Friday, July 22, 2011
Washington Sussex in pictures.
Today has been at home day.
Parcels, payments and post office...took me out of the house for a while.
I thought I might buy some hair colour at the local chemist. This chemist shop will soon be much more local, because the owner has caved in and accepted that his shop needs to be at the new medical centre.
But I still won't be buying hair colour there. There was very little to choose from and the price was very high. For the same money I could get two packs, on special offer in Asda.
This afternoon I wrote up yesterday's purchases whilst watching Le Tour - the last day of serious road racing. And it was exceedingly serious work today.
Tomorrow is the time trial and then on Sunday the long ride, almost a formality into Paris.
And now for a look back to our gentle stroll round Washington.
The Church of St Mary.
The church was a hive of activity. There will be a wedding tomorrow, Saturday, and the bride and members of her family were busy decorating the church.
There was still much to be done...but it will look quite beautiful.
Tomorrow the organ pipes will ring out for the bride and groom.
Later we had a good chat in the village street with the brides father - a farmer from Pembrokeshire. He had escaped and gone to the pub, taking the bride's toddler daughter with him.
An unusual ceiling for an old Church of England building. (B)
The church and the yew tree. (B)
The yew tree survives - just. It has been propped up on posts.
Buddliea - a pernicious weed apparently, but beautiful. I like the detail of the red centres that Bill has captured.
Cow parsley with buddliea as a background (P)
Ragwort - another weed. And dangerous to horses.
But the bright yellow adds to the scene. (P)
The dog had seen Bill and run along to greet him at the gate. (B)
A bent old man strokes the dog! (P)
A Washington cottage (P)
There was an additional graveyard, a little way away from the church.
Washington nestles under The South Downs.
These are both my pictures.
Are daisies weeds? Surely not, when growing on the top of the old church wall. (B).
Washington gardens were full of flowers.
Hanging baskets and hollyhocks (P)
The structure of a dahlia is quite perfect (B).
A golden dahlia (B).
Lupins and lilies (P) Teasel beside the old brick wall (B)
Bill does love to photograph insects. (B).
The village is rather spread - and we discovered a little more as we drove back to the main road. There is a pub, village hall, school and church - but no shop.
Parcels, payments and post office...took me out of the house for a while.
I thought I might buy some hair colour at the local chemist. This chemist shop will soon be much more local, because the owner has caved in and accepted that his shop needs to be at the new medical centre.
But I still won't be buying hair colour there. There was very little to choose from and the price was very high. For the same money I could get two packs, on special offer in Asda.
This afternoon I wrote up yesterday's purchases whilst watching Le Tour - the last day of serious road racing. And it was exceedingly serious work today.
Tomorrow is the time trial and then on Sunday the long ride, almost a formality into Paris.
And now for a look back to our gentle stroll round Washington.
The Church of St Mary.
The church was a hive of activity. There will be a wedding tomorrow, Saturday, and the bride and members of her family were busy decorating the church.
There was still much to be done...but it will look quite beautiful.
Tomorrow the organ pipes will ring out for the bride and groom.
Later we had a good chat in the village street with the brides father - a farmer from Pembrokeshire. He had escaped and gone to the pub, taking the bride's toddler daughter with him.
An unusual ceiling for an old Church of England building. (B)
The yew tree survives - just. It has been propped up on posts.
Cow parsley with buddliea as a background (P)
But the bright yellow adds to the scene. (P)
The dog had seen Bill and run along to greet him at the gate. (B)
A bent old man strokes the dog! (P)
There was an additional graveyard, a little way away from the church.
Washington nestles under The South Downs.
These are both my pictures.
Washington gardens were full of flowers.
Hanging baskets and hollyhocks (P)
The structure of a dahlia is quite perfect (B).
A golden dahlia (B).
Lupins and lilies (P) Teasel beside the old brick wall (B)
Bill does love to photograph insects. (B).
The village is rather spread - and we discovered a little more as we drove back to the main road. There is a pub, village hall, school and church - but no shop.
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