Time Team and the Leicestershire Round...

Langton Caudle - Stonton Wyville

It's a funny thing this Internet. You just don't know where it might lead you. This morning I was doing some photography in the Thorpe Langton area. I decided to walk along the Leicestershire Round to the top of Langton Caudle. It was a wonderful morning - the type that I love, a fresh breeze and the autumn sun warming the air just enough - not hot or warm but just right. As I stood on top of the hill I had a wonderful view of the Welland valley and I just took my time to soak up the view. The way that the hills had been moulded by the glaciers - the ancient landscape stretched out infront of me - I was standing on a suspected bronze age track, next to a mound - also possibly bronze age. Quite intoxicating.

So I finished my photography and walked back to the car. A good day all round. I got back home and started to process the images. As I did I decided to undertake some light historical research into the meaning of the hill name 'Langton Caudle'. To my surprise I discovered the Wessex Archaeological report on the Time Team dig that had taken nearby. Now I am great Time Team fan and I had always wondered what happened after the dig was over. What happened to all the information? How stupid. Of course there would be formal report I just didn't expect this to be on line. Again I suspect I was naive - of course it would be on line. It was fascinating to read the report's sombre recording of the details and then compare this to the Time Team's programme. Talk about spin - the great strength of Time Team is that it makes a really dry subject so accessible.

So the morale of the story? Well I suppose you just don't know what the Internet is going to throw up - the connections that you will make. As for the history of the name Langton Caudle - well I am still working on that!

Leicestershire Landmarks on FlickR

All Sainst Church - Leicester

I have finally got around to creating a new set on FlickR for my long term project called Leicestershire Landmarks. To see the set click here:

So where to go from here?

Bradgate Park - part of the Leicestershire Landmark series

Day one of the next phase of my life.  I had hoped that this day would not have arrived for another year or so but this was not to be.  So what to do with myself?   Get better is number one on the agenda.  Enjoy the summer is another.  But these are somewhat short term.  What about beyond that?   

The answer to this is a that I just don't know.   I have so many things I want to do but at the moment I am not sure I have the motivation to try and achieve them.   This, I hope, will pass.   I have decided that I want to try and document the life of the reed warbler in my local park.  Not sure how this will progress but this is a bird that has always fascinated me.   Such a small creature yet it manages to fly from africa and nest not 200 metres from where I am sitting to nest and bring up its young.   I have also become fascinated with the effect of neon lights on the the quality of light at night.  Then of course there is my long term project about the Leicestershire Landmarks.  I have so many ideas for this that sometimes I don't know where to start,  Then there is....and so on.  What to do, when to fit them into my life.  Perhaps there is life after the course after all.  Only time will tell.

Thinking about a theme

A number of people have said that I need to make the next project about more than 'flash photography'.   I have been somewhat resistant to this suggestion as I don't feel that either I am not explaining myself too well - not unknown - or that other people have not got what I have been saying.  I am not sure whether this is helping or not so I have decided to modify what I am doing.   Instead of just ploughing on regardless I am now going to slightly change my approach.  It is still going to be around flash photography or painting with light but instead it will be in support of the 4 project I have on the go at the moment.   These are:

Leicestershire Landmarks - an exploration of the landmarks that have a significant impact on Leicestershire

Park and Ride - Documenting the building of a new park and ride at Enderby

Jubilee Park - Documenting a local park

Varsity - Documenting my life at University