September2007London
St Mary,Redcliff,Bristol
Malmesbury abbey
Rotary gate, on the Avon, Chippenham
West front, Wells cathedral ("Ooh, you are awful fuzzy, but I like you!",Dick Emery)
Tu18Sep07-09.05bst,Newbury library,cmpr7
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photos attached
1 St Mary,Redcliff,Bristol
2 St Aldhelm's abbey,Malmesbury
3 Rotary gate, on the Avon, Chippenham
4 West front, Wells cathedral ("Ooh,you are awful fuzzy, but I like you!",Dick Emery)
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Hello kind reader,.
Sorry for the slow answers to emails, the lack of comments on flickr, and the lack photos on flickr, blogger, and SPAMletters. I have had only minutes on the computer. I mean to do all these things sooner or later - later is more likely.
F24Aug07-09.54bst,Bristol Central library, cmpr35
I have just got back from a side trip to Wells, the smallest city in England. The west front seen from the Cathedral green is a sight to be seen. I took a photo in the dark on Thursday morning, which I have not checked out yet. I saw a badger run across the road. It stopped under a street light, so I could have a good look. Internet caff cost £2.50 for half an hour. Is this normal? 20 minutes in the library. 60 seconds left...
Sa25Aug07-09.48bst,Bristol Central library,cmpr36
This morning I was up early to see Brunel's "Great Britain", from the other bank. You can get quite a good look from there. I took a photo, but I think it was too blurry. I also made a trek to North Bristol in the hope of finding an internet caff open, but no luck
F31Aug07-10.45bst, internet caff, Bristol
For the last few days I have been walking to Chepstow, Wales, the first time I have been to Wales for a some years. I started off, on the A4 towards Avonmouth, which is a nice village with docks and industry nearby. Then on, by much industry and a power station to Severn Beach, under the second Severn bridge. Severn Beach is a small riverside town under a big bridge, at the end of the railway line along the shore.
I have slept for two nights under the Clifton Suspension bridge, on the other side of the Avon river from this railway line. It's a good spot between the road and the river, under sycamores and hawthorns, on a ground cover of ivy, overlooking the tidal mud banks. The line is busy with a steady flow of trains between Avonmouth and Bristol. By the time it reaches Severn Bridge it is a quiet sleepy two coach diesel, 4 times a day. From the noise the train makes, the line does not have continuously welded rails - clackety-clack!
The "old" Severn Suspension Bridge, is the one I remember from my youth, many years ago, and leads to Chepstow. It was opened by The Queen and the Dook, in 1966. I have never been to Chepstow before, and missed the horse racing course, as that is out of town. Chepstow is a happy market town with a busy trading past. St Mary's Priory, now parish church, goes back to Norman times. The first castle was built 1067, I think, straight after the Norman conquest. The castle is built on a cliff a little upstream from the mouth of the river Wye into the Severn. Most of it is still there, and it does not seem to have been "slighted" by Cromwell. The old town.bridge to England makes a good photo.
F7Sep07-09.10bst,Chippenham library,cmpr10
Over the last two days, I have been walking to Malmesbury to see the old abbey, which goes back to 1100s. It was first founded in 676AD, dedicated to St Aldhelm. Malmesbury was given its charter in 880AD/CE. That must be from King Alfred trying to fight off the Danes. So Malmesbury is old but small. Where the South and West gates were, is marked on the road with some words by John Betjeman. I think the abbey church is mainly what is left of the abbey, and there is a cloister garden, without any cloister.
Mars the planet has been steadily moving to the left, eastwards, over the last month. Not being in London, it is quite easy to see the stars! It started on the line between Aldebaran and the Pleiades last month and has gone 3 or 4 degrees east. The moon has rushed past it over the last couple of days, and is now in Gemini. It is now too small to throw much shadow or help me get up in the morning! Venus is rising half an hour before dawn. I got out my cheap binoculars because I had read that it is a crescent, but my binoculars are not good enought to see.
I was caught out by a cleg fly the other day. It settled on the outside of my right little finger, so I didn't spot it. It had a feast until I felt a sharp pain, when it felt that discretion was the better part of valour. It made such a big hole that I was bleeding for 10 minutes.
I had a look round Chippenham, which has the Yelde Hall, from the 1300s. Yelde Hall is the same as Guild Hall, I think. It's a nice market town in a bend of the Avon river.
