Monday 16 March 2009

Clifton Hampden Bridge



The door is of the church note the two carved faces and the ornate ironwork on what is essentially a modern door. It is a legal requirement that notices are pinned to THE DOOR which is a bit destructive of the woodwork and this parish council has decided on a sensible notice board. The picture of the bridge was taken from the church

Clifton Hampden

I have already revisited Cricklade, Lechlade and Henley on Thames but on 14th March 2009 went to Abingdon to look around the town the EG and I whizzed by. It turns out the town is one of the oldest in England. We, Maggy and I, had lunch at a pub on a midstream island then went on the Clifton Hampden, particularly to see the church redesigned by the father of Giles Gilbert-Scott who also did the bridge. This picture shows a seriously refurbished cottage in the village, if you go back you can see what it was like last August. Note the boards forming the sidewalk just to right of centre, they aree for pedestrians to walk on during a flood, my guess is the cottage floods too.