Photos by Graham Martin : on the map, in Google Earth (KML)

Dear Tanya,

Many thanks for the explanation, very ingenious. I am a recently retired academic biologist and I know exactly what you mean about data dredging, it is quite rife in some parts of ecology and behavioural science. There is often a tendency to just measure everything and hope that the stats. will allow something of significance to pop out. There is nothing better than an properly constructed hypothesis that is then tested . I had a lot of trouble getting students to say what their hypothesis was and then once that was done we could set about thinking what needed to be measured and what stats tests would be useful. So I pleased to help.

All best

Graham

That is an interesting story. I live not too far from Winchcombe and will take a look sometime in the spring. If I can locate the window that you mention and I will get a photograph. What was your father's name?

All best

Graham

I am intrigued by the name "Skeet Hill". I have not heard this name and it does not appear on the OS map. Can you tell me where you have this name from. I walk there often.

Many thanks

Graham

the windows and door that looks to the graves is unwonted!

Yes, so do I. They seem pleasant enough.

Graham

Hi Graham I like the colour of the stonework and the plain Architectural features that do blend so well.LIKE. Regards Bob

Good Time

Dear Bob,

Just caught this one between the heavy rain yesterday. Everywhere was soaked which helped with the richer colour of the roof tiles. I will probably add a few more churches from this corner of Warwickshire over the coming weeks, as time and weather allow. Many thanks for making my photo of the church at Sudely Castle the feature photo for the group.

All best wishes

Graham

Dear Bob,

I have been trying to photograph this church for a while. It is the Chapel of the castle but is also a parish church. Nevertheless it is only possible to visit the church when attending a service or by paying to go around the castle, which I am reluctant to do. So I took this shot as the opportunity arose while walking on the Windrush Way yesterday. I suspect that closer to it is not possible to get a view of the whole church because of the trees. The surprise when taking the photo was that in the sheep pasture there were a lot of newly emerged field mushrooms, which is unusual for this time of year.

All best

Graham

Yes, it was quite a surprise. It looks as though it should be in a far flung part of the British Empire; New Zealand, southern Africa, etc. The story seems to be that it was built as a temporary mission church in 1899 after people got tired of travelling to the old church which was way out of the village ( Pendock old church, now a redundant church). But this temporary building has more than served its purpose and is still in use.

The nearby chapel at Gadfield Elm is also a surprise. A restored Mormon Chapel with a fascinating history in the development of the Mormon church in the United States. Seems that many people from this very rural region were converted and then went to the States eventually to Utah and were very active in establishing the church there. The Chapel contains a museum

Always something interesting turns up when we go poking around looking for churches!

All best

Graahm