Tu11Sep07-09.50bst,Bradford-on-Avon library,cmpr75
The new moon, a clear sky and walking along a wooded length of the Kennet&Avon canal gave a good sight of the stars. I think I saw the misty patch that is our nearest galaxy in Andromeda. I had kipped near the Dundas aqueduct and walked on to the Avoncliff aqueduct. Now I've had a look round Bradford. The stone Saxon church of St Laurence is a highlight. The big old mills speak of an industrial time - Abbey mills and Greenland mills are now flats and houses, and some old mills are rotting away.
Th13Sep07-09.54bst,Devizes library,cmpr65
Devizes had the biggest castle in Europe in 1130, but Cromwell knocked it down. Thursday is market day and they were already putting up stands at 5 when I walked in. I walked round the Medieval town trail, which is about the civil war between Stephen and Matilda (1139-1154?). There is a funny street name, called the Brittox, which I have never seen elsewhere. It comes from the old name from the street up to the castle.
Tu18Sep07-08.53bst,Newbury library,cmpr7
I have walked into Newbury, from a spot under a big beech tree, behind a strong wooden fence, next to the A4 and the railway line. I got up at 3, and it has taken me about 5 hours to get here, so I'm a bit lacking in inspiration right now. I walked into Hungerford, where the railway line crosses the mainstreet on a bridge at right angles. From there the Kennet river and the canal run together, so it has been a lovely green walk through the countryside. They have built 17 salmon leaps so that fish can get past weirs and sluices to the upper reaches of the Kennet for spawning.
Best wishes to all, Robert
diary http://sdapp.blogspot.com/
flickr photos http://flickr.com/photos/the-reindeer
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Sa1 Christchurch,Clifton
Su2Sep2007A4,Keynsham
M3 Bath
Tu4 A4
W5 Chippenham,St Andrew
St Aldhelm's, Malmesbury Abbey
Th6 Malmesbury, St Aldhelm's abbey
F7 Chippenham, library
Sa8 Bath
Su9Sep2007Bath
Zephyr UAV(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle)
Qinetiq built a sun-flown UAV.
Thank Gordon Brown, for join the market free.
M10 Kennet and Avon, Dundas Aqueduct
the tow-lines of the horse-drawn narrow boats wore away one iron guard, and bit into the stone. So another iron guard was put on. I would turn this through a right angle clockwise, if I knew how to do it.
Tu11 new moon,Bradford-on-Avon
tithe barn at Bradford-on-Avon, 51m x 9m, dated about 1350
Broad curves
Broad curves of many hues can intertwine,
With reds, purples, pinks like summer wine
W12 Devizes
Th13 Devizes
Greenless shapes
In left hand corner, shapes upbuild on each
Then broad short lines entangled roundly reach
F14 Kennet&Avon canal,Bishop's Cannings,All Cannings,batteries
Sa15 Pewsey
Su16Sep2007Savernake forest,Bruce tunnel
M17 Bruce tunnel,Chisbury
a shaky sketch postcard with a short poem
Thin lines and shapes
An abstract painting doesn't take much time.
A two-line poem is quite fun to rime.
Tu18 Hungerford,Newbury
I walked by a few pill-boxes.The Kennet&Avon canal was going to be a defence line in 1940, if the Nazis had got across the Channel.
W19 Donnington castle
Th20 Newbury, first Civil War battle,Wash common
Falkland memorial, near Wash common where the first battle of Newbury was fought.
In memory of those who, on the 20th September, 1643, fell, fighting in the army of King Charles I, on the field of Newbury, and especially of Lucius Cary, Viscount Falland, who died here on the 34th year of his age, this monument is set up by those to whom the majesty of the crown and the liberties of their country are dear.
Books being read:- New Testament,Qur'an,Barbara W Tuchman,'A Distant Mirror',Sigrid Undset,'Kristin Lavransdatter - Kransen'
F21 Newbury, Thatcham
Sa22 Kennet&Avon canal, M4
Su23Sep2007Reading
M24 Reading
Tu25 Thames path,Henley
W26 Marlow
Th27 Maidenhead
F28 Windsor, Runnymede Foot&Mouth
Klimt was a popular painter in Church Street, Marylebone
Those Klimt style paintings up on thirteen Church
Leave question - how they got there - in the lurch.
Delaunay was one of the top abstract painters
Delaunay's abstract's brightly coloured rings
The joy of life, us friendly feelings brings.
Mugshot of Monet when was 30?
Claude Monet was the first impressionist.
He heads a long and most impressive list.
Sa29 Datchet
Su30Sep2007Egham,Chertsey Foot&Mouth
We don't want to wait too long for the next card.
Twenty sketchcards had to be set up.
