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Wednesday, 24 September 2008

Heritage III

La Vallette, St.John
(on Google maps)

Properly exposed without clipping the whites, the pic looks flat and dull.

A bit brighter by letting the whites clip, and some sharpening.

From the garden...

.. closer...

.. along a bit...

.. and down there.

From the garden.
I like the low-roof outbuilding.

Around the back.

Inside...

Furball.

Tuesday, 23 September 2008

Heritage II

16 New Street, St.Helier
(on Google maps)

Front door....

.. just inside...

On the left... needs some work :)

.. on the right, at rear.

.. looking back to front door.

First floor, left side from top of stairs.

Second floor, rear of house - the first room on the left (facing road) at top of stairs...

.. same side of house, at front....

.. other side of the front of house...

.. view from that window.

Back down to the first floor...

.. and to the ground floor.

Monday, 22 September 2008

NT(J) Heritage Sites Open Day was the 13th Sept in 2008, and I visited a few. Here are some pics to start with....

Brook Farm, Maufant
On Google maps (currently shown as it was before the neighbouring field was built upon to the North East)

The lane side...

.. closer.

Around the back.

I didn't go inside because it was one of those off-putting "please take your shoes off" kind of welcomes I don't get along with :)

An out-building.

Les Cotils Farm, rural St.Helier
On Google maps

Again no pics from inside, as there were too many people about and it would have been intrusive anyway.

A pleasant state of dilapidation

Old outside toilets are a pretty grim idea at the best of times, but this one...!

Plenty more to follow.....

Sunday, 21 September 2008

Audience Participation

A chance for viewers to help me out of my curiosity misery... (or 'Crapaudmatic freely admits he doesn't know everything')....

These flags are flying at St.Aubin. The one on the right is plainly the St.B parish crest, but what the heck is the one on the left?

Would any botanists out there care to tell us what these are, please? September seems to be the season for them. They look jolly poisonous, whatever they are, but it would be nice to put a name to them.

Thanks......