England

Perry Mosaic

Perry WI's mosaic, to be added to others celebrating 100 years of the WI in Cambridgeshire....

Hand Holding Wheat

Coat of arms above Gayne's Hall lodge, Perry, which may be the arms of the Abbot of St Albans, John Whethamsteade......


Wot No Contour Lines?

Once I recovered from the lack of altitude I had a rather lovely time in Cambridgeshire. The "hill" is 15 metres high.......

Sunday 13 May 2018

The Range

The Stag Inn at Dufton had a lovely cast iron range which heated their water....

Dufton Pike well

There was a well, a hill, but no Jack and Jill...

Dufton Fountain

Thanks to google, I found out what the engraving on the fountain at Dufton meant. Quakers apparently owned the London mining company and paid for piped water to Dufton...more on the mines later.....

Wednesday 2 May 2018

May Day, May Day

Some May Day traditions. Others include rolling some cheese down a hill, which, due to Health 'n' Safety Gone Mad was re-enacted with  Babybel this year......

Tuesday 1 May 2018

Leonardo DiCaprio Beetle

A newly-discovered Malaysian Water Beetle has been named after Leonardo DiCaprio according to the Guardian, in  honour of  his environmental work......