Today in pictures

[Turtle]

Originally Posted by davemac

Today in Pictures, just a walk in a field behind St Marys burial ground on a grey day.

1. Those clouds have a hint of snow about them.
2. The digging across the countryside still goes on.
3. Same picture in B&W.
4. I am stood under a big brown tree.
5. The big brown tree.
6. It looks heavy in the distance.
7. It looks B&W but is actually colour, the cloudy distance is the Ribble Valley.
8. The big brown tree and a gate.
9. Guess what.........the big brown tree again, and Pendle Hill.
10. By the size of the headstones these were people with a few bob and possibly the movers and shapers at the turn of the century.....now largely forgotten

I really like the patches of sunlight in the distance of #1, and the graveyard shot. All of them capture the feel of late November. You still have more leaves on the trees than we do

[Turtle]

Originally Posted by JCB

All magnificent .

They deserve a musical tribute from one of the great singers .

The Autumn Leaves By Nat King Cole

Lovely - thanks JCB. Perfect for a smoochy slow dance.

[maxthecollie]

Originally Posted by Turtle

Nice shots. Translation for 'twitchers' please?

Bird watchers

[davemac]

Originally Posted by Turtle

I really like the patches of sunlight in the distance of #1, and the graveyard shot. All of them capture the feel of late November. You still have more leaves on the trees than we do

Thats Pendle Hill, I love walking around it, the leaves are starting to carpet the floor, so not much time left for them to be on the trees.

Reading the headstones is like reading a book about a families life, the death of the parents and the children that died at an early age, and even some that died in foreign lands and never made it back home. There are even a couple of servants that served the Trapps-Lomax family, they lived in Clayton Hall. I have spent a fair bit of time just reading them, and it becomes apparent that those that could afford it had large families to compensate for the tragedies that befell them. Of course those that survived went on to have their own families and so would be on there own headstone.

[Turtle]

Originally Posted by davemac

Thats Pendle Hill, I love walking around it, the leaves are starting to carpet the floor, so not much time left for them to be on the trees.

Reading the headstones is like reading a book about a families life, the death of the parents and the children that died at an early age, and even some that died in foreign lands and never made it back home. There are even a couple of servants that served the Trapps-Lomax family, they lived in Clayton Hall. I have spent a fair bit of time just reading them, and it becomes apparent that those that could afford it had large families to compensate for the tragedies that befell them. Of course those that survived went on to have their own families and so would be on there own headstone.

I agree with you that graveyards are very interesting places to visit. Looking into my family tree I've found that poorer families often had a lot of children too, but we don't see them in graveyards so often as they couldn't afford monuments for their graves. I find myself wondering if people back then became somewhat desensitized to losing a child. I can't imagine they would, but then how did they cope with all that sadness? It's easy to imagine that folk back in the 1800s were quite different to us, and they were in many ways (their view of marriage being more of a business arrangement for example). But when I see their photographs, their faces could be the faces of people today. That's the power of photography!

[susie123]

Originally Posted by Retlaw

Fancy name for them idiots as watch bird, the feathered kind.

Even some bird watchers balk at the name and reserve it for those who just tick species off lists before they go looking for the next one.

How to be a twitcher | Discover Wildlife

[gpick24]

Todays Pics, I decided to avoid the motorway coming back from Newcastle and took the B-Roads & in keeping with current trend, i`ve put in a black and white.

[Turtle]

Originally Posted by gpick24

Todays Pics, I decided to avoid the motorway coming back from Newcastle and took the B-Roads & in keeping with current trend, i`ve put in a black and white.

Lovely dramatic skies!

[MargaretR]

That landscape reminds me of many lovely short breaks at Gilsland Spa Hotel near Brampton.

[gpick24]

Originally Posted by MargaretR

That landscape reminds me of many lovely short breaks at Gilsland Spa Hotel near Brampton.

It was a road i`d never driven before, but I did recognize a couple of place names - Grassington & Aysgarth (I`ve only heard of Aysgarth because my step son works there) I also went passed a firing range for tanks, i`m guessing it was part of Catterick Army Barracks.

[davemac]

Originally Posted by gpick24

Todays Pics, I decided to avoid the motorway coming back from Newcastle and took the B-Roads & in keeping with current trend, i`ve put in a black and white.

Some cracking pictures there 1 & 2 especially

[davemac]

Today in Pictures, Huncoat Colliery, it was a bit damp underfoot, and almost raining.

[gpick24]

Originally Posted by davemac

Today in Pictures, Huncoat Colliery, it was a bit damp underfoot, and almost raining.

No. 6 freaked me out a bit.

[susie123]

Originally Posted by gpick24

Todays Pics, I decided to avoid the motorway coming back from Newcastle and took the B-Roads & in keeping with current trend, i`ve put in a black and white.

What castle is that in no 3/4? Richmond?

Dave I like pic no.2, very brooding atmosphere.

[gpick24]

Originally Posted by susie123

What castle is that in no 3/4? Richmond?

I didn`t know the name when I took the pic, but certainly looks like it, except for some reason, they`ve done a mirror image on there website.
Richmond Castle | English Heritage