RAF Lyneham Gate Guardian

De Havilland Comet C2 XK699 "Sagittarius" was unveiled as RAF Lyenham's gate guardian by HRH The Princess Royal on the 22nd June 1987.
These photos of XK699 were taken about 4 weeks before the unveiling.
With the closure of Lyneham in 2012 the airframe was scrapped - possibly the nose section was saved and moved to Boscombe Down.

Poole Pottery - Peacock Vase

I recently started collecting Poole Pottery (just in a small way) - this is one of my first acquisitions. The vase is a peacock design in the “Living Glaze” range, designed by Anita Harris and painted by Lorna Whitmarsh in the early 2000’s - the blue interior indicates this is a fairly early product, those produced later have a black interior.

Airbus A400M Atlas ZM401

The following is a selection of photographs I took of the A400M Atlas whilst it was on a training exercise at the rarely used airfield at Keevil in Wiltshire.

Tyntesfield

Tyntesfield is a Victorian Gothic Revival house, in North Somerset, formally a 16th century hunting lodge a Georgian mansion was built in the early 1800's which was then expanded and remodelled by William Gibbs. A chapel was added in the 1870's. The estate was bought by the National Trust in 2002 after the death of Richard Gibbs in 2001.
I was lucky enough to visit the house and estate a few weeks ago, here are some of my photos, more can be seen on my web site

Dyrham Park - April 2016

Dyrham Park consists of a large baroque mansin house built in the 17/18th century and ancient deer park of around 270 acres (110 hectars). It is situated a few miles North of Bath just off the A46.
It is currently owned by the National Trust and is open most days of the year - Full details here

Here are a few photos from my visit in April 2016 (More in my gallery here)