Geograph IrelandLatest Images by HelenK
https://www.geograph.ie/
2024-03-29T07:11:02+00:00text/html2024-03-20T00:31:32+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/14054HelenK52.057473 -3.310716SO1040 : Cefn-Gafros Common
https://www.geograph.ie/photo/7730820
Looking round the other side of the bend seen in [[2474546]], but on a muddy March day. Snow (which had fallen the previous day) is just visible on the hills away to the east. This road (if it can be called that) skirts and (after forking) crosses the steeply sloping access land on the slopes of Mynydd Fforest.text/html2024-03-09T00:26:55+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/14054HelenK52.043266 -3.310738SO1039 : Lower slopes of Mynydd Fforest
https://www.geograph.ie/photo/7725120
Coming off the top of Mynydd Fforest and down through the access land. A rather similar view to [[5716515]] but with more snow on the Black Mountains, following a significant fall the previous day. Just visible in front of the trees is - rather surprisingly for the location - a gas pipeline marker pole; others can be seen nearby.text/html2024-03-07T00:07:49+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/14054HelenK52.046748 -3.321047SO0939 : Mynydd Fforest trig point on the snowline
https://www.geograph.ie/photo/7724152
A late winter snowfall the previous day still covered many hills visible in all directions from the Mynydd Fforest trig point, but around the pillar itself there were only small patches remaining. This https://trigpointing.uk/trig/5016 is one of the less photographed triangulation pillars on Geograph, although it is not hard to reach on foot. The Welsh dragons, one on each side, appear to have been added between 2011 and 2013.text/html2024-02-28T23:08:12+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/14054HelenK50.372441 -4.142656SX4754 : Felled trees in Armada Way
https://www.geograph.ie/photo/7719150
These trees were controversially felled as part of a 'regeneration plan' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-64974072 in March 2023 and then the felled trunks were left in situ for several months. The Worldwide Fund for Nature poster 'For Your World' (note the tree at top right) seems particularly ironic in this location.text/html2024-02-22T00:07:10+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/14054HelenK51.431321 -1.023086SU6870 : Car park of the Cunning Man
https://www.geograph.ie/photo/7713323
The Cunning Man pub https://www.vintageinn.co.uk/restaurants/south-east/thecunningmanburghfieldbridge must get a good trade from those navigating or walking along the River Kennet. Once in a while the river asserts itself as it has done here, and the pub was itself rebuilt a few years ago because of flooding.
The Cunning Man (possibly a unique pub name?) was 'a good wizard who would help to protect people from dark spirits and witches'. A former sign outside the pub used to show a man tickling trout.text/html2024-02-16T19:15:30+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/14054HelenK51.393996 -1.066139SU6566 : Reading Road, from one supermarket to another
https://www.geograph.ie/photo/7709598
The gabled building hidden behind trees beside the traffic lights is the former Rising Sun pub [[375463]] which became a Tesco Express https://www.tesco.com/store-locator/burghfield-common/reading-rd in 2013 https://whatpub.com/pubs/REA/BURGHF030/rising-sun-burghfield https://www.closedpubs.co.uk/berkshire/burghfieldcommon_risingsun.html . Taken from just outside another supermarket, Londis https://www.londis.co.uk/our-stores/village-store-0 .
