Wednesday 30 June 2010

OPEN INVITATION

THIS BEAUTIFUL SCENE INVITES YOU TO ENTER THROUGH THE OPEN GATEWAY TO SEE WHAT LIES BEYOND.

Tuesday 29 June 2010

MYSTERIOUS STEPS

AS YOU TRAVEL THROUGH TOWNS AND VILLAGES IN THE BRITISH ISLES, YOU WILL OFTEN SEE STEPS AT THE SIDE OF A PUBLIC HOUSE OR AN OLD INN. THESE STEPS HAD A PURPOSE AND THAT PURPOSE WAS TO HELP MOUNT A HORSE. THE STEPS IN THE PHOTOGRAPH ARE OPPOSITE A 17th CENTURY COACHING INN AND THE BUILDING IN THE PHOTOGRAPH IS THE OLD STABLES AND COACH STOP. THE STEPS HERE WERE TO HELP PEOPLE BOARD A STAGECOACH.

Wednesday 23 June 2010

Saturday 19 June 2010

Wednesday 16 June 2010

DIFFICULT CORRECTION

UNUSUAL GRAVESTONE, WHERE THE 17TH CENTURY STONEMASON REALISED HE HAD MADE A MISTAKE. INSTEAD OF STARTING OVER AGAIN, HE INSERTED THE WORD, "HIS", ON THE 6TH LINE, BETWEEN, "BEFORE" AND "QUEEN". THE LOWER PICTURE SHOWS THIS MORE CLEARLY BUT CLICK ON BOTH PICTURES TO ENLARGE THEM.



Tuesday 15 June 2010

AERO ANNIVERSARY REMEMBERED

PLAQUES COMMEMORATING THE FIRST NON-STOP TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT. IN 1919, ALCOCK AND BROWN LEFT ST JOHN'S NEWFOUNDLAND ON 14TH JUNE AND LANDED IN CLIFDEN, GALWAY, IRELAND ON 15TH JUNE.

Saturday 12 June 2010

COUNTRY CHURCH

THE CHURCH OF ST CADOC,
LLANGATTOCK VIBON AVEL, MONMOUTH
THIS WAS THE PARISH CHURCH OF THE ROLLS FAMILY AND CHARLES STEWART ROLLS, (OF ROLLS ROYCE FAME) IS BURIED IN THE CHURCHYARD HERE.

Friday 11 June 2010

THE HOME OF CHARLES ROLLS

THE LAST RESTING PLACE OF
CHARLES STEWART ROLLS
OF ROLLS ROYCE FAME
AN ADVENTURER, ROLLS MADE OVER 200 BALLOON ASCENTS, BROUGHT BACK FROM AMERICA ONE OF THE FIRST AEROPLANES AND WAS THE FIRST MAN TO FLY NON-STOP BACK AND FORTH THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. UNFORTUNATELY, IN 1910, HE BECAME THE FIRST BRITISH MAN TO DIE IN AN AEROPLANE CRASH.

LLANGATTOCK COURT, THE HOME OF CHARLES ROLLS, AS SEEN FROM THE CHURCHYARD WHERE HE IS BURIED.

Sunday 6 June 2010

TYPICALLY WELSH

TWO VIEWS OF A GIANT WELSH LOVE SPOON CARVED FROM ONE PIECE OF WOOD. THE LOVE SPOON ORIGINATED IN WALES HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO. IT WAS CARVED BY YOUNG MEN AND OFFERED TO THE GIRL THEY LOVED. VARIOUS SYMBOLS, CARVED INTO THE SPOON, REPRESENTED DIFFERENT SENTIMENTS. FOR EXAMPLE, AS SEEN IN THIS SPOON,
CHAIN = A WISH TO BE TOGETHER FOREVER,
DRAGON = FOR PROTECTION,
CAGED BALLS = LOVE HELD SAFE OR NUMBER OF CHILDREN.


Saturday 5 June 2010

WOODLAND WALK

WITH THE SUN PLAYING SHADOWS
THROUGH THE TREES, IT CONVEYED THE PEACE
AND TRANQUILITY OF THE SCENE.

Friday 4 June 2010

HOT WORK!

PROCESS OF CASTING A BRONZE SCULPTURE.
1. A CRUCIBLE OF LIQUID BRONZE BEING REMOVED FROM THE FURNACE

2. THE LIQUID BRONZE BEING POURED INTO A MOULD




3. PART OF THE MOULD REMOVED TO REVEAL
A SECTION OF A BRONZE DINOSAUR
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