Cattle and Sheep

 

 

 

 

Sheep in the mist at Upper Hardres

 

 

Cattle on the Minnis at Stelling.

Mist on the Minnis

 

Well, actually, more like fog.

That lovely breeze from the south is laden with moisture which turns into fog when it reaches the warm land mass.

Sunrise on a calm morning.

 

The breeze is a gentle southerly. The squirrels are scampering from under my cycle wheels which are crunching and pinging over a patchy carpet of fallen hazel nuts. Some of the corners are treacherous with a mixture of mud washed from the fields in the recent rainstorm and loose chippings from the potholes.

It did not fall on my head.

 

 

This bough fell 

 

from this tree 

 

and blocked the lane.

 

Luckily, I cycled along later.

 

 

Passport Portraits of Yesteryear no. 52

Continuing the series of passport portraits in my collection.
Peruse and wonder.

Harold Valetta Chapin is the child of theatrical parents: Harold Chapin, actor & playwright and Calypso Valetta, actress. Before young Harold reaches the age of four, his father is killed at the Battle of Loos where he was serving with the London Field Ambulance section of the Royal Medical Corps.

This photograph is of Harold now at the age of seventeen. Presumably having finished his academic education he obtains this British passport in 1928 and then undertakes a journey to Greece, travelling overland through the newly named Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He returns by ship to Venice, then by train through Italy, Switzerland and France to London in time to appear as an extra in Hamlet at the Queen's Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue in 1930. The following year he is a messenger in King Lear at the Old Vic. Whilst acting in 1066 And All That at the Birmingham Rep. in 1936 he visits Germany, Austria and Switzerland and continues his acting and stage managing career until his death in 1950.

Just in case you did not believe me.

See previous message.

 

Early morning sun in Lynsore Bottom

 

Yes, Lynsore Bottom truthfully is the name of the locality.
I'll take a shot of the road sign next time!