Nearing Wareham, on the River Frome Dorset. Yachts are moored left, right and centre. The Parish Church of Lady St. Mary comes into view. Amazingly its origins are Saxon but the Saxon Nave was replaced in the mid 19th. Century.
Commentary.
May, 1995, and yet another Residential/Educational Field Trip,
probably about my 30th. out of a grand total of 40, in my
forty years of teaching in schools.
Staying in Poole, overlooking the harbour, this day was scheduled for a boat-trip to Wareham.
It is about five miles west across the harbour, then up the Wareham Channel to the River Frome.
After two miles meandering up the river the Parish Church of Wareham came into view.
Many leisure craft were moored along the river.
Early summer signified warm weather and Cherry blossom.
Many freshwater birds would scurry in and out of the reeds
and rushes as we went by.
Apart from the Priory Church of Lady St. Mary, in shot, there is a surviving Saxon Church in Wareham that may go back over 1,200 years.
Its great simplicity made it all the more fascinating.
The weather was kind to us and the children appreciated a great deal of the geographical, historical and environmental aspects of the area.
They also came to see the pleasure and peace of boating England’s rural rivers.
Nearing Wareham, on the River Frome Dorset. Yachts are moored left, right and centre. The Parish Church of Lady St. Mary comes into view. Amazingly its origins are Saxon but the Saxon Nave was replaced in the mid 19th. Century.
Commentary.
May, 1995, and yet another Residential/Educational Field Trip,
probably about my 30th. out of a grand total of 40, in my
forty years of teaching in schools.
Staying in Poole, overlooking the harbour, this day was scheduled for a boat-trip to Wareham.
It is about five miles west across the harbour, then up the Wareham Channel to the River Frome.
After two miles meandering up the river the Parish Church of Wareham came into view.
Many leisure craft were moored along the river.
Early summer signified warm weather and Cherry blossom.
Many freshwater birds would scurry in and out of the reeds
and rushes as we went by.
Apart from the Priory Church of Lady St. Mary, in shot, there is a surviving Saxon Church in Wareham that may go back over 1,200 years.
Its great simplicity made it all the more fascinating.
The weather was kind to us and the children appreciated a great deal of the geographical, historical and environmental aspects of the area.
They also came to see the pleasure and peace of boating England’s rural rivers.