Swings never get old
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amberdreamsHad a lovely day out with my cousin on her birthday on Wednesday and unbeknownst to us her new fella was vidding us being big kids on the swings we found in this tiny Suffolk village...
Two 52 year olds thoroughly testing the playground equipment to the limits of its stress tolerances!
The main reason we were there early enough to walk along and find the swings was because I'd dragged them to see a lovely church I've been wanting to see for ages. St Mary's Thornham Parva has 11th C Norman bits, a thatched tower and roof, but it's famous for it's 14th C rare wall paintings, and a lovely 14th C altar retable. I'm not sure what my cousin and her man really thought, but they did a good job of pretending it was fascinating! I'm actually quite amazed the church is open all the time, though it did have some sort of security system protecting the retable, which was reassuring. I suppose they don't have to worry about theft of lead from their roof with it being thatched, though the insurance gains on the one hand are probably offset by the increased fire risk!
After the church visit in Thornham Parva and the swings in Thornham Magna, we met up with another old friend for a very nice pub lunch in the Four Horseshoes, which claims to be 11th C too.
And I took some photos:
The south porch and an avenue of ancient lime trees
Norman window on the left, wall paintings just about visible. I didn't go too crazy inside the church as there are already some excellent photos on Flickr by an Ipswich guy called Simon K.
And the 14th C retable with what looks like a fairly ancient chair (I reckon 16th-17th C).
The saint on the left is supposed to be King Edmund. He's Suffolk's saint, martyred by the Danes supposedly in my ex work colleague's back garden in Hoxne. As my hubby pointed out, he does look rather camp!
As an aside, why do I have a tag for penis songs?????
Two 52 year olds thoroughly testing the playground equipment to the limits of its stress tolerances!
The main reason we were there early enough to walk along and find the swings was because I'd dragged them to see a lovely church I've been wanting to see for ages. St Mary's Thornham Parva has 11th C Norman bits, a thatched tower and roof, but it's famous for it's 14th C rare wall paintings, and a lovely 14th C altar retable. I'm not sure what my cousin and her man really thought, but they did a good job of pretending it was fascinating! I'm actually quite amazed the church is open all the time, though it did have some sort of security system protecting the retable, which was reassuring. I suppose they don't have to worry about theft of lead from their roof with it being thatched, though the insurance gains on the one hand are probably offset by the increased fire risk!
After the church visit in Thornham Parva and the swings in Thornham Magna, we met up with another old friend for a very nice pub lunch in the Four Horseshoes, which claims to be 11th C too.
And I took some photos:
The south porch and an avenue of ancient lime trees
Norman window on the left, wall paintings just about visible. I didn't go too crazy inside the church as there are already some excellent photos on Flickr by an Ipswich guy called Simon K.
And the 14th C retable with what looks like a fairly ancient chair (I reckon 16th-17th C).
The saint on the left is supposed to be King Edmund. He's Suffolk's saint, martyred by the Danes supposedly in my ex work colleague's back garden in Hoxne. As my hubby pointed out, he does look rather camp!
As an aside, why do I have a tag for penis songs?????
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Date: 2013-02-02 09:47 pm (UTC)