Tag: English country churches

• Rigorous Days and Restful Nights on the Kennet & Avon Canal

  [Sunset on the Kennet & Avon Canal. Photo is mine] Part 1 ~~ Starting Out And Mooring After arriving at Devizes we had little trouble finding the Foxhangers Canal Boat Rental building. Our boat wasn’t quite ready so we strolled down to the canal and found a lock. I (having watched three YouTube videos on…

  patrickjegan

  June 19, 2023

  Dreams, England, Kennet & Avon Canal, Love, marriage, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, Nature, Real Personal History, seniors, Travels

  Canal Boat Trip, Canal Locks, Canal Narrowboats, England, English country churches, Kennet & Avon Canal

• I Never Met An English Country Church I Didn’t Like

  [St. John the Baptist, Buckthorn Weston, Dorset] It’s been said by many travelers that if one wants to know what’s happening in any small English village, just go to the pub and listen for an hour.  I think the same is true, to a degree, of social life provided by the Church in these towns…

  patrickjegan

  June 4, 2015

  Blogging, Creativity, England, History, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, non-fiction, Travels

  baptism fonts, churchyards, Dorset, effigy, English country churches, kneelers, lychgate, pews