To start, a cowslip by the road where we parked
Between East and West Hendred
Holy Trinity, West Hendred
Leaving Ginge Brook
Roundabout Hill
Almost luminous moss in Red Barn Farm yard
Hay bales in Red Barn Farm
All Saints Lockinge
I think this used to be Ardington Pottery is days gone by, but the van and brown bin didn’t invite a photo
However, no van, no signage, no brown bin, no rubish. Not all AI is bad.
Is this what angels look like?
Blue and yellow
The A417 at West Hendred
East Hendred Mill
This was real – no AI involved
Hendred House – manor house belonging to the Eyston family for over 600 years
There are doors, blossom and rape, more graves, and Ardington House with horse chestnut buds in the gallery.
For those that asked, Ardington House is owned by the Baring family (since 1939). It was built in about 1720. Lord Wantage, one of the first Victoria Cross recipients for his bravery in the Crimean War and founder of the British Red Cross, took ownership in 1861. His legacy lives on in the Russian cannonballs from the 1854 Battle of Inkerman, still mounted beside the front door. [source, and photo of the canon balls]. Lord Wantage’s main house was Lockinge house (demolished 1947) and he used Ardington house as an overflow.
For more about Ardington Church and Churchyard, see the walk in April 2023
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4 replies on “Photos from walk on April 2nd from East Hendred to Ardington”
David,
Thank you for the wonderful photographs together with the explanations and history. I was on the same walk as you and did not see the things that you have since pointed out.
Lovely photos, as ever, David. Wish I could have been there. Very impressive AI- will you always say when it is used??
Stuart. AI? In general, yes I will declare use, as in the example above. I won’t use AI to add new objects to an image, but I do use it to remove things like twigs and grass, and then AI is used to generate a replacement background. I would probably only declare this when the replacement background is significant in its own right, e.g. the wall and beams that were generated to replace the van.
Example: I use AI to remove a bright coloured ring round the leg of an Osprey in flight (and replace it with “normal” leg). Should I declare this?
Excellent, David. I must echo Ken’s comment that we seemed to have had diverging routes for much of yesterday 😉