Morning walk from Southwick 31 August 2008
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Walking past Morehay Lawn, north of Southwick Wood |
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Morning Teabreak |
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Rest-stop in the woods |
Morning walk around the Addingtons 17 August 2008
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Little Addington SP958 735 looking NE |
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Looking over the Nene Valley towards Raunds from above Little Addington SP954 737 looking SE |
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The bridle road to Findon Poplars from Little Addington. The road is shown on OS 1 inch maps of both the old series (published 1824-1835) and the revised new series (published 1901-1902). SP942 736 looking ESE |
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Crossing the stile to the Poplars Farm footpath from the A510 at Findon Poplars SP936 739 looking SW |
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The cultivated and unrestored crossfield path to Poplars Farm SP937 741 looking SW |
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The path to the Round House from Poplars Farm is also cultivated and not restored SP937 746 looking SE |
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The Round House: Charles Arbuthnot, who built Woodford House about a mile north of here, was a close friend of the Duke of Wellington. The Duke remarked that the countryside resembled Waterloo, and so Charles Arbuthnot built this Round House to commemorate the battle SP935 749 |
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A cornfield on the way to Great Addington from the Round House. A Red Kite which had been quartering the ground has flown out of sight SP942 748 looking W |
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We enjoyed this field of long grass, unusual these days, near Great Addington SP9545749 looking W |
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The path at Great Addington SP957 750 looking WSW |
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Church and traffic in Great Addington SP958 750 looking N |
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The Nene Way below Great Addington SP965 745 looking NE |
Day walk around the Giddings 3 August 2008
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Giddings Road, Hamerton TL 136 800 looking south |
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Path to the Giddings TL 128 807 looking east |
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Climbing out of the valley of the Alconbury Brook to Little Gidding TL 126 810 looking south-south-west |
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Nearing Little Gidding TL 128 813 looking south-south-west |
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The path to Little Gidding Church. The garden, formerly pasture, was constructed in recent years. TL 126 816 looking south-east.
The first religous community here, 1626 to 1646, was formed by Nicholas Ferrar and family. King Charles I visited three times, the last being in 1646 when fleeing to Scotland after defeat. The poet T.S. Eliot visited Little Gidding on 25 May 1936. His poem in the Four Quartets, published 1942, brings many people here. The Society of the Friends of Little Gidding was founded in 1946. Its objectives include care and maintainance of the church. In the early 1970s the Community of Christ the Sower was established in the former farmhouse. The Community dispersed at the end of 1997. The Church is now under the care of the Giddings PCC. |
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Heading towards Great Gidding for lunch. The trees on the horizon line the Bullock Road TL 132 831 looking north-east |
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South of Great Gidding after lunch TL 12104 82046 looking west |
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The road between the Giddings TL 130 820 looking north-west |
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Path to Steeple Gidding TL 129 814 looking west-north-west |
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Steeple Gidding TL 132 813 looking north |
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Steeple Gidding Church |
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First and last stile of the day TL 134 812 looking south-east |
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Heading back to Hamerton TL 134 811 looking south |