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It’s @heritageopendays and we trek through @denbies_wine_estate , for part 2 of our immersion into Victorian Gothic, courtesy of George Gilbert Scott: now to St Barnabas, the Cathedral in the Woods, built on Ranmore Common by Scott in 1859 for George Cubitt, son of Thomas whose statue is in Dorking adjacent to Pippbrook House, to serve the 300 parishioners, all workers on the Denbies Estate. Particularly poignant are the memorials to Cubitt’s three grandsons and the eleven estate workers who were all killed in the First World War, and one in the Second. “Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn” taken in St Barnabas Church, Ranmore by @the_pompitouser

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It’s @heritageopendays , and first to Dorking for part 1 of our immersion into Victorian Gothic, courtesy of George Gilbert Scott: here we marvel at Pippbrook House, designed by Scott for millionaire ironmaster W H Forman, built 1856-1858, and now beautifully restored and operating as a creative hub… hat tip @pippbrookhouse @dorkinghalls taken in Pippbrook House by @the_pompitouser

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I lived for years in Stoke d’Abernon, but never walked this particular riverside path, a permissive route opened up recently (recently to me, that is) by the Cobham Park Estate ( hat tipped). Take a sharp right at the wooden footbridge near the cemetery on the Tilt, for a 20-minute perambulation, serenaded by the trains & the shouts from the Chelsea training ground, then wander back to the wooden footbridge, to cross and loop to Downside and back (not pictured here); surprisingly busy, so much nodding & smiling at the dogs and their walkers. taken in Stoke d'Abernon by @the_pompitouser

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17 days ago

More surprise & delight at @kew.wakehurst … some common & uncommon colour & form from the Walled Garden — dahlia, anemone, tithonia, ricinus (castor oil), love-lies-bleeding 💔 taken in Wakehurst Place & Kew Millenium Seed Bank by @the_pompitouser

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Across the High Weald to Kew Wakehurst, a vast, magical array of walled, water, woodland, and wetland gardens … and the critically important Millennium Seed Bank… hat tip @kew.wakehurst @kewgardens @nationaltrust taken in Wakehurst Place & Kew Millenium Seed Bank by @the_pompitouser

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Goodbye, July 💙 taken in England by @the_pompitouser

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2 months ago

From my walk ☘️🌼& my garden 🪴 tansy, pine oak, rowan, crab apple, Willowherb, clematis, jasmine, & flowering oregano taken in Bookham Commons by @the_pompitouser

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2 months ago

Le croquis d’aujourdhui … vin orange 🍊! Chapeau à @cotemas_wines Santé! 🇫🇷 taken in Languedoc-Roussillon, France by @the_pompitouser

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2 months ago

Merçi á tous 🇫🇷 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 by @the_pompitouser

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2 months ago

With sun hat tipped to @museumofbritishsurfing for inspiration, here’s my scribbled homage to the first surf shop in Britain, opened in 1965 opposite Newquay railway station, by Bill Bailey & Bob Head, BilBo, nothing to do with LOTR, although apparently Tolkien’s permission was obtained. Some artistic licence on my part: I’ve lower-cased the i, and added an apostrophe s. Visit the MOBS for the full story of Bilbo boards. My first attempt to surf (aged 9) involved me & my pals struggling down the cliff path at Sharrow Point on Whitsand Bay with a gigantic long board, to spend the afternoon jumping on & off it: no surfing 🏄 was achieved. It may have been a Bilbo board, or perhaps a Dewey Weber - see my scribble from 30 years ago 😉. Hang ten. taken in Newquay, Cornwall England by @the_pompitouser

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2 months ago

Down by the river; the Mole, from Fetcham Splash to Fetcham Ponds passing under & over the bridges of Leatherhead. 💙💚 taken in River Mole by @the_pompitouser

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3 months ago

The Bookham Commons, a prehistoric wildwood later called Bochum, shaped by the pond-digging Benedictine monks of Chertsey Abbey, its oak plundered by Henry Tudor’s monastery-dissolving son, popular with late-nineteenth-century day trippers from London (the station, opened in 1885, is five minutes walk), saved from development in 1923 by locals, who gifted the Commons to @nationaltrust, and now enjoyed by us all. taken in Bookham Commons by @the_pompitouser

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