A Drive Around the Leafy Lanes

Grazing sheep and lambs on the road into Faccombe

A quieter weekend than I had expected at home, so I took the opportunity to escape from academic writing, to go "church crawling" around some little country churches close to home. Enjoy this brief photo essay of just a few of the images I captured yesterday.

The gate into the 800 year old church at Ashmansworth, hidden deep in the countryside

Faccombe Church

The beautiful engraved Millennium Window by Tracey Sheppard, in the church at Hurstbourne Tarrant

A cottage next to the church at St Mary Bourne

The Tudor (1574) tomb of Sir Robert Oxenbridge and his wife at Hurstbourne Priors

The Oxenbridge children a-weeping around the base of the tomb

A cheery name-plate in St Mary Bourne

Blooming England - with roses round the door - and window!

Comments

[darla]

Having just one of those spots to visit locally would be wonderful. You live in such a beautiful area and it is obvious that your appreciate it.

Thanks for the drive.

Darla

[Fran aka Redondowriter]

Church crawling. What a great idea because you have so many old, historic churches. Not like the U.S. Our missions are something to see but with gas up $30 a barrel, I think my road trip days may be over.

[sonja poor]

Thank you for all these wonderful pictures. I enjoyed the "visit" and enjoy reading your blog.