Bark. Absolutely beautiful day for Christmas Eve here in Bath today. As tomorrow is going to be HECTIC we went for a nice long walk today. I saw the sunlight shining through this peeling bark and thought it would make a good picture. I don’t know what the tree is, maybe some form of eucalyptus,…
Ouch! When I was small and lived in a big old farmhouse I enjoyed sliding down the banisters; I also did this enthusiastically when I was at boarding school. You are not encouraged to do it in Bath where they set traps for you at the bottom. 23 December 2014
Deck The Halls. It is Christmas time and in England the tradition is to decorate our houses with evergreen leaves. This follows a pagan tradition going back to pre-Christian times and was then adopted, along with others, into Christian practice. Nowadays everybody does it regardless of their religious persuasion, which is good. The old song…
Shortest Day. So today has been the shortest day of the year so from tomorrow we’re practically back to summer . . . . . . I wish. As it was the shortest day Maude and I took only a short walk but amongst the gloom it brightened for a while; this is the view…
It Must Be Nearly Christmas. The last Saturday before Christmas saw us ‘up with the cock’ and on the bus into Bath. First to Green Park Market, our wonderful Farmers Market, for some bread from my favourite baker. Then on for an early Christmas present; Mrs Sixwheeler had booked me into a Gentlemen’s Hairdresser to…
You Have Been Warned. At the far end of Weston there is a bridge taking a stream under the road; these days it is little more than a culvert. The owner of the adjacent property has kept this old sign on the wall beside the bridge and I love it. Today everything is very precise…
More where we walk. Following yesterday’s post here’s another of where we walk, this one is specially for my friend and fellow walker in Australia – yes you Melinda. This one is on the Cotswold Way on the way towards Kelston Tump (see also Day 343) which can be seen on the top of the…
Where we walk. Another photo showing one of the places we walk. This shows the path across the fields at the top of the hill above Weston village. From just beyond the ridge are some of the most amazing views across the whole of the city of Bath. As you can see at this time…
Bath Abbey. This morning was a beautiful, bright and crisp winter’s morning; I happened to be in town and couldn’t resist taking this picture of our beautiful abbey church. We have an abbey and Wells has a cathedral, the diocese is Bath and Wells. As Bath is a small city our abbey sits just right…
Oh Christmas Tree, oh Christmas Tree. Evergreen conifers to celebrate Christmas have been popular in Germany since the 15th and 16th century; evergreen wreaths and boughs were used by the Egyptians, Chinese and Hebrews going back to pagan times. In Britain Christmas Trees have been popular since Queen Victoria and Prince Albert married in 1841…
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