Amelia's photos

SC75 - Post 10 December - Surreal

Horsey windpump was working, draining the surrounding area, until it was struck by lightning in 1943. It was acquired by the National Trust in 1948. The mill's damaged sails were removed in 1956, and replacement sails and fantail were installed in 1962. The Great Storm of 1987 caused further damage, and repair works were required before the building could reopen to visitors in 1990. Having succumbed to the ravages of time and the elements, the sails were removed again in 2014. A restoration project started in 2016 to repair and reinstate the cap and sails, with the ambition of restoring the Windpump to full working order. Finally, after a four-month wait of unsuccessful tests in unfavourable wind, the sails eventually turned on the evening of Wednesday 29 May 2019 for the first time since 1943. Here it's possible to see the position of the fantail, and where the fence photo was taken after climbing to the top. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsey_Windpump

The first Pip Shows our youngest grandson, James, and how many steps we needed to climb to reach the viewing platform. The second clickable PiP shows the fantail taken from the viewing platform.

For more details about fantails go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windmill_fantail

We had 3 days of lovely sunny and frosty days, an absolute joy to be alive, Then it snowed - about 2-3 cm, yesterday, followed by fog and rain. Good old British weather. ;-)

SC74 - post 3 December - Underneath

This post and line fence was a temporary set up here, much needed to keep folks off the dunes where the adults and new born seal pups were sheltering from the recent high tides and stormy weather. Further along the beach there was a viewing platform, so i did manage to get some photos of the seal pups. As soon as I saw this I thought of Isabel (Xata).

SC72 post 19 November - Shabby Chic I used to collect blue and white plates, mainly from junk stores, and this is what remains of the collection. One of the first collected is the one with a touch of yellow in it. It came from a pub junk room about 50+ years ago. The small plate just above it to the right is the most recent, and was bought in Amsterdam about 20 years ago. I keep thinking of taking them to a charity shop, but then I'd have a bare patch of wall. ;-)

The first "hall" or meeting place for the Guild is not known, but in 1485 a new guildhall was built close to St Mary's Church and the almshouses, at a cost of £9-15s-6d. Almost a century later, in 1576, the heyday of the Drapers' prosperity, the present hall was built on the same site in the old commercial centre of the town.

I think theses chairs are made from a product called jesmonite.

SC71 - one word This effect is created on the ceiling of one of our rooms, when sunlight shines brightly through crystals hanging in the window. The effect is particularly strong when the sun is low in the sky, during autumn, winter and spring. Another attempt is 'doors' taken in our local town of Shrewsbury.