Wednesday 22^nd June 2016

We had a mixed bag of work lined up for today – some locations of graveyards to plot in for an accurate plan of the churchyard layout, using good old-fashioned triangulation ; some recording and description of gravestones for the database; and some RTI photography.

Tony sports the latest in summer headwear - Ascot anyone?

The latter was a little awkward due to the bright sunlight which suddenly broke out shortly before lunchtime – but the ingenious use of a large sheet of plywood to act as a sunshade meant we could go ahead regardless.

Non-chalance personified... 

It was very nice to welcome several visitors today – some of whom were passers-by popping in to see the church, others came to revisit their childhood home.

Jane Lunnon

  

Wednesday 1^st June 2016.

We were still in our winter togs today although it wasn’t as cold as it was last week.

We carried on with some R.T.I. photography and surveying/recording of gravestones at the west end of the churchyard, and made good progress.

The day was pretty uneventful until just before we packed up for the day – there was a huge kerfuffle in the trees above us as a sparrowhawk swooped down causing pandemonium amongst the local birdlife. It managed to catch a small bird,  but then lost it – we couldn’t see where the bird had gone or whether it as okay. The birds all around us continued with their alarm calls for nigh on ten minutes or so – a cacophony of various different calls producing a wall of sound. But the sparrowhawk had flown away, having lost its advantage of surprise.

Jane Lunnon