LOCAL PUB: The Plough at Eaves shadows telephone kiosk monochrome Black & White

LOCAL PUB: The Plough at Eaves.

An English Country Pub We have a lot of nice country pubs nearby. In fact I think we  might visit some or all of them for lunches during autumn – all for the purposes of blogging about the experience of course!  (I feel a 10-part series on “LOCAL PUBS” might Read more…

small things monochrome Cee's B&W ChallengeWOODPLUMPTON CHURCH: Swan Vestas Matches

Small Things in Woodplumpton Church

Seeing small things in black-and white in Woodplumpton. For this weeks Black & White Challenge I’ve found some pictures of small things I spotted when visiting St Anne’s Church  in the neighbouring village of Woodplumpton.             Camera : FUJI x100s Settings: ISO 4000, 1/6sec hand Read more…

The Prestonian boat Preston Marina monochrome alphabet tug

Organ Pipes in Woodplumpton and The Prestonian in Preston Marina

O is for the Organ Pipes in St Anne’s Church in the Lancashire village of Woodplumpton….       ….and P is for The Prestonian moored in Preston Marina….. ……on a grey day   Thanks to Cee once again for her enthusiasm and tireless work in encouraging bloggers worldwide to Read more…

Font Weight, heavy metal, St Annes Church, woodplumton

Heavy Metal in St Anne’s Church, Woodplumpton

Heavy Metal in Church? Forget Guns n’ Roses and Iron Maiden.  I doubt even the appropriately-named  Judas Priest would have had a playlist suitable for this quiet village church. For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Metal  I have some photographs of literally heavy metal from yesterday’s visit to a local church. St Anne’s Read more…

Meg's Shelton's Boulder witch Fylde Hag Woodplumpton Lancashire village churchyard

The Witch is Escaping from her Grave! Quick, get a Boulder!

“The Witch is Escaping from her Grave! Quick, get a Boulder!” Now, whilst these might not be the exact words spoken on that fateful day in 1705 when Meg Shelton, the Fylde Witch, escaped from her grave for the SECOND time, someone must have said something like it. Meg Shelton, aka Read more…

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