A few photos from back in September

This small collection of photos were taken back in September, firstly some of our local common in Liss Forest, Hampshire and a visit to The Championship for horse ploughing.
Jump to Time to eat Jump to Memorial to a WW2 bomber pilot Jump to The plaque Jump to A tractor hiding Jump to Hello Jump to Hello again Jump to Resting before we plough again Jump to The Fuller's horses Jump to 6 in hand Jump to From the other side Jump to Gentle giants Jump to Across the common Jump to Snowy across the common
Time to eat

Time to eat

This is one of the many cows that roam around the local common, we very often bump into them on our walk and my dog Jess seems to like trying to round them up.

Memorial to a WW2 bomber pilot

Memorial to a WW2 bomber pilot

This is the memorial to Richard Pryce-Hughes a Canadian pilot who crashed at this spot in April 1942. After the crew from the burning Halifax bomber bailed out he then made sure the bomber cleared all the surrounding villages including our village of Liss in Hampshire. This is where the pilot lost his life.
The plaque

The plaque

This is a close up of the memorial plaque.
A tractor hiding

A tractor hiding

We very often come across military vehicles on the common but it’s not very often we come across a tractor but today he was cutting the hedges.

Hello

Hello

Jess enjoying yet another walk.
Hello again

Hello again

After a long walk Jess had a rest while I took some photos.
Resting before we plough again

Resting before we plough again

This is a pair of the horses that were at the ploughing championship held back in September not to far away from where we live at Rogate so we thought we would go and take a look.
The Fuller's horses

The Fuller's horses

These are the Fuller's horses and cart which travel the country.
6 in hand

6 in hand

This was a really lovely site, 6 horses ploughing. There was only one chap driving them and I think just one other chap walking along side them. What a site! All that horse power at one chaps finger tips...
From the other side

From the other side

Gentle giants

Gentle giants

Two beautiful gentle giants taken on the ploughing challenge.
Across the common

Across the common

The next two pictures were taken form the same spot but a few months apart.

This one was taken in September....

Snowy across the common

Snowy across the common

...and this one was taken today January 7th 2010, after the heavy snow in the south.

More snow photos next time.