Lacock (Sunday 13th August 2017)

Having slept rather poorly, I decided I needed a bit of a walk and some fresh air to help me for the following night, and set of for the grounds of Lacock Abbey (National Trust). I found it surprisingly busy but the crowds dispersed by the time I reached the outer edges of the ground. I had a good look at their Botanic Gardens and nearly chose a picture from there as a Blip (they can be seen in the album link below), deciding not to mainly because of all the garden shots I've posted recently.

I also found the other Smokey (aka The Abbess) curled up asleep under a tree. I might not have seen her at all but for a lad stroking her that gave away her presence. After he'd left with his parents I doubled back to greet her myself.

She was at least partially awake as I could hear her gentle purr but opening her eyes to acknowledge her admirer was clearly far too much trouble. As I've blipped her several times I have instead put one of the day's shots in Extras. I kept an eye out for the other cats that live at the Abbey as I did a complete tour of the grounds, including the pond,  but didn't find any.

On the way out I encountered this juvenile robin, and as I've only blipped robins on two previous occasions I chose this for my blip.

My other reason for visiting was to see the latest exhibition in the Fox Talbot Museum, Fractured Architecture, Cubist photography by Thomas Kellner.

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14.8.2017 (1318 hr)

Blip #2196 (#2446 including 250 archived blips)
Consecutive Blip #080
Blips/Extras In 2017 #257
Day #2698 (518 gaps from 26 March 2010)
LOTD #1431 (#1557 including 126 on archived blips)

Birds series
Lacock series
National Trust series
Robins series

A Visit To Lacock Abbey NT, 13 August 2017 (Flickr album of 22 images)

Taken with Pentax K-50 (Red) and Pentax HD P-DA 55-300mm F4-5.8 ED WR lens

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Four Tet - 2017 (2017)