ON REFLECTION

REFLECTING THE PAST

GAVARNIE FALLS

GAVARNIE FALLS, ALSO KNOWN AS GRANDE CASCADE DE GAVARNIE, IS SITUATED IN THE PYRENEES, FRANCE. IT IS ABOUT A 2 HOUR WALK FROM THE VILLAGE OF GAVARNIE. GAVARNIE FALLS IS A TIERED WATERFALL OF 422m AND IS SAID TO BE THE TALLEST WATERFALL IN FRANCE.

GARDEN VISITORS

VISITORS ADMIRE A GARDENER'S LABOUR OF LOVE.

NO UGLY DUCKLING

THE GRACE AND BEAUTY OF THE SWAN

RAGLAN CASTLE

THE BEAUTIFUL RUINS OF

15 CENTURY RAGLAN CASTLE

THE GATEHOUSE AND PART OF THE INNER MOAT

THE ENTRANCE INTO THE CASTLE SHOWING THE PITCHED STONE COURT. AFTER A SIEGE OF MANY MONTHS, THE MARQUESS OF WORCESTER SURRENDERED TO GENERAL FAIRFAX. IT IS THROUGH THE ORIEL WINDOW ON THE RIGHT THAT THE MARQUESS WATCHED GENERAL FAIRFAX AND HIS TROOPS ENTER THE COURTYARD.

CASTLE VIEW

VIEW OVER THE COUNTRYSIDE FROM USK CASTLE

SOMETHING MISSING?

THE LONDON EYE

BUT IT HAS A MISSING POD.

WHERE COULD IT BE?

KNOT GARDEN

THE INTRICATE DESIGN OF THE TUDOR KNOT GARDEN AT SUDELEY CASTLE

PIGEON LOVE

PIGEON WITH HER BABY CHICK

IN MEMORY OF A VICTORIA CROSS HERO

IN THE TOWN OF CHEPSTOW, MONMOUTHSHIRE, STANDS AN UNUSUAL MEMORIAL TO A FIRST WORLD WAR LOCAL HERO, A GUN FROM A GERMAN FIRST WORLD WAR SUBMARINE. THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS EXPLAIN THE REASON.

FIELD SYMBOLS

COULD THESE MARKS ON THE FIELD BE ALIEN SYMBOLS?

NO, UNFORTUNATELY, ONLY TRACKS MADE BY THE FARMERS TRACTOR

CASTLE AT PEACE

THE RUINS OF A 15TH CENTURY CASTLE, SET IN QUIET,

PEACEFUL COUNTRYSIDE

PRETTY CHIPPY

PICTURESQUE CHIP SHOP IN THE LOVELY TOWN OF USK

QUEEN CATHERINE PARR

THE CHURCH OF ST MARY'S, IN THE GROUNDS OF SUDELEY CASTLE, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, IS THE BURIAL PLACE OF QUEEN CATHERINE PARR. SHE WAS THE SIXTH WIFE OF HENRY VIII AND THE ONLY ONE HE DIDN'T DIVORCE OR EXECUTE. SHE OUTLIVED HIM!

THIS TOMB OF QUEEN CATHERINE PARR REPLACES THE ORIGINAL WHICH WAS DESTROYED BY CROMWELL'S TROOPS.

FAMILY GATHERING

PHEASANTS AND THEIR CHICKS

COTSWOLD SCENE

THE RIVER EYE MEANDERS THROUGH THE PICTURESQUE COTSWOLD VILLAGE OF LOWER SLAUGHTER

MAMETZ WOOD

THIS POST IS IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THE 38th (WELSH) DIVISION WHO FOUGHT AND DIED AT MAMETZ WOOD, THE SOMME, FRANCE, JULY 5th - 11th 1916.

ROAD SIGN, IN FRENCH, WELSH AND ENGLISH, POINTING THE WAY TO MAMETZ WOOD AND THE 38th (WELSH) DIVISION MEMORIAL.

THE 38th (WELSH) DIVISION MEMORIAL OVERLOOKING MAMETZ WOOD

THIS PLAQUE, IN ENGLISH, FRENCH AND WELSH, WAS ERECTED IN THE 1920s IN MAMETZ CHURCH.

THE WELSH DRAGON, HOLDING BARBED WIRE, STANDS PROUDLY OVERLOOKING MAMETZ WOOD. THIS FITTING MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED IN THE 1980s.

REFLECTION OF PEACE

LOWERING CLOUDS DID NOT

TAKE AWAY FROM THIS

PEACEFUL REFLECTION

MODERN SCULPTURE

A MODERN SCULPTURE AGAINST

AN ANCIENT BACKGROUND

COCK OF THE NORTH? OR SOUTH?

GOLDEN ROOSTER

DELICATE BEAUTY

"WHAT'S IN A NAME? A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME WOULD SMELL AS SWEET."