Saffron

The nature of a place is intrinsically linked to its past. Even where cities have been obliterated, street patterns and names persist. Saffron Walden has never been obliterated. Its medieval buildings show off a time of economic prosperity. A boom time of trade. Properties were big, displaying wealth, sophistication and high fashion. On many of […]

Walsingham Walls

I love this wall in Walsingham, Norfolk. It is made of brick and flint with a wooden structure within it. Norfolk is quite famous for not having a ready supply of decent building material. There are also a few carvings and mouldings that have been re-used – Tudor Roses and a greyhound. It also have filled […]

Walls

I felt odd taking these photographs. the view wasn’t a landscape, artwork or people. It was a wall. A chap walked past me and stopped. He looked at me, what I was doing, and then the wall. “I’ve been walking past this wall for the past 30 years” he said, “and I have never seen […]