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September 2016

Photographers Resource

ISSN 2399-6706

Issue No: 152

Deal Castle, Kent
Well that's the summer. September is a bit of a wind down month for events and some attractions, the main summer holidays for families is over, but those that close for winter keep going for us to enjoy until the end of October so there is still plenty for us to get out and photograph, and without so many other visitors to get in the way.
September Diary
Wildlife Photography In September
Your First Visit To This Resource

This month we celebrate the heritage of our architecture and culture with the Heritage Open Days. A chance to see some of our incredible Historic Houses, Castles, Abbeys, Cathedrals and Churches, as well as our Industrial Heritage. Some of the venues that open for these special days are not normally open to the public, and many have free entry so it is a great opportunity to get to see something new or visit something you haven't managed to before.

Walmer Castle, Kent
In England it takes place for one long weekend, from the 8th to 11th of this month, whilst in Scotland their Open Doors Days take place on each weekend throughout the month. London also has a Open House event on the weekend of the 17th and 18th, where as well as houses, some of the business buildings, normally not having public access, open up for you to set foot inside and explore.

Dungeness Old Lighthouse  and Dungeness New Lighthouse, Kent

On the wildlife front many of our summer visitors start returning to their winter grounds in Africa this month. Whilst some of our winter visitors start to return to the habitats here which will see them through the winter months. On the estuaries you may see Oystercatchers and curlew and inland around our wetland areas you may com across Canada Geese. Craneflies (Daddy longlegs) are in their greatest numbers this month, and spiders webs in the early morning dew are very photogenic if it catches the light right. On the woodland floor it is the start of the peak fungi season as varieties such as the stinkhorn, a giant puffball, group together and grow to an enormous size before releasing their spores. A visit to orchards at the end of the month, with apples on the floor, you will come across birds, wasps and insects having a feast on the windfall. Heather is still flowering on the moors turning purple and flowering on grassy hills are blue harebells and yellow tormentil. 

Canada Geese  Flying in

A Horse Chestnut Seed (A Conker)
The reason for visiting both Kent, Dorset and Hampshire this month was because of my other passion, Family History (Genealogy). My great great grandfather was a butler to a Rear Admiral who was the second son of the 2nd Earl of Malmesbury in the 1800's. As well as visiting the locations of where my GGGrandfather worked and lived as well as his place of marriage and where his children were baptised, I also wanted to track down a memorial for the Admiral that I knew was in The Priory at Christchurch in Hampshire. So I went looking for a plaque or a tomb and instead I found the memorial in the picture below. This memorial was created on the death of the Admirals mother and she is captured with her three sons at the ages they were at the time of her death, in the Admirals case he was 8 years old. When all three sons later died their details have also been added to the memorial as well. It just goes to show that you can sometimes find the unexpected and be pleasantly surprised.

Christchurch Priory
What's New and Changed
Places Visited Over the Last Month

We have managed to get our for a few days this month, seeing loads of new places and getting loads of photographs. Those we have visited include:

All Saints Church, Stanford, Kent. A small Kent village church just off the M20. A pretty little church within a village setting.

Deal Castle, Kent. Built by King Henry the VIII it is one of the finest Tudor artillery castle in England. It is one of, and the most elaborate, of a chain of coastal forts built at the time. The others being Calshot, Camber, Walmer and Pendennis Castles. Today you can explore the whole of the castle from the storerooms to the first floor captains residence and admire the rounded bastions and canons, as well as it's sea views.

Dungeness, nr Lydd, Kent

Dungeness New Lighthouse, nr Lydd, Kent

Dungeness Old Lighthouse, nr Lydd, Kent

Pedlinge Chapel of Ease, Pedlinge, Kent. Pedlinge is a hamlet on the edge of the village of Saltwood. A chapel of ease is a small place of worship which is attached to another main church in the area, in this case Saltwood. It was originally built to serve the estate workers of Sandling Park and was commissioned by Laurence Hardy.

St Peters Church, Parkstone, Poole, Dorset. The original church was built in 1833, what you see today is much larger and was extended in 1870 when a larger church was required. It was built around the old church and the nave roof was built over the tower of the old church which is why it is so massive.

St Peter and St Paul Church, Saltwood, Kent. A parish church serving the village of Saltwood. As well the church which was originally built in the 1100's it has been adapted and added two over the centuries with the last major addition taking place, the lady chapel, added in the Victorian era. It also has an impressive Lych Gate.

St Johns Heatherlands Church, Parkstone, Poole, Dorset. Built in 1881 of plain red brick in Ashley Road. It was Consecrated in 1885 and the parish formed on the 22nd January 1886. Inside a modern looking church, compared to many in Britain today.

Walmer Castle and Gardens, Kent. Just along the coast from Deal Castle is another of the Tudor Rose forts, Walmer. Originally built in 1539 in 1708 it became the official residence of the Lords Warden of the Cinque Ports, such as the Duke of Wellington, Sir Winston Churchill and the late Queen Mother. It has been adapted over the years to make it a more comfortable and fashionable home. A visit today includes visiting two floors of the castle and finding out the history of some of its famous residents as well as being able to wander around the large gardens, which have gone on being developed.

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