Quick abstracts filled the gap, to birth the pup.
Malmesbury abbey
Rotary gate, on the Avon, Chippenham
West front, Wells cathedral ("Ooh, you are awful fuzzy, but I like you!",Dick Emery)
Tu18Sep07-09.05bst,Newbury library,cmpr7
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
photos attached
1 St Mary,Redcliff,Bristol
2 St Aldhelm's abbey,Malmesbury
3 Rotary gate, on the Avon, Chippenham
4 West front, Wells cathedral ("Ooh,you are awful fuzzy, but I like you!",Dick Emery)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Hello kind reader,.
Sorry for the slow answers to emails, the lack of comments on flickr, and the lack photos on flickr, blogger, and SPAMletters. I have had only minutes on the computer. I mean to do all these things sooner or later - later is more likely.
F24Aug07-09.54bst,Bristol Central library, cmpr35
I have just got back from a side trip to Wells, the smallest city in England. The west front seen from the Cathedral green is a sight to be seen. I took a photo in the dark on Thursday morning, which I have not checked out yet. I saw a badger run across the road. It stopped under a street light, so I could have a good look. Internet caff cost £2.50 for half an hour. Is this normal? 20 minutes in the library. 60 seconds left...
Sa25Aug07-09.48bst,Bristol Central library,cmpr36
This morning I was up early to see Brunel's "Great Britain", from the other bank. You can get quite a good look from there. I took a photo, but I think it was too blurry. I also made a trek to North Bristol in the hope of finding an internet caff open, but no luck
F31Aug07-10.45bst, internet caff, Bristol
For the last few days I have been walking to Chepstow, Wales, the first time I have been to Wales for a some years. I started off, on the A4 towards Avonmouth, which is a nice village with docks and industry nearby. Then on, by much industry and a power station to Severn Beach, under the second Severn bridge. Severn Beach is a small riverside town under a big bridge, at the end of the railway line along the shore.
I have slept for two nights under the Clifton Suspension bridge, on the other side of the Avon river from this railway line. It's a good spot between the road and the river, under sycamores and hawthorns, on a ground cover of ivy, overlooking the tidal mud banks. The line is busy with a steady flow of trains between Avonmouth and Bristol. By the time it reaches Severn Bridge it is a quiet sleepy two coach diesel, 4 times a day. From the noise the train makes, the line does not have continuously welded rails - clackety-clack!
The "old" Severn Suspension Bridge, is the one I remember from my youth, many years ago, and leads to Chepstow. It was opened by The Queen and the Dook, in 1966. I have never been to Chepstow before, and missed the horse racing course, as that is out of town. Chepstow is a happy market town with a busy trading past. St Mary's Priory, now parish church, goes back to Norman times. The first castle was built 1067, I think, straight after the Norman conquest. The castle is built on a cliff a little upstream from the mouth of the river Wye into the Severn. Most of it is still there, and it does not seem to have been "slighted" by Cromwell. The old town.bridge to England makes a good photo.
F7Sep07-09.10bst,Chippenham library,cmpr10
Over the last two days, I have been walking to Malmesbury to see the old abbey, which goes back to 1100s. It was first founded in 676AD, dedicated to St Aldhelm. Malmesbury was given its charter in 880AD/CE. That must be from King Alfred trying to fight off the Danes. So Malmesbury is old but small. Where the South and West gates were, is marked on the road with some words by John Betjeman. I think the abbey church is mainly what is left of the abbey, and there is a cloister garden, without any cloister.
Mars the planet has been steadily moving to the left, eastwards, over the last month. Not being in London, it is quite easy to see the stars! It started on the line between Aldebaran and the Pleiades last month and has gone 3 or 4 degrees east. The moon has rushed past it over the last couple of days, and is now in Gemini. It is now too small to throw much shadow or help me get up in the morning! Venus is rising half an hour before dawn. I got out my cheap binoculars because I had read that it is a crescent, but my binoculars are not good enought to see.
I was caught out by a cleg fly the other day. It settled on the outside of my right little finger, so I didn't spot it. It had a feast until I felt a sharp pain, when it felt that discretion was the better part of valour. It made such a big hole that I was bleeding for 10 minutes.
I had a look round Chippenham, which has the Yelde Hall, from the 1300s. Yelde Hall is the same as Guild Hall, I think. It's a nice market town in a bend of the Avon river.
