Thank you, Prudence. I thought a bit of bleak minimalism might be nice after yesterday's riot of foliage. Norfolk has its quiet corners as well as its pretty ones.
It looks kind of restful, doesn't it, Petrea. Unfortunately, these poor souls don't have long to rest. This is Happisburgh churchyard. If you check my old "Coast" posts you'll see it's the village that the sea is eating up at a rate of 40 yards a year. Most of these graves are of seafaring folk, including several mass graves from wrecks and sea battles, but some time in the next century they're going to have to disturb their rest, dig them up and move them inland.
Savannah, it is indeed a beautiful view, but as you can see from my note above, they won't have it for ever.
Ms.M. I imagine it would be spooky under a full moon. I might venture out there in the winter with a tripod and see if I can get a good photo.
What is it about tombstones near the sea? I have a bunch of photos I took in Ireland or graveyards with an ocean vista. Makes you wonder about the people buried there. They are strangely beautiful and serene places.
Neetzy, the people buried here are not landlubbers wanting a nice sea view but either fisherfolk from the village or sailors from wrecks and battles. There were a couple of huge sea battles here in the eighteenth century and the churchyard has big monuments with roll-calls of the dead who are buried on the seaward side of the church. I have photos of some I might post one day.
This is a real beauty. It reminds me of the windswept prairie of The Little Bighorn Battlefield (Montana) where Custer was soundly defeated. There are gravestones where every man fell. It lays hundreds of miles from the ocean so it is safe. Your photo is perfect.
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Thank you, Prudence. I thought a bit of bleak minimalism might be nice after yesterday's riot of foliage. Norfolk has its quiet corners as well as its pretty ones.
What a view, sugar! The dead always seem to get the best vantage points! xoxoxoxo
Beautiful and haunting; timeless. I can imagine what it might look like under a full moon.
It looks kind of restful, doesn't it, Petrea.
Unfortunately, these poor souls don't have long to rest. This is Happisburgh churchyard. If you check my old "Coast" posts you'll see it's the village that the sea is eating up at a rate of 40 yards a year. Most of these graves are of seafaring folk, including several mass graves from wrecks and sea battles, but some time in the next century they're going to have to disturb their rest, dig them up and move them inland.
Savannah, it is indeed a beautiful view, but as you can see from my note above, they won't have it for ever.
Ms.M. I imagine it would be spooky under a full moon. I might venture out there in the winter with a tripod and see if I can get a good photo.
What is it about tombstones near the sea? I have a bunch of photos I took in Ireland or graveyards with an ocean vista. Makes you wonder about the people buried there. They are strangely beautiful and serene places.
Neetzy, the people buried here are not landlubbers wanting a nice sea view but either fisherfolk from the village or sailors from wrecks and battles. There were a couple of huge sea battles here in the eighteenth century and the churchyard has big monuments with roll-calls of the dead who are buried on the seaward side of the church. I have photos of some I might post one day.
I know they are not paying for a room with a view.
Hee hee.
This is a real beauty. It reminds me of the windswept prairie of The Little Bighorn Battlefield (Montana) where Custer was soundly defeated. There are gravestones where every man fell. It lays hundreds of miles from the ocean so it is safe.
Your photo is perfect.
Thank you, Mark.
Little Bighorn battlefield must be a spooky place.
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