This afternoon I spent some happy hours at Wormingford on the Suffolk Essex county boundary and by the Stour Valley Path. The weather was particularly clement for February. There was a touch of Spring in the air and the snowdrops were out in style.
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Snowdrops near the Church of St Andrew, Wormingford |
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Masses of snowdrops further down the Stour Valley Path at Wormingford |
The Reader is also a writer, the famous author, poet and editor Ronald Blythe. I have read his delightful and widely acclaimed book
Akenfield and I enjoyed the film it inspired, directed by Sir Peter Hall, though some critics gave this evocative and touching film bad reviews. I'm currently reading
Word from Wormingford and
I bought a copy of
John Nash at Wormingford from the church bookstall today.
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The Church of St Andrew Wormingford |
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Church House, Wormingford |
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The leaning church wall at Wormingford is very distinctive |
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Lectern at St Andrew's, Wormingford |
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Lady Chapel and pulpit at St Andrew's, Wormingford |
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Piscina and sedilia at St Andrew's, Wormingford |
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Interior of St Andrew's Church, Wormingford |
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Stained glass window showing Christ with Mary and Martha (Luke's Gospel 10: 38-42) at St Andrew's Church, Wormingford |
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St Andrew's Church, Wormingford: Christ with the Samaritan woman at the well (John's Gospel chapter 4) |
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The delightful bookstall at St Andrew's Wormingford |
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St Andrew's Wormingford: tower and south porch |
Views across the Stour Valley with Stoke by Nayland church in the background. The church seemed to glow this afternoon in the bright late February sunlight. At times the sun appeared to shine dramatically on the beautiful tower above the distant trees.
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Across the fields to Bures |
Countryside around Wormingford from the Stour Valley Path.
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