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A spring walk by the brook in this steep sided valley at The Knapp & Papermill nature reserve in Worcestershire.
One more from Papermill Falls before we leave it, the far side of a wide, wide waterfall. Thought the fans of the distant stone bridge might like to see thaat one more time.
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Evergreen Packaging paper mill smokestacks in Canton, North Carolina - (formally Blue Ridge Paper and Champion Paper International) - manufacturing runs full 'steam' at night belching toxic waste into the air and water each night - taken on February 16, 2014 - © 2014 David Oppenheimer - Performance Impressions Photography Archives - www.performanceimpressions.com
Papermill meadow in the heart of Worcestershire, one of my favourite places on 🌎. No roads hear, an old cottage, last lived in back in the sixties and Leigh Brook at the bottom of the garden. The loudest thing here are the Buzzards overhead.
Oak 🍎 Gall and leaf on a bed of Common Haircap Moss - Polytrichum commune at the Knapp & Papermill nature reserve in Worcestershire.
A morning visit to Fontenay Abbey in Burgundy. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
We had a guided tour around the abbey (which lasted about an hour), then had about half an hour of free time around the abbey before we left for Semur-en-Auxois.
The Abbey of Fontenay is a former Cistercian abbey located in the commune of Marmagne, near Montbard, in the département of Côte-d'Or in France. It was founded by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux in 1118, and built in the Romanesque style. It is one of the oldest and most complete Cistercian abbeys in Europe, and became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Of the original complex comprising church, dormitory, cloister, chapter house, caldarium, refectory, dovecote and forge, all remain intact except the refectory and are well maintained. The Abbey of Fontenay, along with other Cistercian abbeys, forms a connecting link between Romanesque and Gothic architectures.
Foundation of the order
In the late 11th century during the heyday of the great church of Cluny III (a magnificent Benedictine monastery in Cluny, France), although Cluny had numerous followers, Saint Robert of Molesme, the subsequent founder of Cîteaux Abbey, led a strong reaction against it. Saint Robert thought that Cluny was against the actual Rule of Saint Benedict: “to work is to pray”. As a result, Saint Robert, along with a group of monks who shared this belief, detached from Cluny.
Saint Robert established the Order of Cistercians in Citeaux, France. The new order strictly observed the Rule of Saint Benedict. As part of this rule, monks had to be poor and live a simple life. In order not to be distracted from the religious life, Cistercians built self-sufficient monasteries in isolated areas and refused to use servants. Cistercian monasteries were independent. They differed from Cluny in that all houses were under the direct control of the abbot, and each Cistercian monastery needed to take care of its own. Each of them was most likely an independent individual society.
Bernard of Clairvaux, an abbot and the primary builder of the reformed Cistercian order, shared the same faith with Saint Robert of Molesme. However, Bernard felt that Cîteaux Abbey was not austere enough and did not completely reflect the Rule of Saint Benedict. Thus, in 1118 he founded the Abbey of Fontenay in a Burgundy valley with strictly implemented austerity.
History of the abbey
The Cistercian monks moved to Fontenay Abbey in 1130. Nine years later, the Bishop of Norwich fled to Fontenay to escape persecution, and helped finance the construction of the church with his wealth. The church was consecrated in 1147 by Pope Eugene III.
By 1200 the monastic complex was complete and able to serve as many as 300 monks. In 1259, the devout King Louis exempted the Abbey of Fontenay from all taxes, and being in the King’s good graces, ten years later the abbey became a royal abbey.
In 1359, the Abbey of Fontenay was pillaged by the armies of King Edward III of England during the Hundred Years' War. It suffered further damage during the Wars of Religion in late 16th century. In 1745, the refectory was destroyed. With the beginning of the French Revolution in 1789 all of the monks successively left the abbey due to dechristianisation during the revolution and in 1791, the site was turned into a paper mill, run by the Montgolfier brothers.
In 1906 Edouard Aynard, an art-loving banker from Lyon, bought the abbey and commenced its restoration which was complete by 1911. Edouard's descendents continued to work on the abbey and it remains in the Aynard family to this day. In 1981 the abbey became a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The Monk's Room
This large room roofed with twelve ribbed vaults, which leads on from the chapter house, was adapted for various tasks. The first of it's sections was no doubt reserved for the copyist monks, who would have recopied and illuminated manuscripts.
stained glass window
I'll bet this has happened to quite a few of you fellow waterfall nuts -- You give up on having cloudy skies when you see not one cloud and do the best you can dealing with the blazing sun. After taking many, many pictures, clouds appear just about when you were ready to leave.
This was my story today at Papermill Falls. I did re-shoot all my earlier pictures except this one from the "Sunny Period". It came out reasonably well I thought.
My favourite place on 🌎!
This spot looking out over Papermill Meadow towards the old Papermill Cottage by Leigh Brook is somewhere I come back to, time and time again. The Knapp & Papermill nature reserve in rural Worcestershire is one of their flagship reserves and at around 100 acres contains just about every kind of habitat you are likely to encounter in Worcestershire.
Sheets of new paper are hung out to dry from wooden racks strung across the ceiling of the top floor of Two Rivers papermill in Exmoor, Somerset. Marbles roll into place in wooden brackets to gently hold the sheets as they dry. Here the sheets stretching across the room made an interesting abstract view.
This image is part of my "Working Lives, Lost Skills" project through which I am recording the work of some of the last known exponents of traditional rural crafts and industries. I hope to eventually use some of the images to develop an exhibition and psosible a book.
At the back of the turbine hall building this area seemed to have been for cutting cardboard tubes to length before the paper was coiled onto them.
Beautiful Snowdrops growing by Leigh Brook at The Knapp & Papermill nature reserve in Worcestershire.
on the second visit to the papermill i discovered the locker rooms - the light was so dim i had to use a 10 second exposure.
Taking the higher track to make a check on the Ramsons/Wild Garlic which are just starting to come into flower at the Knapp & Papermill nature reserve.
Bland looking modern bar behind Liverpool Street station, since closed and demolished.
Address: 2-6 Curtain Road.
Former Name(s): The Truscott Arms.
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Birds-foot Trefoil and a few Common Field Speedwell in Papermill meadow compliment each other so well.
Paper Mill Yard formed a small part of the Carrow Works factory development, established by Colmans in the 19th century. The name comes from the paper mill, which was found at this part of the site between 1884 and 1900. The buildings on the site not only produced the mustard for which the Colmans brand is so famous - flour, cereals, starch, sauces, baby food and laundry blue were all manufactured here.
Paper Mill Yard, Norwich,
I wanted to see what Papermill Falls looked like with much less water than the last time I was there a little over 2 weeks ago. And it definitely looked better (See high water view below). The sun was somewhat less bright today also.
Located just north of the Bluewater Bridge, at Port Huron Michigan.
Fort Gratiot, named after General Charles Gratiot, the engineer in charge of its construction, was established in 1814 to guard the juncture of Lake Huron and the St. Clair River.
The Fort Gratiot Lighthouse is the oldest lighthouse in Michigan and the second oldest on the Great Lakes. The first lighthouse in this area was built in 1825 and was located approximately where the first Blue Water Bridge stands. Due to poor construction and a storm, it collapsed in 1828. In 1829, a new lighthouse was built north of the military fort by Lucius Lyon, who later became one of Michigan's first U.S. Senators. The new location made it easier for ships to spot as they entered the rapids at the head of the St. Clair River.
The storm which followed this shot was furious, wet, windy, cold. Then, the sun came back out.
LARGE is better.
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