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Beauchamp Roding Church in fields
Churches

St Botolph’s Church – Beauchamp Roding

At the weekend I headed out towards North Weald – I had a particular target for some old derelict premises I wanted to photograph – more on that later this week. On my way, and out of the corner of my eye I spotted a church I had not noticed

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Common Blue Damselfly
Bugs and Critters

The Common Blue Damselfly

Before I took up photography I wouldn’t have a clue what the following creature was – indeed – I’d probably have grimaced and wafted it away. Finding these is reasonably easy if you know where to look – photographing them is a little more tricky! This specimen was taken by

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Bottles
Dereliction

Mucky Beer Bottles

Along with the leather jacker were some old beer bottles. Just like the leather jacket the local spiders had taken a liking to these as well.

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Leather Jacket
Dereliction

The Lost Leather Jacket

Continuing my investigation of the stables at Little Canfield I came across this leather jacket: It reminded me of my own black leather jacket, very similar to this that was my pride and joy as a teenager – it protected me from a severe kicking from a lunatic and kept

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The Horses have bolted
Dereliction

The Horses have Bolted

Back to some dereliction… Heading out of Great Dunmow towards Stansted you come across a small village called Little Canfield. There’s a lot of new build housing going up here and all the way across to Takeley, but, clinging on at the edge of the development are these derelict stables.

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The Dreamy Woods
Landscape

Dreamy Broxbourne Woods

The wife and I crossed the border at the weekend into Hertfordshire and took a walk around Broxbourne Woods. If you’re looking for Butterflies, you won’t be disappointed, we came across 3 distinct species – we’ll maybe share some pictures of them in the next few days… Anyhow, the woods

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Fishing Seat 16
HDR

Fishing Seat 16 at Sunset

Just down the road from the Almshouses in Little Easton you’ll find a lake with many Ducks and Canadian Geese on it. Its a fishing lake and has many fishing seats dotted around it – here’s spot 16: Who wouldn’t want to do a spot of fishing from here?

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Little Easton Almshouses
HDR

Little Easton Almshouses

I was lucky enough to be in Little Easton at sunset last Friday and was delighted with how this picture came out These were built around 1716 to house 4 poor widows, A yearly rent of £20 was to be charged equally amogst the four Almswomen.

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Tilty Watermill
Dereliction

The Watermill at Tilty

The watermill is thought to date from the later part of the 18th century. The mill contains a large cast iron waterwheel and a complete set of gearing to three pairs of millstones. As recently as 2005 restoration was being considered, however the mill appears to have been abandoned now

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The Old Mill Stream Waterfall 2
HDR

The stream that powered a water mill…

Back to Tilty… If you walk past the Church, down across the field past the remains of the monastery you’ll come to a derelict water mill. Walk to the back of this and you’ll be able to see the old water course that used to feed this. What remains of

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Mark Seton

I'm an amateur photographer who enjoys music. I'm a past Chairman and Digital Secretary of the Bishops Stortford Camera club and I hold both LRPS and CPAGB distinctions. I have recently moved to Newcastleton in the Scottish Borders.