Boss photos you've taken

[verreauxi]

Had an ice storm here yesterday, woke up and everything is coated with ice. Difficult to capture in a photo...

 

[kev]

View attachment 240368Had last week in Austria. Beautiful place.

Like a Bob Ross painting. "Why heck! lets put a happy little cabin in there"

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

I didn’t take it but love it and didn’t know where to post it

 

[Bilbo]

Found my first globular springtail of 2024 today on the recycling bin. Just a Dicyrtomina saundersi but still nice to find. A good sized one though, perhaps 3mm long.

Paul.

 

[kev]

Congatulations on your first Dicyrtomina saundersi of the year






*I can't help but think that funkypigeon.com are missing a trick here. lol

 

[COYBL25]

One of the hills by us this morning on my run.

 

[Street end man]

St Josephs College , Upholland this morning. Not had the drone up for ages but some great pics to be had earlier on.

 

[Bilbo]

A few taken today after temps of -7 degrees overnight.

Someone dumped a bike in the street just after midnight a couple of days ago!

Paul.

 

[Daz1878]

Meant to post this one a while back - on a nice clear day, I took this of one of the old sea forts that were put in both the Thames Estuary & Liverpool Bay during WW2. This one is a naval fort, which were placed a bit further out than the army ones, and is about 10 miles or so off the Essex coast. The living quarters were in the legs, which go all the way down to a pontoon on the sea bed. It's massively imposing as you approach it - hopefully the pic does it some justice.

 

[Bryan+]

 

[Bilbo]

The now, sadly derelict, Church of St John, comprising of a chancel, nave, aisles and a tower, was built in the grounds of the County Lunatic Asylum, Whittingham.As with all Victorian Institutions of the day, religion played a great part and, it was to this end that a Church was built within the grounds and was named St John's.

The contract for the erection of a Church and a Chaplain's house was awarded in September 1871, estimated costings being £4,632.00 and £1,579. 8s 2d respectively.An organ was purchased and installed in the Church at a cost of £250. St John's Church was Church of England, and provision for Roman Catholics was made in a room set aside in one of the wards. In June 1875 the Church was licensed by the Bishop of Manchester.

The first hospital chaplain was the Rev W T Palmour. The Asylum cemetery was consecrated in 1895, again by the Bishop of Manchester and the chaplain was subsequently awarded 2/6d for each burial service performed.

Music: .J. Pachelbel - Canon in D Major (Arranged by Lee Galloway) performed by Kassia.

 

[COYBL25]

The now, sadly derelict, Church of St John, comprising of a chancel, nave, aisles and a tower, was built in the grounds of the County Lunatic Asylum, Whittingham.As with all Victorian Institutions of the day, religion played a great part and, it was to this end that a Church was built within the grounds and was named St John's.

The contract for the erection of a Church and a Chaplain's house was awarded in September 1871, estimated costings being £4,632.00 and £1,579. 8s 2d respectively.An organ was purchased and installed in the Church at a cost of £250. St John's Church was Church of England, and provision for Roman Catholics was made in a room set aside in one of the wards. In June 1875 the Church was licensed by the Bishop of Manchester.

The first hospital chaplain was the Rev W T Palmour. The Asylum cemetery was consecrated in 1895, again by the Bishop of Manchester and the chaplain was subsequently awarded 2/6d for each burial service performed.

Music: .J. Pachelbel - Canon in D Major (Arranged by Lee Galloway) performed by Kassia.

Wonderful stuff Paul and perfect music to accompany the piece too.

Surely that’s beautiful building is listed or on the Heritage list ?

 

[Bilbo]

Wonderful stuff Paul and perfect music to accompany the piece too.

Surely that’s beautiful building is listed or on the Heritage list ?

Thank you - and yes, it's a Grade II listed building. It cannot be kocked down of course, though it can be renovated as long as it's within the constraints of the original design and build.

Paul.

 

[COYBL25]

Thank you - and yes, it's a Grade II listed building. It cannot be kocked down of course, though it can be renovated as long as it's within the constraints of the original design and build.

Paul.

If your council is anything like ours, what they do is allow beautiful old buildings like this to fall into such a state of disrepair, that they become “ dangerous “ which then allows them to knock the building down and circumvent the listing = sell the land off.

 

[LostLegend]

Spent the weekend around the midlands with a mate. Royal Leamington Spa, Stratford upon Avon etc. Did all the Shakespeare stuff and visited a couple of castles.

Warwick Castle and surrounding grounds was the highlight for me: