Been a while…
So hey! I’m not really sure why I haven’t found the time to update this place in over a year. It doesn’t say very much about my ability to stay committed to something, but I assure you that in the past year I’ve had this photo blog in the recess of mind. It sat there prettily happy in the knowledge that I would update it, just as soon as I took a decent picture. We’ll ignore the fact that the pictures in question was taken a few months ago now…
During the summer my parents celebrated their circa 400th wedding anniversary (expert opinion on the exact timing of their marriage varies, carbon dating has proven inconclusive) and they took the opportunity to invite family and friends to a National Trust location. Alcohol imbibed, cake consumed, anecdotes recounted, and a great chance to walk round the gardens and take some photos.
So a bird and a bee (of sorts, don’t get technical on me entomologists!) Enjoy!
This cute bird was totally checking me out
Could have been sharper for sure, but I like it.
Solo: Harrogate’s Cenotaph
‘Solo’ is simply the name I settled upon for when I can’t find a theme amongst my pictures and end up posting them one at a time.
Today’s Solo is of a monument I have been unable to spell for a long time, a cenotaph. A cenotaph is an ’empty tomb’, from the Greek κενοτάφιον, rather fitting as they are usually dedicated to the dead, specifically dead soldiers.
This cenotaph in particular is based in Harrogate and was constructed in 1923 by the sixth Earl of Harewood in memory of fallen soldiers from World War I, it was then rededicated after Word War II to include the dead from both wars. Every year on Remembrance Sunday a service is held there, as happens across the country.
The Cenotaph in Harrogate
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