Old Mill Lane

Old Mill Lane

Saturday 15 August 2015

Holderness

A photographic foray beyond Hull took us to the very beautiful Saint Patrick's church at Patrington. 

http://www.stpatrickspatrington.org.uk/

It was difficult to get a decent view of the whole building, because of the surrounding trees, but an infrared shot against a bright blue sky made a pleasant change.











































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 With little Victorian glass to filter the light, the interior glowed in the sunlight.

































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Rather confusingly Saint Patrick's is known as "The Queen of Holderness" while the nearby grand church, of Saint Augustine at Hedon, is "The King of Holderness".

We enjoyed good tea and cake at Hedon, a lovely little market town, but were both unable to get in to the church or find a decent vantage point to photograph the exterior, partly because of the number of cars parked in the Market Place. This is nicked from the web.

































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Prior to these ecclesiastical delights, Brain and I popped in to the very idiosyncratic Fort Paull.

http://www.fortpaull.com/

All the exhibits were at the end of long damp tunnels.









































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Much use was made of mannequin dummies, some of which were effective:










































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and some were not











































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Getting a ship in to a bottle must be easy compared to getting a Blackburn Beverly into a fort.

This video (of the same plane) dates from the previous museum site.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIRlZmiLmZs
































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The interior of the Beverly was huge and impressive with a parachute draped elegantly by the rear doors.











































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