Thursday, June 23, 2011
Shere in Surrey - pictures.
Today has been catch up day.
Sixteen more items have been listed on EBay.
The dining room table was cleared - until I dumped more on it!
The best bit of catching up though, has been with friends.
It was a sad day when 2 lovely people moved from Crawley to the south of France. We have been to see them there and we talk to ourselves, longingly, of doing so again.
But our lives are full and so, too are there's and gradually contact was decreasing to almost nothing.
Suddenly, out of the blue, facebook stepped in and prompted us into activity.
What a blessing facebook can be, when used wisely.
This afternoon I caught up with going through all the electric times from last night's athletics meeting.
I felt just a bit that I was not doing as well as normal.
But, happily I can see that I did well. My own times were never far from the absolute accurate - my average error was just over 3 hundredths of a second.
And I am very happy with my reading of the races - gaps between runners were as I saw things.
Bill has just gone through his times - again, just over 3 hundredths of a second and fractionally better than me.
And now I must catch up with photos of Shere.
If you ever want to visit, I would advise against a sunny summer Sunday afternoon - a very popular pretty village.
We parked in the free car park near these cottages and walked into the village to find some lunch.
The White Horse is a Chef and Brewer pub - so prices are not over the top (like they were in the Shere tea shop).
The old character of the pub is retained.
I love the words over Bill's head! And look at me.....half a pint of beer and I look quite dopey!
And then it was time for a stroll with our cameras.
The church and the pub are at the heart of an English village.
All the tapestry hassocks had countryside themes .
I would take pictures of produce if in another country - so why not in Surrey?
The peaches on the right are known as mountain peaches - I only heard of them in the last week. They taste just lovely.
Two views of the old prison house.
There is a stream flowing through the village.
A fire insurance token for 1710. This
The 1710 fire insurance token is on the old forge.
The forge is now in another old building.
The blacksmiths are young men creating many ornamental and useful things.
You could order fine iron gates or statues.
On the table were baskets of coat hooks and handles of all kinds.
There were also displays of other craft works in the forge, including some photography.
How I would have loved to own or, better still to have created myself, these 2 pictures, printed on aluminium.
Actually I have pictures very like the beach scene - taken at low tide at Littlehampton.
The photographer is Sue Roche.
I'll finish with a bit of fun - delphiniums and a scarecrow and a baby pig statue.
Next week maybe another village - who knows!
Sixteen more items have been listed on EBay.
The dining room table was cleared - until I dumped more on it!
The best bit of catching up though, has been with friends.
It was a sad day when 2 lovely people moved from Crawley to the south of France. We have been to see them there and we talk to ourselves, longingly, of doing so again.
But our lives are full and so, too are there's and gradually contact was decreasing to almost nothing.
Suddenly, out of the blue, facebook stepped in and prompted us into activity.
What a blessing facebook can be, when used wisely.
This afternoon I caught up with going through all the electric times from last night's athletics meeting.
I felt just a bit that I was not doing as well as normal.
But, happily I can see that I did well. My own times were never far from the absolute accurate - my average error was just over 3 hundredths of a second.
And I am very happy with my reading of the races - gaps between runners were as I saw things.
Bill has just gone through his times - again, just over 3 hundredths of a second and fractionally better than me.
And now I must catch up with photos of Shere.
If you ever want to visit, I would advise against a sunny summer Sunday afternoon - a very popular pretty village.
We parked in the free car park near these cottages and walked into the village to find some lunch.
The old character of the pub is retained.
And then it was time for a stroll with our cameras.
All the tapestry hassocks had countryside themes .
Love that embroidery work on the altar.
I would take pictures of produce if in another country - so why not in Surrey?
The peaches on the right are known as mountain peaches - I only heard of them in the last week. They taste just lovely.
Two views of the old prison house.
There is a stream flowing through the village.
A fire insurance token for 1710. This
The 1710 fire insurance token is on the old forge.
The forge is now in another old building.
The blacksmiths are young men creating many ornamental and useful things.
On the table were baskets of coat hooks and handles of all kinds.
There were also displays of other craft works in the forge, including some photography.
How I would have loved to own or, better still to have created myself, these 2 pictures, printed on aluminium.
The photographer is Sue Roche.
I'll finish with a bit of fun - delphiniums and a scarecrow and a baby pig statue.
Next week maybe another village - who knows!
Labels: Places in England
