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Chalfont Park

by skyadmin September 28, 2021 in Photo Blog0 commentstags: autumn, buckinghamshire, england, lake, river
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Chalfont Park developed from an area of land the size of two carucates acquired by Ranulph Brito, Treasurer of the Wardrobe, in March 1229 from Arnold de Turville in exchange for discharging his debt to Jews. Ranulph enfeoffed Andrew le Goys with the manor, and came into the possession of William Goys by 1302, and was owned by John Goys in 1316. In 1320, John Goys conveyed the manor to Geoffrey Bulstrode, from whom the manor acquired its name. Adam Bulstrode, likely Geoffrey’s son, was in possession of the manor before 1346 and a Geoffrey Bulstrode held the manor in 1361. In the early 15th century, the manor was inherited by Agnes, daughter of Robert or Richard Bulstrode and wife of William Brudenell, who bequeathed the manor to her son Edmund, and the manor was henceforth known as Brudenells. Upon Edmund’s death in 1469, his son Drew inherited the manor, and was inherited by Drew’s son Edmund on his death in 1490. I shot this photo at the end of the lake but had to navigate the drone past a number of trees and bushes to get the shot, it is now quite as accessible as the photo shows. You can find other photos of Chalfont St Peter here, here […]

Snag Tree

by skyadmin September 16, 2021 in Photo Blog0 commentstags: buckinghamshire, england, sunset, tree
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In forest ecology, a snag tree refers to a standing, dead or dying tree, often missing a top or most of the smaller branches. In freshwater ecology it refers to trees, branches, and other pieces of naturally occurring wood found sunken in rivers and streams; it is also known as coarse woody debris. When used in manufacturing, especially in Scandinavia, they are often called “dead wood” and in Finland “kelo wood”. I took this picture at just before sunset in the middle of a field in Chalfont St Peter, I wasn’t sure if there was enough light but in the end I was surprised and was happy with the result There are other photos of Chalfont St Peter here, here and here.

Chalfont St Peter

by skyadmin September 14, 2021 in Photo Blog0 commentstags: buckinghamshire, england, snow, town
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Chalfont St Peter is a large village and civil parish in southeastern Buckinghamshire, England. It is in a group of villages called The Chalfonts which also includes Chalfont St Giles and Little Chalfont. The villages lie between High Wycombe and Rickmansworth. It is one of the largest villages, with nearly 13,000 residents. The urban population for it and Gerrards Cross is 19,622, the two villages being considered a single area by the Office for National Statistics. I shot this photo early in the morning as soon as I saw that winter had hit, it was during the pandemic when everyone was isolating at home. You can find another photo of the village here, here and here.

Supermoon

by skyadmin September 11, 2021 in Photo Blog0 commentstags: buckinghamshire, church, england, moon, town
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A supermoon is a full moon or a new moon that nearly coincides with perigee—the closest that the Moon comes to the Earth in its elliptic orbit—resulting in a slightly larger-than-usual apparent size of the lunar disk as viewed from Earth. The technical name is a perigee syzygy (of the Earth–Moon–Sun system) or a full (or new) Moon around perigee. Because the term supermoon is astrological in origin, it has no precise astronomical definition I shot this supermoon from the carpark of Chalfont St Peter, UK, you can see another photo of the village here, here and here.
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