Peter Kershaw
@notthatelderpeter
Scot, high Presbyterian: interested in Scottish ecclesiastical history. Volunteer/trustee for www.powis.scot, cataloguing ecclesiastical buildings and sites in Scotland. Views my own.
Ghost signs are one thing, but here's a ghost post box (on he wall of the former post box in Lauder, Berwickshire)
An icon of a very stern looking Christ from the "Icons on Ammo Boxes" exhibition in St Edmund's, Falinge. Perhaps he's looking at the world as it is today...
A green hairstreak butterfly, not a brilliant picture, but it's the first one I've seen
The Germans call cowslips "Himmelsschüssel", keys to heaven. Are these looking for the lock?
From Nostell Priory Garden, a black and white picture of a fritillary
Early spring has arrived in Edinburgh judging by the tentative flowering in the Royal Botanic Garden. These pasque flowers looked as if they were shivering behind the protective hairs!
It was so cold we had to burn the palm crosses for 5 seconds heat!
Happy Christmas to all. Celebrated Christmas morning at St Thomas, Batley.
Happy Lancashire Day! - a picture from "Real Lancashire" - you can change the admin are but not the county boundaries! Furness is "Lancashire beyond the sands".
To Shap Abbey this afternoon: if you wanted to demonstrate how the buildings and outbuildings in an abbey related to each other this would be an ideal place to go. The abbey was obviously not rich enough to add extra buildings or alter the original plan.
The light on Blackness Castle was almost enough to make you forget its history as a prison
Church closures are really not a new development (although this one is in England not Scotland). This 1906 Primitive Methodist chapel was apparently sold to the Church of Christ in 1925, but is now derelict. The original building (date stamped 1906) wrapped round behind the shop on the right.
A visit to the wonderful Song School at St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh. An example of how Phoebe Anna Traquair illustrated the Benedicite on a mural surrounding the space. The influence of the Arts and Crafts movement and William Blake is clear.
The lovely and very old St Bega's church on the shores of Bassenthwaite Lake, the oldest church in the Lake District. Nave and chancel date back to Anglo-Saxon times, though much restored in the 19th century.
The font (and open work cover) at St Peter's Heysham #FontsonFriday
Inside St Peter's Heysham is a magnificent hogsback tombstone.
The west side of St Peter's Heysham, with the original Anglo-Saxon doorway now blocked. The narrow window on the south side also appears to be Anglo-Saxon, but must have been moved.
Today is apparently nature photography day, so that's an excuse for picture of an avocet at Leighton Moss. #birds #naturephotography
There has to be something appropriate in watching avocets, for a long time the symbol of the RSPB, in the "Eric Morecambe Hide" at RSPB Leighton Moss. And very lucky to see an avocet chick as well.