It is unclear why there is thought to be a high risk of skidding here, unless a driver ignores the speed limit.text/html2024-02-04T21:27:10+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/14054HelenK51.472912 -2.592848ST5875 : Raglan Road
https://www.geograph.ie/photo/7702036
Just off the busy shopping centre of Gloucester Road, three residential streets run in parallel. Raglan Rd is the southernmost. Note the unusual spiral pattern on the lamp-post; there is at least one other of a similar design on this street. The light fitting on this lamp-post looks much newer than the rest of it. As with many terraces of this era, there is a great amount of carved detail around the tops of the bay windows and front doors (another example at [[2737534]])text/html2024-01-14T22:02:22+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/14054HelenK52.194482 0.136818TL4657 : The Square, Station Road
https://www.geograph.ie/photo/7689159
This area has been redeveloped in recent years into a plaza outside the railway station. The café in the foreground https://caffenero.com/uk/store/cambridge-the-square-691/ becomes noticeably busier after a train has just come in, as it supplants the limited toilet facilities at the station. It also provides a more comfortable place to drink coffee while waiting for a train than anywhere in the station does.text/html2024-01-11T23:58:40+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/14054HelenK50.836240 -0.778090SU8604 : East Street, Chichester
https://www.geograph.ie/photo/7687373
The centre of Chichester has a common Roman street plan, with two major roads intersecting at right angles. They take their names from the four compass points. In East St, a branch of the Ivy https://ivycollection.com/restaurants/the-ivy-chichester-brasserie/ (Chichester seems to have remarkably few non-chain restaurants) rubs shoulders with Top Fone https://topfone.co.uk/ and other shops. The bunting across the street was probably left over from the Coronation of King Charles.text/html2024-01-05T23:53:29+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/14054HelenK50.848752 -0.955328SU7305 : Car park of the Brookfield Hotel, Emsworth
https://www.geograph.ie/photo/7684238
If you wanted to stay at the Brookfield Hotel, you have missed your chance, because after being closed for much of 2024 it will reopen as part of the 'Heartwood Collection' https://www.boutiquehotelier.com/brookfield-hotel-sold-heartwood-collection/ It will then be renamed the 'Rope and Anchor' and have had considerable refurbishment https://ropeandanchoremsworth.com/ . In 2023 it felt a bit tired, although comfortable. It stands beside the Havant Road (the A259).text/html2024-01-04T23:05:07+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/14054HelenK51.433871 -2.198901ST8670 : The A4 passes through Corsham
https://www.geograph.ie/photo/7683453
The attractive little town of Corsham, at the edge of the Cotswolds, has received comparatively little attention on Geograph to date. The A4 skirts through one side of it, flanked by houses in the warm-coloured local stone. A more contemporary feature of the town is that it has embraced the mini-roundabout to a greater extent than others in the area (one of them can be seen at the junction in the distance).text/html2024-01-04T00:10:29+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/14054HelenK51.404881 -2.300702ST7967 : The A4 passes Bathford Nurseries
https://www.geograph.ie/photo/7682801
Bathford Nurseries 'specialising in trees, shrubs and baskets' https://www.bathfordnurseries.co.uk/ is curiously named because it is actually in Batheaston, with Bathford being the other side of the A4. Perhaps they moved here from a location in Bathford?text/html2024-01-01T19:00:14+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/14054HelenK51.561521 -2.215037ST8584 : Widley's Farm
https://www.geograph.ie/photo/7681099
Widley's Farm is part of the Badminton Estate; formerly a dairy farm, it now produces Brussels sprouts. https://www.nfuonline.com/updates-and-information/sprouts-make-tasty-crop/ The farmhouse dates to about the late 18th century and appears to have a square footprint. The woodland behind it is known as Widley's Gorse and supports a wide range of wildlife https://myplacebase.com/places/view/106469 . In the foreground is the verge of the road between Sherston and Alderton.text/html2024-01-01T18:32:27+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/14054HelenK51.543684 -2.233122ST8382 : Alderton Duck Pond
https://www.geograph.ie/photo/7681085
Alderton has a duck pond with an unusually large range of native and non-native species of wildfowl on it (presumably they have their wings clipped). An explanation board, shown here, has illustrations of what you may expect to see.
"The Neeld Estate gave the pond and village green to local Trustees to hold on behalf of the Alderton Villagers in 1970. In 2009 it was registered as a Charity (1094916) and the deeds invested in the name of the Official Custodian of Charities to hold on behalf of the villagers." http://www.luckington.org.uk/uploads/2/3/4/1/23416864/minutes_of_meeting_8th_may_2019.pdf
See [[123913]] for another view. In 2019 the pond was restocked following depredations by an otter.text/html2024-01-01T17:35:52+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/14054HelenK51.553232 -2.224373ST8483 : The road from Alderton to Sherston
https://www.geograph.ie/photo/7681014
Villages in this corner of Wiltshire are linked by lanes which wind round the edges of fields and meet one another at unexpected angles. This New Year's Day walk was dry but as can be seen there had been a lot of rain, leaving mud spread around the road. Taken at midday.