Tu11Sep07-09.50bst,Bradford-on-Avon library,cmpr75
The new moon, a clear sky and walking along a wooded length of the Kennet&Avon canal gave a good sight of the stars. I think I saw the misty patch that is our nearest galaxy in Andromeda. I had kipped near the Dundas aqueduct and walked on to the Avoncliff aqueduct. Now I've had a look round Bradford. The stone Saxon church of St Laurence is a highlight. The big old mills speak of an industrial time - Abbey mills and Greenland mills are now flats and houses, and some old mills are rotting away.
Th13Sep07-09.54bst,Devizes library,cmpr65
Devizes had the biggest castle in Europe in 1130, but Cromwell knocked it down. Thursday is market day and they were already putting up stands at 5 when I walked in. I walked round the Medieval town trail, which is about the civil war between Stephen and Matilda (1139-1154?). There is a funny street name, called the Brittox, which I have never seen elsewhere. It comes from the old name from the street up to the castle.
Tu18Sep07-08.53bst,Newbury library,cmpr7
I have walked into Newbury, from a spot under a big beech tree, behind a strong wooden fence, next to the A4 and the railway line. I got up at 3, and it has taken me about 5 hours to get here, so I'm a bit lacking in inspiration right now. I walked into Hungerford, where the railway line crosses the mainstreet on a bridge at right angles. From there the Kennet river and the canal run together, so it has been a lovely green walk through the countryside. They have built 17 salmon leaps so that fish can get past weirs and sluices to the upper reaches of the Kennet for spawning.
Best wishes to all, Robert
diary http://sdapp.blogspot.com/
flickr photos http://flickr.com/photos/the-reindeer
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sa1 Christchurch,Clifton
Su2Sep2007A4,Keynsham
M3 Bath
Tu4 A4
W5 Chippenham,St Andrew
St Aldhelm's, Malmesbury Abbey
Th6 Malmesbury, St Aldhelm's abbey
F7 Chippenham, library
Sa8 Bath
Su9Sep2007Bath
Zephyr UAV(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle)
Qinetiq built a sun-flown UAV.
Thank Gordon Brown, for join the market free.
M10 Kennet and Avon, Dundas Aqueduct
the tow-lines of the horse-drawn narrow boats wore away one iron guard, and bit into the stone. So another iron guard was put on. I would turn this through a right angle clockwise, if I knew how to do it.
Tu11 new moon,Bradford-on-Avon
tithe barn at Bradford-on-Avon, 51m x 9m, dated about 1350
Broad curves
Broad curves of many hues can intertwine,
With reds, purples, pinks like summer wine
W12 Devizes
Th13 Devizes
Greenless shapes
In left hand corner, shapes upbuild on each
Then broad short lines entangled roundly reach
F14 Kennet&Avon canal,Bishop's Cannings,All Cannings,batteries
Sa15 Pewsey
Su16Sep2007Savernake forest,Bruce tunnel
M17 Bruce tunnel,Chisbury
a shaky sketch postcard with a short poem
Thin lines and shapes
An abstract painting doesn't take much time.
A two-line poem is quite fun to rime.
Tu18 Hungerford,Newbury
I walked by a few pill-boxes.The Kennet&Avon canal was going to be a defence line in 1940, if the Nazis had got across the Channel.
W19 Donnington castle
Th20 Newbury, first Civil War battle,Wash common
Falkland memorial, near Wash common where the first battle of Newbury was fought.
In memory of those who, on the 20th September, 1643, fell, fighting in the army of King Charles I, on the field of Newbury, and especially of Lucius Cary, Viscount Falland, who died here on the 34th year of his age, this monument is set up by those to whom the majesty of the crown and the liberties of their country are dear.
Books being read:- New Testament,Qur'an,Barbara W Tuchman,'A Distant Mirror',Sigrid Undset,'Kristin Lavransdatter - Kransen'
F21 Newbury, Thatcham
Sa22 Kennet&Avon canal, M4
Su23Sep2007Reading
M24 Reading
Tu25 Thames path,Henley
W26 Marlow
Th27 Maidenhead
F28 Windsor, Runnymede Foot&Mouth
Klimt was a popular painter in Church Street, Marylebone
Those Klimt style paintings up on thirteen Church
Leave question - how they got there - in the lurch.
Delaunay was one of the top abstract painters
Delaunay's abstract's brightly coloured rings
The joy of life, us friendly feelings brings.
Mugshot of Monet when was 30?
Claude Monet was the first impressionist.
He heads a long and most impressive list.
Sa29 Datchet
Su30Sep2007Egham,Chertsey Foot&Mouth
We don't want to wait too long for the next card.
Twenty sketchcards had to be set up.
Quick abstracts filled the gap, to birth the pup.
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