Sunday 31 May 2020

The Home of the Quarterjack. ...


This is the Minster in Wimborne Minster which is a small town in Dorset...

On the north side of the west tower you will find a replica of a grenadier dressed in his very smart red coat.
He is what is called a Quarterjack and he strikes the bells to tell the time every quarter hour.

Originally he was a monk but was repainted as a grenadier during the Napoleonic wars 1803 / 1815.

Sunday 24 May 2020

Sunday 17 May 2020

Another Reservoir Structure.

  Add caption Yet another structure to be found around the banks of the Burrator Reservoir near Yelverton in Devon UK... This one appears to...