Yesterday we went to a Baby Naming Ceremony at Abbeystead Village Hall. Quite unusual but very nice with singing , promises by friends etc & something a bit special if you don't want to go down the religious route. Mum was one of my past B&B ladies who used to stay with us during the week & now her & her family have moved up here. Susie sings with a folk group so there was much of that type of music although her mum did sing about a certain age woman wearing big knickers which was very funny. This picture was taken outside the village hall & of course the land & all the house round about belongs to the Duke of Westminster ,one of the richest men in UK.!!! Everything was beautifully green after all the rain we have had.
I think God was wearing big Knickers this morning Manchester was dull as i walked through it's heart...at least it is still alive...nice shot you cannot beat big old Beech trees plenty of room for Gods Knickers to hang out to dry.
@robinwarner@karenann@shutterbugger@digitalrn@kerristephens It is beautiful country & Harry & I mean to go back soon & do some walking! @judithg You are right Judith sometimes you get this picture in your head how a place you imagine is & when you visit it is totally different! @sarah19@phil_howcroft Thank you both for your comments, it was really green & I think was Lancashire at it's best! This area in Lancashire called the Ribble Valley is apparently where the Queen would like to retire to !!! @tsingtao You are the funniest person on 365 !!! Your humour just kills me laughing !! I read this morning in the Mail on Sunday that chubby chaps should be wearing Manx.. big knickers for men !!!! keeps all the rolls of fat in place !!!
@semoor Thank you so much .. this was a quick shot on a quick visit during the celebrations but the country side was so beautiful in that area! The estate keeps every thing in ship shape condition ...all hedges & fences immaculately, kept almost like a park !
All the history of where you live, blows my mind Pat - you so casually mention that the Duke of Westminster owns all this land! Makes me smile. This is such a typical English country photo - just exactly what I imagine. Just gorgeous.
@murnane This is his country estate where the family come in the shooting season ! There are lots of home reared pheasants around in the fields & the whole area of estate & the grouse moors around with thousands of acres is very beautiful. The Village hall where we were is a credit to the village beautifully built with stone mullion windows, I think no matter what you think generally about the English inheritance system & class structure nobody would say in Abbeystead that they don't love living there & the Duke is very good to all around ! The Queen regularly comes to stay too !!
@judithg You are right Judith sometimes you get this picture in your head how a place you imagine is & when you visit it is totally different!
@sarah19 @phil_howcroft Thank you both for your comments, it was really green & I think was Lancashire at it's best! This area in Lancashire called the Ribble Valley is apparently where the Queen would like to retire to !!!
@tsingtao You are the funniest person on 365 !!! Your humour just kills me laughing !! I read this morning in the Mail on Sunday that chubby chaps should be wearing Manx.. big knickers for men !!!! keeps all the rolls of fat in place !!!