The Bagsy Blog: Look Through Any Window

Monday, 15 August 2016

Look Through Any Window - The Hollies

Our day was more Cultural than Natural, as Jean-Francois was keen to see, here on his maiden visit, anything remotely English. If you happen to be in this part of the World where else better to start than at the END of it?

maybe as close to an

English Country Pub

as is possible to get even though they all,

these days,

have the SCRUMPY STAINS scoured away!

Reaching Clouds Hill, he was asked if he was familiar with

Lawrence of Arabia Link
and it was coincidental that he is one of J-F's all time hero's!
When told than we were at that point driving along the very road on
which he was 'murdered' (my own theory, you don't have to subscribe)
his whole demeanour changed to that of a schoolboy.
First stop however was one which is mandatory for any of my guests
which is the unique

MORTON CHURCH
Look Through Any Window

Hope this can be read!

half ancient by many standards

and sporting

My Companions Very Own Motif.

Lead Piping,

NAVE,

FONT

and what might pass as a
HATCHMENT

all dwarfed by the magnificent

ETCHED not STAINED GLASS windows.

J-F was allowed to conduct the Service before viewing

the windows, attributed to

LAURENCE WHISTLER LINK
brother of artist Rex, he of
Whistler's Mother
fame.

The photograph shows German Bomb Damage from WWII.

More etching and

superb deck tiles.

By no means my first visit here but the first time it was noticed
that even the small lancets in the porch are etched.

The scared Oak outside looked rather Cathedral-like?
but it was now time to test his Powers of Observation.

Entering Morton Cemetery via the
LYCHGATE
I quickly strolled to the end of the path and just sat quietly on the bench.
He did pass it twice, on both occasions giving it a quizzical look,
before realising that this was the

GRAVE of T. E. LAWRENCE

GRAVESTONE??
By now we were 'puffed out' so what more traditional than a

DORSET CREAM TEA
in the old School House?
No time to loose, it was quickly onward to

and pay homage to another of our Counties Hero's

THE BARD

who is Novelist and Poet
THOMAS HARDY (ORDER of MERIT)

While the inscription reads

"here lies the Heart of Thomas Hardy"

legend has it that once the Apothecary had removed the organ it

was quickly filched by a cat??

Otherwise, the rest of his remains are interred in

Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey

To complete a Hat Trick for the day you need walk no more than
10 paces to view the grave of yet another luminary

POET LAUREATE

CECIL DAY-LEWIS

Father of Actor Daniel Day-Lewis

The tranquillity of the grounds and the Church itself are worthy of a closer look with both

GARGOYLE
and

GROTESQUE

GOTHIC ARCH

ORGAN and CHOIR
above transept door
where Hardy's father was said to have played 'sackbut', an early Baroque
version of the Trombone, with the local Band.