vwcampervan-aldridge:

Gas Street basin , Birmingham , looking back to Brindley Place. This used to be all derelict and forgotten , now it’s busy with bars hotels and shops.

noroomforthepresent:

How beautiful!

mimirscopybook:

canterbury cathedral (3) by romorga on Flickr.

The Manor Houses of England; Ditchfield, P. H. You can read the entire book here.

(Source: theenglishladye)

ukimages:

Andover, Hampshire, England (by Anguskirk)

the-daily-fun:

Rydal Water, Lake District by LR.photos

keepcalm-putkettleon:

This gave me an idea…fingerprints would be perfect for creating these little men!

jennrahardjanotoart:

So, for our word train today, I was given “England”
I wanted to play with simpler style, so here it is!
I quite like those guards. They’re pretty adorbs, don’tcha think ? ;)

yesmrholmes:

Swan For The Road by ianwyliephoto on Flickr.

enchantedengland:

  This is a hauntingly beautiful gothic novel centred around a castle in Kent, England; three enticingly eccentric sisters, and a hundred rooms smothered in mystery. I’ll leave you with a few of my favourite examples of Kate Morton’s brilliant wordcraft:

   ”Thus she had submitted, resigning herself to a lifetime of layered glances, smuggled letters, and rare, exquisite assignations.”

   ”…shelves lined with very old books, the sort with marbled endpapers, gold-dipped edges, and black cloth binding. My fingers positively itched to drift at length along their spines, to arrive at one whose lure I could not pass, to pluck it down, to inch it open, then to close my eyes and inhale the soul-sparking scent of old and literate dust.”

   ”One of those few shining memories you gather along the way; perfectly formed and sealed, like a bubble that forgot to pop.”

   ”That’s all writing is, apparently, capturing sights and thoughts on paper. Spinning, like a spider does, but using words to make the pattern.”

   (image from innersanctumsimonandschuster.biz)

adding this to my reading list! thanks, cheri!

shipofthefens:

Kettlewell, Wharfedale in the Yorkshire Dales, photograph by Andrew Leighton

(Source: lottietea)

Oh, to be in England

Now that April’s there,

And whoever wakes in England

Sees, some morning, unaware,

That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf

Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf,

While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough

In England - now!

And after April, when May follows,

And the whitethroat builds, and all the swallows

Hark! where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge

Leans to the field and scatters on the clover

Blossoms and dewdrops - at the bent spray’s edge

That’s the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over,

Lest you should think he never could recapture

The first fine careless rapture!

~Robert Browning

(Source: 4420.deviantart.com)

ukimages:

Hambledon, Hampshire, England by Anguskirk

enchantedengland:

   This would be a lovely place to live, wouldn’t it? I’m certain those children would go away eventually.

   Anyhoo, this is Wakehurst Place, the National Trust’s MOST visited place, and there is a reason. The reason is that it is extremely wonderful. The sixteenth century Elizabethan mansion (whose lovely interiors you may peruse) is surrounded by 465 acres of stunning woodland gardens with endless winding paths and the largest Christmas tree in England! A GIANT REDWOOD that looms 35 metres tall and is lit from Advent until Twelfth Night with 1,800 MAGICAL FAIRY LIGHTS EEEEEEEE I love a Christmas tree! If you enjoyed the cinematography of Kenneth Branagh’s film As You Like It you will be pleased to know it was filmed here.

   Wakehurst is open every day of the year except Christmas/Christmas Eve, and kids are free. To find out what’s on, directions, etc click here (image grimbo87 flickr)

assuming i had some help with cleaning and maintenance, this would be a lovely place to live…and the children can stay! i don’t mind a bit! :)

vwcampervan-aldridge:

This is the Zig Zag foot bridge over the River Trent at Shugborough Hall, when a horse and rider walks over pedestrians can stand to the side.

very clever…and a very cool visual effect!