Blog Posts in "buildings"

Next Page >>

What whispers did these walls one hear?

Posted at 21:27:52 on Sat, July 05th 2008 by graham
in: 15th of july upload blackandwhite buildings church d40x landscape monochrome norfolk norfolkbroads photography riverbure ruins stbenetsabbey three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008

Graham Binns posted a photo:

Three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 186

The remains of one of the walls of the great church at St Benet's Abbey, on the banks of the River Bure.

St Benet's was alone in not being dissolved by Henry VIII. Instead, it was made part of the bishopric of Norwich; to this day, the Bishop of Norwich is the Abbot of St Benet's, though the abbey itself has long since fallen into ruin.

Listen Incoming links Comment on this post

All that remains

Posted at 21:27:13 on Fri, July 04th 2008 by graham
in: 15th of july upload abbey blackandwhite buildings d40x history landscape monochrome norfolk norfolkbroads photography riverbure ruins stbenetsabbey three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008

Graham Binns posted a photo:

Three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 185

The ruins of St Benet's Abbey on the banks of the River Bure.

This is an amazing set of ruins. Not only are parts of the abbey still there, but there's also the remains of a wind pump that was built inside the ruins themselves.

Even better than that is the graffiti, carved into the stone. The recent stuff is nothing special - pen-knive scratchings on the soft brickwork of the pump tower - but into the abbey ruins, beautifully chiselled into the old stones, are things like "C.T. Alcock, 1902" and "W.B, 1912." The oldest one I found said, simply, "1895."

So many years of history, all in one place.

Listen Incoming links Comment on this post

What man built to bridge nature's creation

Posted at 22:24:18 on Wed, May 21st 2008 by graham
in: blackandwhite buildings d40x desaturated photography prague three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008 vyšehrad

Graham Binns posted a photo:

Three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 141

The overpass that runs across Vyšehrad in Prague. Actually, it's not technically across Vyšehrad, which is about a half kilometre to the west of the overpass, but it was the nearest placename I could find.

Listen Incoming links 2 comments

Infrequently used, I fear

Posted at 09:02:34 on Sat, May 17th 2008 by graham
in: blackandwhite buildings d40x filter monochrome morecambe morecambebay photography racingoffice sea three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008 water yachtclub

Graham Binns posted a photo:

Three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 137

The Morecambe and Heysham yacht club racing office at Morecambe. I wonder how often it gets used.

Listen Incoming links Comment on this post

High on a hill there was a station

Posted at 22:23:52 on Fri, May 09th 2008 by graham
in: blackandwhite buildings clouds d40x lensdistortion monochrome photography railway ribblehead station three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008

Graham Binns posted a photo:

Three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 129

The station building at Ribblehead, on the Settle to Carlisle line.

Listen Incoming links Comment on this post

Next Page >>

Search

Latest Twitter

One of them days: unexpected happenstance, hard work, confusion and phone calls. Throw in some photography and it'll be a good one. 2008-07-24 16:58:22 (More)

Launchpad Bugs

Post Categories

10mm 15th of july upload amusing animals atheism autoportrait bass bbc bird blackandwhite blogging blogs buildings canonical caton church colourised computing cricket d40x desaturated django editing flickr flower forestofbowland from the inbox funny general heysham home humour in the news lancashire lancaster landscape links linux london lune may 12th upload me monochrome morecambe morecambebay music nanowrimo nature news new site night norfolk norfolkbroads novel novel-the-second observations pendle people photography podcasts posts that started out differently programming python quotes ranting reading reflection religion science sea selfportrait sepia shadows sigma1020mm silliness sky stupidity sunset texture thoughts three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008 travel tree twitter ubuntu warren ellis, internet jesus water work writing writing ideas

Previous entries

About

Graham Binns is a writer and software developer from Lancaster, England, with rather too much hair. He has been making things up for as long as he can remember and has been making code work for long enough to make a living from it.

He has written one novel, which is in the process of composting, and is working on a second.