The English Eye wishes you a peaceful and prosperous New Year 2013. New Year’s Day should see the TEE cameras hauled on a long stomp around White Horse Hill, near Wantage, Berkshire, followed by a pub lunch with other keen walkers. There’ll be a photo report on that, especially if the weather is kind and [...]
Archive | December, 2012
LUDLOW – ‘THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TOWN IN ENGLAND’
‘The most beautiful town in England’ is how many people describe this Shropshire market town. To measure up to this claim, Ludlow certainly has a host of beautiful mediaeval buildings, though a more recent supermarket proposal had the locals rightly aroused. The final design had a roofline that complements the hills beyond, so even if [...]
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS – AND A VISIT TO THE HILLTOP VILLAGE OF BRILL
Welcome to The English Eye Festive Break, with places to visit through the week. First off today, we’re at Brill Village, a hilltop community in Buckinghamshire. Brill’s landmark is the handsome old mill, restored just a few years ago, though not to working order – the fragile 18th century structure resisted outline plans to reopen [...]
SNOW SCULPTORS FROM ENGLAND LAND IN CHINA FOR COMPETITION
The Nottingham University Snow Sculpture team left from Birmingham Airport early Wednesday this week, and by Friday had flown via Schipol and Beijing to Harbin, northeast China. The temperature there is today is around the -21C mark, so the cold weather gear they packed (one case tipped the scales at more than 30 kg) will [...]
HEYTHROP HUNT TAKEN TO COURT BY THE RSPCA – AND LOSES
This week the RSPCA won a prosecution against the Heythrop Hunt in a case made especially high profile, as the Heythrop is local to the media-hyped ‘Chipping Norton Set’ and a hunt that British Prime Minister David Cameron has ridden with. The conviction was for intentionally hunting a fox with dogs, a pursuit that’s been [...]
STUDENT TEAM FROM ENGLAND GO TO CHINA FOR INTERNATIONAL SNOW SCULPTURE COMPETITION
Four students from Nottingham Trent University in the Midlands leave England for China this week, to represent the UK in the 18th Harbin International Snow Sculpture Competition. Harbin, a city in north-east China, hosts one of the world’s four largest ice and snow festivals, matching the Sapporo Snow Festival in Japan, Canada’s Quebec City Winter [...]
THE PARTY SEASON IS HERE, BUT EDWARD STONE’S DISCOVERY EASES THE ACHES OF THE MORNING AFTER
Oxford University don and clergyman Edward Stone lived in and around Chipping Norton in the 18th century. For a time he lived on the site of the old Hitchmans Brewery in West Street, where you can see this blue plaque. Stone was something of a Renaissance Man, being at various times a Justice of the [...]
ICE AND MIST! WINTER CLINGS TIGHTER YET
After our brief introduction to the first winter snow, the weather continues to be bone-hard and chill. But it’s that time of year, Christmas is coming, and really, it’s pretty normal stuff. So with warm gloves, scarf and jacket, plus a decent set of walking boots, I set out to explore the misty world of a [...]
SNOW! FIRST FALL OF THE YEAR COMES SILENTLY IN THE NIGHT
The first snowfall of the winter is a thing of magic, especially when it is entirely unexpected. Where were the weather warnings the other night? Nowhere! No matter: the light sprinkling that arrived in the small hours did little to hold up daily activities here in Chipping Norton, but certainly added a sparkle to the [...]
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A GYPSY CARAVAN FOR SALE IN THE ENGLISH COTSWOLDS
- A few sketches!
- POOHSTICKS: A GAME BORN AT THE HOUSE OF POOH CORNER
- INTERNATIONAL POOHSTICKS COMPETITION ON THE RIVER THAMES, NEAR DORCHESTER
- Source of the Thames
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