View from the ruins of the gardener's cottage at Hungerford Park
You are probably familiar with the saying, "A picture is worth a thousand words". Normally, it is a notion with which I might take issue for words frequently perform tasks that a picture could never do - explaining, investigating and reflecting.
That aside, today's blogpost is largely eight images I collected during our sojourn in Berkshire. To Dave and Mary in particular, I must apologise because I didn't capture a decent overall picture of the walled kitchen garden but I have sourced one that someone else took and plonked it at the end of this blogpost.
Vintage RSPCA collection box in Newbury
A sturdy English oak in Hungerford Park
Amateur landscape painting at the top of the stairs in our rental house
The cluster of lampshades caught my eye when we lunched in The Cobrizo Lounge, Newbury
Zachary at 21 months in the walled garden at Hungerford Park
Narrow boat on the Kennet and Avon Canal
Weathered effigy of a crusader in St Michael's Church, Inkpen.
It is probably Sir Roger de Ingpen - a Templar knight - who is believed to
have founded the church in 1220 or thereabouts.
A tantalising picture of part of the walled garden
Welcome home. Glad you enjoyed your getaway. Your grandson is such a sweet looking fellow. Glad you got to spend time with him.
ReplyDeleteHello Ellen. Thanks for coming back. Little Zach's language skills are starting to motor now and it is the same with Little Margot. They are pretty much the same age.
DeleteMrs. P and your grandson reflected in the window in the first photo?
ReplyDeleteWell spotted David! But that is not a reflection. You are looking from inside the ruined house through a broken window.
DeleteAn interesting and eclectic collection there.
ReplyDeleteLittle Zachary looks very happy.
He is not a moanie child. He looked like Little Lord Fauntleroy when he went off to the wedding.
DeleteI love all your pics but oh my, how can little Zach be so big/old already!
ReplyDeleteOnly 21 months old but we are ourselves are 21 months older too Deb.
DeleteI really like that first photo of the cottage window.
ReplyDeleteThanks Shammickite! That image really appealed to me - looking from inside a ruined house that had no roof. Such picture opportunities are rare.
Deleteyou really do have a good eye for a photographic subject..... well done..... these are better photos than a lot of stuff you see for sale as prints or as stock images on the internet!! Well done and yes, the pictures do speak volumes!!
ReplyDeleteI have uploaded over 18,000 pictures to geograph but they are probably just a third of the photos I have snapped in the last sixteen years.
DeleteThat shot of the hanging lamps is awesome!
ReplyDeleteThank you Debra. When I saw that scene I just had to get my camera out.
DeleteLovely photos, especially through the window. Zach is a cute little guy.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was in Vancouver I went to the UBC botanical garden and they had a walled garden of medicinal plants. It was lovely and interesting.
The walls reduce wind and boost the inner temperature. Of course, they also provide simple security.
DeleteSounds like a great day out. Walled kitchen gardens are amazing. Thanks for photos YP.
ReplyDeleteI will post some more Dave as you are not the only one who seems interested in walled gardens.
DeleteThis is a lovely group of photos and I really like that first one. I love seeing your granddaughters, but it's especially nice getting to see Zach. He's grown so much since we last saw him! Had he warmed up to you by the time you left?
ReplyDeleteEven by the end he would not allow me to cuddle him. I think he is a good judge of character!
DeleteThank you for the picture of the walled garden, even if you didn't take it. I think I'd love to have a walled garden, especially one connected to my house.
ReplyDeleteZach is an adorable little man. He looks so sweet! And I, too, noticed Mrs. P and Zach from the old gardener's cottage. Well done!
Yes - that is indeed them! Most walled gardens on country estates in England are neglected these days. They are a throwback to Victorian times.
DeleteLovely photos all, but I am loving that first one!
ReplyDeleteI felt that it was a fairly special picture when I snapped that one Bob.
DeleteYour third photo has always raised a question in my mind. How is it that one lone tree grows in a field all y itself? I can see a clump of trees growing in a field but not just one lonely tree.
ReplyDeleteThe tree is in the middle of a wide expanse of rolling grassland - once a feature of that wealthy estate.
DeleteDoesn't time fly...I thought Zachary was still a baby! He is very cute.
ReplyDelete21 months now.
DeleteWere you ascending to heaven when you took the photo of the lights shades?
ReplyDeleteZachary is a fine looking fellow. Maybe you don't see him often enough.
I was riding on a drone.
DeleteI've always dreamed of owning an ancient walled garden. Sadly that dream has never materialised, but I live in hope.
ReplyDeleteHope is a village near Sheffield in The Hope Valley.
DeleteBeautiful photos, Zachary looks like a happy kid. I'd love a walled garden.
ReplyDeleteThey have walled gardens in women's prisons Elsie!
DeleteMy favourite is the view of and through the window but I also think the lampshades are a very interesting idea and you've photographed them well.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate your verdicts Kylie.
DeleteAn eclectic gallery to tell its own story about your holiday. My favorites are the broken window and the RSPCA collection box. Your little grandson is adorable. He's 3 months older than one of my grandsons. Such a fun and busy age.
ReplyDeleteAnd a time of such innocence before the world invades that little brain.
DeleteWhat is a "gum bumper"? Does that mean something or is it just a clever name for the boat?
ReplyDeleteThe weathered crusader looks like one of the figures cast from the molded ash of Vesuvius in Pompeii. Great picture of Zach, and I love the ceiling lamps in the restaurant and the RSPCA box too.
A "gum bumper" is another name for an American who resides in England OR it's just an odd name for a narrow boat.
DeleteA great collection of pictures, each of them unique. The ruined gardener‘s cottage would have pulled me in like a magnet, I guess.
ReplyDelete21 months is such a sweet age - the world opening up and everything to experience.
ReplyDeleteI too love the photo of the lampshades. Zachary looks like a fine fellow.
ReplyDeleteI think I could have been a walled kitchen gardener in another life. Heligan in Cornwall and Glin castle castle in County Limerick are my 2 favourites. The walls created a microclimate and the big house couldn't see the big piles of fym produced for the organic gardens. Apparently it would cost 100000 Poundsa year to employ and run a walled kitchen garden. Great post.
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