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| Wednesday, 21-Jan-2004 00:00 |
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Sarratt III - hedgerows
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| Tuesday, 20-Jan-2004 00:00 |
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Sarratt II
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here we have reached the River Chess, which was pretty flooded at the time - next time we come i'll have to remember my binoculars (as well as the wellies) because apparently there are loads of birds in the reeds. when we found we couldn't get across the river because of the high water level, we returned up the hill (pheww!) to Sarratt, which has a very picturesque village green, with a couple of pubs and some very attractive flint and bargeboard cottages. tomorrow i'll load up the final set, showing the ancient hedgerows we passed on the way (bet you can't wait!!) 
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| Monday, 19-Jan-2004 00:00 |
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Sarratt I
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This Sunday afternoon's walk took us to Sarratt, which is a very pretty village in the Chilterns - we found the details of the footpaths to follow from an excellent site I have just discovered called www.walkingworld.com - they have hundreds of walks around the UK and are now expanding to Europe: you choose your walk then print out details, including an ordnance survey map of the area - brilliant!
We were a bit late setting out, so we only managed to do the first part of this walk, and anyway we should have worn wellie boots because when we got down to the river (see tomorrow's entry) the path was ankle deep with floodwater so we had to turn back. But we will definitely return as the countryside is very beautiful in this part of the Chilterns.
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| Sunday, 18-Jan-2004 00:00 |
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winter woods
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| Saturday, 17-Jan-2004 00:00 |
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St Etheldreda's Church, Old Hatfield
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These shots of the church and surrounding houses were taken in late afternoon. The very grand red brick building (photos #11 and #12) is the old palace of Hatfield House, with the family graveyard in front.
Some historical facts:
The original palace at Hatfield was completed in 1497 for Bishop Morton of Ely. At the Dissolution, King Henry VIII seized the palace and his daughter Mary Tudor lived there. During her reign, her half-sister, the Princess Elizabeth was kept virtually a prisoner at Hatfield. There in 1558, while sitting under an oak tree in the park (the tree is still standing!) she learned of her accession to the throne as Queen Elizabeth I. It then became the home of Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, and still is the home of the current Earl of Salisbury, although they live in the 'new' palace which was completed in 1611 - I will try to take some good photos of the new palace, which is very grand, when the park re-opens to the public at Easter.
The north chapel in the Church of St Etheldreda was built in 1618 as a family chapel for the Cecils - the nave was rebuilt in 1872 - there are some excellent stained glass windows here - the one shown was designed by Burne-Jones and made by Morris and Co. My photos of the carol concert were taken inside this church.
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| Friday, 16-Jan-2004 00:00 |
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colours and textures
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nothing new to put up today, so i went through my files (it really is time i archived them to cds!) for something bright and colourful
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| Thursday, 15-Jan-2004 00:00 |
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sunny skies
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the weather here in london doesn't seem to know what to do ... one minute its grey and drizzly, next its threatening snow, now all of a sudden the sun is shining and it is a beautiful crisp winter day!
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| Wednesday, 14-Jan-2004 00:00 |
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the lake at aldenham II
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the wind dropped when we got to the far side of the lake
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| Tuesday, 13-Jan-2004 00:00 |
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the lake at Aldenham
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on sunday, in between some very heavy showers, we went for a walk round the lake at Aldenham Country Park
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| Monday, 12-Jan-2004 00:00 |
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more winter fields
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Just splendid photo`s...love it. 
