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In the land of Devon, where the human race is controlled by D-Rex animals, a pair of human beings were allowed to leave their cage and go for a walk while still under close surveillance.
Sidmouth is a town situated on the English Channel coast in Devon, South West England, 14 miles east-southeast of Exeter. At the 2011 census the population was 12,569, with a median age of 59. It is a tourist resort and a gateway to the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. A large part of the town has been designated a conservation area.
I have been so busy lately; the house has been full of tradesman, so no time to get out with the camera.
This is a scene I took earlier, it is the view from the kitchen, where I’m usually chained to the sink, lol.
I went to Devon today with the family and had a lovely day out. I captured this shot of a densely wooded hillside with my compact Sony camera lit by winter sunlight. You should be able to make out a pathway at the bottom of the image.
Dartmouth Castle is an artillery fort, built to protect Dartmouth harbour in Devon, England. The earliest parts of the castle date from the 1380s, when, in response to the threat of a French attack, the civic authorities created a small enclosure castle overlooking the mouth of the Dart estuary. This was intended to engage enemy ships with catapults and possibly early cannon, and incorporated the local chapel of Saint Petroc within its walls. At the end of the 15th century, the castle was expanded with an artillery tower and an iron chain which could be stretched across the harbour to a tower at Godmerock; this addition formed the oldest known purpose-built coast artillery fort in Britain. Further gun batteries were added during the French invasion scare of the 1540s.
The castle saw service during the English Civil War of 1642 to 1646, during which its vulnerability to attack from the land became apparent, resulting in the Gallants Bower defensive work above it being used to provide additional protection. In 1748, a new gun position called the Grand Battery was added to the castle, equipped with twelve guns. After years of neglect in the early 19th century, the castle was upgraded in 1859 with modern artillery, but defending the port of Dartmouth was no longer a military priority. By the early years of the 20th century the castle was considered redundant by the authorities, who opened it to visitors. It was brought back into use during the First and Second World Wars, but in 1955 it was finally retired from service. In the 21st century, it is managed by English Heritage and the castle received 37,940 visitors in 2007.
One from last nights trip out. Poppy fields are few and far between here in Devon as a result this was my first time in a poppy field photographing poppies. It was a nice evening with a little bit of cloud arriving at just about the right time.
Cheers
Gary
Looking west from the chancel down the aisled nave. All rebuilt c 1450. The church has "suffered savage 19c restorations" from c1820 - c 1890 The screen was removed in 1869 and new furnishings installed
On the right behind the wooden boarding, can be seen the top of the entrance to the stairs to the now vanished rood loft - Church of St Bridget / St Bride, Bridestowe Devon
The last photo from Day 1 of the Dartmoor break. Towards the end of the walk, we were rewarded with an incredible panoramic view stretching miles into the distance.
As you can see, the weather improved as the day went on (despite the forecast!!). It was one of the toughest 10 mile walks we've done, mainly because of the marshy and rocky terrain through large sections, but the route back down to the car was easy, much to our relief.
I'm exploring the extraction tools in my new PSCC. The're better of course, but it still takes some hand-on to get a good result.
Now I'm going to do a little tutorial about this picture.
Lynmouth is a village in Devon, England, on the northern edge of Exmoor. The village straddles the confluence of the West Lyn and East Lyn rivers, in a gorge 700 feet (210 m) below Lynton, which was the only place to expand to once Lynmouth became as built-up as possible. Both villages are connected by the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway which works two cable-connected cars on gravity, using water tanks.
The two villages are a civil parish governed by Lynton and Lynmouth Town Council. The parish boundaries extend southwards from the coast and includes hamlets such as Barbrook and small moorland settlements such as East Ilkerton, West Ilkerton and Shallowford.
The South West Coast Path and Tarka Trail pass through, and the Two Moors Way runs from Ivybridge in South Devon to Lynmouth; the Samaritans Way South West runs from Bristol to Lynton and the Coleridge Way from Nether Stowey to Lynmouth.
