THORNHAUGH. CHURCH : ST ANDREW

It doesn't get much better than this!! A beautiful mid January afternoon, first blue sky witnessed on my travels for about a month, a village that I had not visited for over 30 years, and the most exquisite church that you could wish for.

  I hadn't been to Thornhaugh since they used to have a school many years ago. Unless my advanced age is playing havoc with my memory, I recall that the school was thatched. My primary school, Alwalton, also now sadly no more, used to make a once yearly trip to Thornhaugh to play the local school.

  Just imagine, mix and match kits, about eight different shaeds of blue. The lad in goal wasn't between the posts because of any goalkeeping ability. He supported Leeds United so had a different colour shirt than the rest of us.

...Where was I , oh yes the church! I could have stayed here all morning just listening to the gentle birdsong.

 Made the return trip the following week to shoot the interior, three nice small stained glass windows, and a spectacular monument to the Right Hon Sir William Russell, who died in 1613, were the highlights of the interior.

  Lovely church, really nice people, and a pleasure to have visited.