This is St Mary's Church in Cardington where I work and this is the view from our office although my desk doesn't face that way. The sunlight was shining on the church when I first stepped out and by the time I had gone back into the car park at the back to get my camera, it had gone! Sods Law! Anyway, I still thought I would take a pic because I was trying out my new 50mm lens. For some reason I only seem to be able to use it on manual focus and I can't understand why but it doesn't matter because it takes a good pic.
Anyway, here is some information about Cardington.
This village in North Bedfordshire is known for two major associations - one pleasant and one grim. Taking the pleasant first, Cardington was the home of John Howard, the prison reformer.
The grim reminder is a legacy of Cardington's association with the airship industry in the early years of the 20th century. It was from Cardington that the ill-fated airship R101 took off for its inaugural flight in 1930. The ship crashed over Beauvais, France, killing 48 people, including Air Minister Lord Thompson. The disaster effectively ended the RAFs use of airships.
The victims of the R101 disaster are buried in the churchyard of St. Mary's, and there is a memorial to the dead of R101 at the Cardington Cemetary.
