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April 2016
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Photographers Resource |
ISSN 2399-6706 |
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Issue No: 147 |
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Tintern Abbey,
South Wales
A View from the Roadside with cows grazing in the adjoining field. The
River Wye runs behind the Abbey ruins from this point.
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April is here, we are now on the cusp of
summer. The clocks have gone forward and the daylight hours are longer,
there is so much more time to get out and about and explore. Hopefully the
weather will be good as well. Our diary pages start to bulge with numerous
events you can attend and get some great photographic opportunities. |
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On the 24th the photographic world
celebrates World Pinhole Photography Day, where
photographers are invited to take a picture with a pinhole camera
during the 24 hours of that day. You don't have to have a pinhole camera,
you can get adapters which can fit onto your DSLR cameras, or you could
make your own camera out of a 'Pringle' tube. Take a look at our
Pinhole Photography Section
for techniques, tips, how to make a 'Pringle Pinhole Camera and more.
It is also a busy time
for much of our wildlife, many of whom are becoming amorous with the
thought of the next generation. Spectacles to view, if you're lucky and in
the right place, include the Great Crested Grebes doing their romantic
heart shaped displays as the male gives the female presents of courtship
on lakes and reservoirs. Or maybe its the Capercaillies strutting their
stuff in woodlands in Scotland. On a walk in woodland or in the
countryside you may hear the naughty cuckoo as they get ready for putting
their eggs in host nests. Its also the time when new young badgers will be
brought above ground by their parents to take in the fresh air for the
first time and forage alongside their parents for food.
Our trees start to
shoot their new leaves and everything in the countryside starts to look
green again. We have already had the cherry blossom out in our road and
I've noticed in other parts of the town there is now more of it. The
Blossom Trail in Evesham and Worcester also starts this month, as the
apple and damson trees come into flower.
Continuing with
flowers April is also the time of Daffodil Sunday which started in
Victorian times when families picked daffodils from their gardens and took
them to local hospitals to give to the sick. You also have Primrose Day
which started in the late 19th century and celebrates the death of Prime
Minister Disraeli, and Fritillary Sunday which celebrates the birth of the
Snakeshead Fritillary pushing through after its winter hibernation. There
are three good places to see the Snakeshead Fritillary, including the
meadows of Magdelene College in Oxford, a ten acre meadow in Ducklington
Oxfordshire and at the Cricklade North Meadow Nature Reserve in Wiltshire.
They may be a little delayed this year in Cricklade as the meadow has
spent a large part of the last few months under water from the heavy rains
we have had. |
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We did manage to explore Tintern Abbey again
last month and collect a whole new set of photographs, three of which are
on this page. We'll try and get a gallery sorted and up soon, but with the
move to a newer look website taking longer than we expected, keep coming
back for an update. Don't forget if you want to share any of your
favourite places with our readers you can send in images and descriptions
of what you saw and we will do our best to include them. |
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Badger taken at night
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What's New and Changed |
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Places Visited in the Last
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Tintern Abbey,
South Wales
A near complete ruin of a Cistercian monastery, with the ruins of the Abbey
Church, Infirmary and Abbots residence on display in the main area, and
across the road is the ruins of the Inner Court which it is assumed it was
used as guest accommodation in it's day. A beautiful structure in a
beautiful setting nestled next to the River Wye.
The
Museum of Gloucester, Gloucestershire.
A Museum with a local flavour charting Gloucester's history through the ages
including when the Romans were there. You can see a piece of the Roman
remains which lie beneath the museum, there are hands on activities, old
maps showing how different parts of the city grew up as well as a dinosaur,
clocks, coins from different periods, art gallery and much more. Until the
beginning of July they have a Tudor Child exhibition looking at 16th century
clothing for children. Entrance gives you entry for a year, but also then
includes entry to the Gloucester Life Museum which currently is running a
Great War Exhibition, looking a duties, jobs and social changes, along with
the Museum Sweet Shoppe in its garden. |
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Tintern Abbey,
South Wales
A view of the front of the Abbey Church
with its impressive doorway and arched window. It was taken from
across the road in the ruins of the ??? of the Abbey.
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Tintern Abbey,
South Wales
The wall structure in the foreground is the ruins of the Abbots house
and the Infirmary with the main Abbey Church behind.
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We are continuing to upgrade this
website
It is taking
time, but we are continuing to move from a
Microsoft based website to something much newer and more
flexible, run on our Apple systems. This is a major change and is going on
in the background.
Our Windows computer is
often difficult to start and we have decided that should it fail,
before the new system is live, we will allow a gap of a month or two to
occur rather than waste time setting up outdated systems as a temporary
measure. So if we go missing for a month or two please check back
regularly as we will be back. Hopefully there will be no problem and we
will be able, in the near future, to switch over to the new system and as
you may have noticed we have been out collecting a vast amount of more
information to expand it. |
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