Essex Girl

This is Sophie, a girl from Essex hence the title. I saw Sophie on Town Street in Horsforth a few days ago, after a little chat I asked if I could have a photo for this blog.

Sophie came up to university in Leeds and now lives here in the city working as a fund-raiser for a well known national charity. It was a bright and sunny day but pretty cold and Sophie was dressed for the weather.

I must add that I would never have guessed that Sophie hailed from Essex and that I thought perhaps more Sloane than TOWIE.

Hi Sophie. It was nice to meet you and thanks for saying yes to the photo.

Bay Horse Pub Meanwood

Picture of the Bay Horse public house in Meanwood, Leeds.

On my way back from somewhere last week my SatNav took me slightly adrift, wanted me to take a road no longer accessible by motor vehicle. Going around the block to find another route I passed this public house, the Bay Horse, in what turned out to be Meanwood.

I know nothing of the history of the Bay Horse pub, it looks old but cannot find any details. I will look it up next time I am in the Leeds Library in the city.

The slight diversion had another unforeseen benefit. Whilst parked up to get the above photo I got chatting to a man who keeps bees nearby and he said I could go and look at them at work in the Spring.

Cottage in Meanwood

Picture of an old stone cottage in Meanwood, Leeds.

Just along from the Bay Horse pub in Meanwood there is a row of quite old cottages.

There is a date on the stone lintel above the window of 1720. I think this cottage will look quite different in a few months when the leaves arrive with the Spring.

More Snowdrops

Picture of snowdrops in a Yorkshire churchyard.

Before todays afternoon of heavy rain it was a cool but bright and blustery day here in Leeds.

I managed to visit a church not to far from me that has some quite nice old stained glass windows by Powell Brothers of Leeds. I knew the church would be open around lunchtime but did know the reason. I soon discovered there was a funeral in place when I arrived so I mooched about the churchyard.

The only flowers that were not artificial in the churchyard were some small clumps of snowdrops in flower. Nearly two weeks back I posted about the first snowdrops I had seen here in Leeds this year.

Clock Church of St Stephen

Picture of clock on the Church of St Stephen at Kirkstall, Leeds.

Today I passed by the Church of St Stephen in Kirkstall, Leeds and had a quick look around the churchyard despite the drizzle.

I used to live not far from this church when I was a student, but I have never been inside this church.

The exterior looks quite dark and the rain made it look darker. There are several trees around the church I mostly got round the branches by the oblique angle in the above photo. If you look at the photo you can see a couple of out of focus branches in the shot.

The clock seemed to be working, if a few minutes out and as I left it rang the hour.

Before I left I photographed a couple of memorial headstones in the churchyard, I will write about these tomorrow. Today I passed by the Church of St Stephen in Kirkstall, Leeds and had a quick look around the churchyard despite the drizzle.

I used to live not far from this church when I was a student, but I have never been inside this church.

The exterior looks quite dark and the rain made it look darker. There are several trees around the church I mostly got round the branches by the oblique angle in the above photo. If you look at the photo you can see a couple of out of focus branches in the shot.

Theme Day - The Water's Edge

Picture of Roundhay Park lake, Leeds.

This photograph shows the boathouse and the cafe on the Waterloo lake at Roundhay Park, Leeds. I took this when I last visited the park perhaps 3 weeks back one sunny afternoon.

Halloween at Calverley

I noticed this in the window of a cafe in the village of Calverley on my way into Leeds this morning.