Lynmouth was described by Thomas Gainsborough, who honeymooned there with his bride Margaret Burr, as "the most delightful place for a landscape painter this country can boast".
Church of St. Winwaloe, East Portlemouth Devon sits at the top of the steep slope commanding views of the estuary below - It now consists of a nave, north and south aisle and transept, north porch and west tower.
It seems likely that there would have been an earlier 10c wooden church on this site built in the reign of King Athelstan, King Alfred’s grandson who had close contacts with Brittany, the birth-place of St. Winwaloe (462-532) who was a Celt whose parent had fled to Brittany from Wales to escape the Anglo-Saxons - The oval shaped shape of the churchyard is characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon period and the existence of a manor house here in 1086 mentioned in the Domesday Book supports this.
Not surprisingly no trace of an earlier church remains above ground. Anglo-Saxon churches did however sometimes have rooms under them and, in 2006, Stratascan carried out a survey using ground penetrating radar. This appeared to suggest there was indeed a room under the central part of the nave. However this was not supported by a series of core samples taken in 2012 nor by a second radar scan.
The first known reference to the church was in July 1181 in a Bull of Pope Alexander III listing the churches owned by Missenden Abbey. It is not known when the Abbey acquired St Winwaloe’s but Lady Alice de Dodbrooke successfully claimed it back in 1219.
This original 12c stone cruciform church had a nave, chancel and transepts but no tower, and was probably finished between 1150 and 1181 .taking about 10 years to build. This was possibly under the patronage of Hamo Fitz Ruald (born c1116), the father of Lady Alice
The two stage crenallated tower which has a five sided stair turret, was built between 1400 and 1450 - 5 bells were recast in 1912 by Taylor’s of Loughborough but the heaviest has hung in the tower since it was built and bears the Latin inscription, in 15c script, "Me melior vere non est campana sub ere" (There is no better bell than me under the heavens).
The two side aisles were added shortly after, followed by the porch. The external steps at the side of the porch lead to the parvis or priest’s room. As Portlemouth did not always have a resident priest, this room was used by visiting priests who came on horse-back to lead worship (the mounting block is in the bank opposite the lych gate)..
East Portlemouth used to be a much larger and more flourishing place than it is today; it was a port and ship-building was an important industry. It provided 4 ships and 90 men for the Crécy and Calais campaigns of 1346 and contributed at least one ship to chase the Spanish Armada in 1588. The ship-building, farming and fishing community would have provided the wealth to construct and maintain the church and Roger Champernoun, who became its patron in 1450, is thought to have provided the money for its rebuilding.
The glory of the church is the 15c medieval rood screen with good painting of 26 saints but the coving has been removed. Its early colour remains and the top of its arches are decorated by Tudor roses. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/5905B20P27 It was restored in 1934 under the direction of Sir Charles Nicholson . The new oak used in the restoration can be seen in several areas of the screen. This is most apparent on the chancel side as are burn marks on the wood near the top of the screen; these may indicate an attempt to destroy the screen by the Cromwellian forces encamped on Rickham Common in 1643-44. In its original form, vaulting would have projected forwards and possibly backwards to support a deck strong enough to carry choir boys for some services. Fragments of this decorative vaulting survive, nailed to the front of the screen arches.
The font is mid-late 15c and is carved with quatrefoils and shields www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/YH7dV15p72
There are no monuments or memorials
The church is approached through a churchyard whose graves include those of ship-wrecked sailors and smugglers. One 18c tombstone describes the murder of Richard Jarvis of Rickham by his apprentice girl who was burnt as a witch.
Near the lych-gate, is a 15c preaching cross, since converted to a sun-dial. The cross used to stand by the Rectory but was moved here in the 1980s. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/dU7Ai941Fr
In 1879 the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland re-organised the whole village. Many fishermen’s cottages were destroyed and their tenants dispossessed, while several farms and smallholdings were amalgamated into three 200 acre farms at East Portlemouth Village, Rickham and Holset. At its peak, the village had a population approaching 500 but this was drastically reduced by the re-organisation.
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