Malham Tarn is a heart-shaped glacial lake formed about 10,000 years ago, at the end of the last Ice Age. It lies high above the craggy Malham Cove, near Malham village, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The Tarn lies 377 metres (1,237 ft) above sea level, making it the highest lake in England, and [...]
STUDENTS FROM ENGLAND WIN AGAIN AT HARBIN ICE AND SNOW FESTIVAL 2013
Our Nottingham ice-sculpting students have been hard at work in Harbin, northeast China, producing a hollow Earth Globe sculpture as their entry for a second competition at the 2013 Snow and Ice Festival. In the team’s words, “We won! We really did this time, we came first in our second competition alongside six other first [...]
FROM SUN TO STORM – SPECTACULAR GREY CLOUDS LOOM OVER A RURAL WATER TOWER
The weather has been its winterish self recently, with massive changes on a daily – and hourly – basis, ranging from clear, bright sun to clouds so heavy they look as if they should fall out of the sky. Of course, England is renowned for cloudy weather – it’s not for nothing that we have [...]
NOTTINGHAM UNI TEAM WIN CREATIVITY PRIZE AT ICE AND SNOW FESTIVAL, CHINA
The student team from Nottingham University have hauled in a prize at Harbin, the city in northeast China, where one of the world’s biggest Ice and Snow Festivals is running. In the team’s words, “WE WON!!!!!! Well.. the Creativity Prize anyway which is a cash prize of 1000 RMB (about £100), a medal each and [...]
RIVER THAMES OVERFLOWS AT LECHLADE
New Year’s Day was dry and bright for most of the country, making it easy to see the effects of the drenching rain we’ve had over the last month or more. At Lechlade, the River Thames had overflowed into fields south of the town, turning green pastures into an inland ocean. I stopped on the [...]
APOCALYPSE POSTPONED AGAIN – SO WE CAN WISH YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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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