Recent content by John_L

This rather grand staircase is in Holme Lacy House (currently a Warner Hotel) which SWMBO's 13th times great-grandfather, Phillip Skydmore (1416-1488) rebuilt in the 1450s. We recently stayed there for a couple of nights, but the currrent owners were not very forthcoming when SWMBO tried to...

A piece of broken glass waste (cullet) from the Nailsea glass works - exhumed from our veggie plot a few years ago. Exif on Flickr, where the image is best viewed. Nailsea Cullet (2) by John Liddle, on Flickr

This cross-section is from the trunk of a Berberis shrub I uprooted. The wood is normally a terrific yellow colour. However, part of the plant had died and some of the bottom of the stem was rotting, but the remainder was still alive and flourishing. I love the contrast of colours between the...

I bought a sheet of black perspex a little while ago and had a little play with it. Reflection (2) by John Liddle, on Flickr

No - it is the case for a WW1 pocket sextant - used by the artillery to measure the horizontal angular displacement from an observed shell-fall to the desired target, rather than "shooting the sun" to determine position at sea as the navy would use it. Pocket Sextant by John Liddle, on Flickr

Produced for submission elsewhere. Arrow by John Liddle, on Flickr

A pano of the beach from our recent stay in Corfu. Beach at Grecotel Eva Palace, Corfu by John Liddle, on Flickr

Seen in Corfu on our recent holiday - bricks laid to make steps and paths at our hotel, many with the makers imprint. Kerkyra bricks by John Liddle, on Flickr

Clun Castle on 1Z48 return by John Liddle, on Flickr

Clun Castle passed us on the return leg of the anniversary 1Z48 tour this morning - a couple of minutes behind schedule, so pressing hard for Bristol. The more I look at this image, the more I think it is a good candidate for a jigsaw. Clun Castle on 1Z48 return by John Liddle, on Flickr

I've been diagnosed at last - I'm suffering from mass Wisteria! Mass Wisteria by John Liddle, on Flickr

Clun Castle passing chez nous this afternoon hauling the "1Z48" Anniversary Tour. Clun Castle by John Liddle, on Flickr

Clun Castle passing chez nous this afternoon on the "1Z48" Anniversary Tour Clun Castle by John Liddle, on Flickr

Taken in 2019 at the Barn Owl Centre, Gloucestershire. Details on Flickr. European Eagle Owl by John Liddle, on Flickr

The Royal Duchy tour passed chez nous this morning on its way down to Par. 44871 by John Liddle, on Flickr