Re: All Creatures Great and Small Oh my....Barb that is fantastic!!! [quote author=JulieT link=topic=6237.msg81947#msg81947 date=1401098201] I will go to Lerryn, walk along the bank of the Fowey at low tide, and take photos of Charlie at St Winnow church for Lisa. http://cornwallphotographic.com/tag/st-winnow/ [/quote] Ooo yes please, that would be wonderful! The Celtic Christians had the concept of Thin Places, those places where the veil between Heaven and earth is "thin"....kinda like what you describe as those lovely, peaceful places in nature. I've found a few a time or two myself... Funny how things go, I grew up in a decidedly "no faith" household, yet I ended up a Christian. I seem to be the only one around here...oh well, it's okay, I'll carry the torch for the lot of you then And in meantime, more church pics!! Pretty please! They are so lovely! Penny, your wedding will be gorgeous in that setting! Stacia, your story of the bones in the churchyard was kinda creepy, but interesting!! I love seeing old churchyards with those big, leaning tombstones....the ancient dates...so cool....
Re: All Creatures Great and Small Another atheist here (though I grew up going to church weekly). Have been to the UK a few times and always make a point of visiting churches - from Stone Age equivalents onwards. Julie, that place in Cornwall looks amazingly beautiful.
Re: All Creatures Great and Small Some church photos taken a few years ago (so I can relive my holiday ). Stonehenge, Wilshire Knowlton Circles and Church, Wiltshire (a Norman church built in a Stone age ring) Flint wall of the church. Exeter Cathedral The ceiling. Churchyard in Edinburgh. Ruined church in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland Gallarus Oratory, County Kerry, Ireland (early Christian church)
Re: All Creatures Great and Small Those are fantastic, Rachel!! Going to Stonehenge was one of the highlights of my life, I have to say! Definitely goosebumps there! You got a fabulous picture! The day we were there it was overcast, and quite cold...but the misty damp made it quite atmospheric. Quite the amazing place, for sure. Love that Norman church, but in wonder if it's Saxon? Looks pretty ancient. The close up of the wall is fab! And the Irish "beehive" church....wow...I envy you having seen that! Although, was it a church, or one of the monks' cells, where they would live? I know they DID have little beehive cells like that, but maybe they were smaller than that? Fascinating. I am in total awe of those cathedrals, seeing how beautiful they are, thinking of how they were made, the sheer manpower and ingenuity needed, it just boggles my mind. I have never been to Ireland or Scotland :'(....one of these days!! Years!! Whatever! I so want to go. Keep 'em coming, just love the pics! Thank you!!
Re: All Creatures Great and Small I think the church had some Saxon parts but then got 'improved' by the Normans. The Gallarus Oratory is a church. We saw monk's cells there too and they are small domes (i.e. hemispheric) and nowhere near as nicely made. The church was amazing. All the stones were placed so that it shed water. Few more pics of it: And another of Stonehenge (brilliant place - an amazing feat of human co-operation). And another religious experience - the Edradour distillery in Perthshire, Scotland:
Re: All Creatures Great and Small Fantastic!! So cool! Heh heh.... I'm sure there the distillery has been responsible for more than a few "spiritual" experiences...
Re: All Creatures Great and Small [quote author=Oberon link=topic=6237.msg82691#msg82691 date=1401242554] And another religious experience - the Edradour distillery in Perthshire, Scotland: [/quote] Oh My Gosh! My favorite-est ever distillery - I and I have been to them all (well, a heck of a lot of them) Very much love its produce too
Re: All Creatures Great and Small Fab!!!!! ;D What a top place! Sadly, the produce we purchased is long gone Have a wee dram for me, Jac
Re: All Creatures Great and Small [quote author=Oberon link=topic=6237.msg82922#msg82922 date=1401309415] Have a wee dram for me, Jac [/quote] Okay (said rather over-eagerly )
Re: All Creatures Great and Small Our very ordinary local church, built in the 1790s Unusually the business end of the church (the altar bit) is in the middle of the far away side, opposite the front entrance. There is a balcony, U-shaped, with doric-style supporting columns. A couple of lovely stained glass windows either side of the altar, tributes to "local families" (being as how they paid for them). What I really like about it is it has 4 "family boxes", which are enclosed and these days great for families with young children (keeps them confined). I guess previously the family boxes were used by the landowners who bought the windows This photo was taken at 5.15am this morning on my walk after dropping off at the airport, and there was a very fat pheasant wandering off-screen to the left.
Re: All Creatures Great and Small Ordinary my eye!! Sheesh...it's gorgeous!! Love it...that stone...stained glass....come on!!
Re: All Creatures Great and Small Doesn't look ordinary to me either. Looks great!!!! There is a nice church in my street, a Russian Orthodox Church. It has a silver minaret, which makes a lot of people think it is a mosque, despite the whacking great cross on the top.
Re: All Creatures Great and Small Great church Jac, so pleased the way this thread has developed ! Im hoping to get to the wee church again this Sunday for evensong xx
