The English Eye » Cirencester

THE WEAVERS’ COTTAGES OF ARLINGTON ROW

david — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:30:00 +0000

This video gives you a quick peep at an architectural piece de resistance, the brain-meltingly picturesque Arlington Row, in Bibury, not far from the handsome town of Cirencester. The Cotswold stone cottages once housed weavers who supplied cloth for ‘fulling’ – cleaning wool to remove oil and dirt – at Arlington Mill, also in Bibury.

Arlington Mill has housed an interesting museum, including a William Morris room. Right now though, it seems to be closed, with a ‘For Sale’ sign on the door. Anyone fancy taking it on?

FINDING THE SOURCE OF LONDON’S ‘OLD FATHER THAMES’

david — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:16:00 +0000

According to the map (circled in the pic) the River Thames rises in a quiet field not far from Cirencester, a handsome old town around 100 miles west of London.

The nearest road to the source is a busy one, but there are some places to park, and after a false start or two, camera and I were marching towards “the spot”, about 20 minutes walk across open fields and over quaint old rural styles.

Click the pic to get a closeup of the map I used, then you’ll be able to see the “Source of the Thames” clearly marked.

Art on the Thames

david — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 08:16:00 +0000

The theme of the Thames exploration is “art”.

I love doing quickie sketches and miniatures, to capture tiny fragments of a place in a personal way, so that’s the aim of this journal.

Who knows, I might even get round to putting up a gallery – that’s if the pieces are any good of course!

It’s a pleasant morning out there, so it’s time to pack up and go.