Monthly Archives: April 2012

Shocking, isn’t it?  From Flanders fields to the villages of Cornwall, there are certain headstones I come across that make me take a step backwards and draw breath, for whatever reason.  This is one.  The reason here is obvious.

  Locked. Just down the road:

What happened to the gun, I know not.  Perhaps it went the way of all scrap metal during World War II. A greyer day some years later: I photographed this cross on my first visit,… …but somehow missed the grave … Continue reading →

Above & below: The grave of Major Herbert Augustine Carter VC, who died from exhaustion in East Africa in January 1916.  He won his VC in India in 1903. The Church of St. Erth.  Locked.