St Bartholomew's church, Vowchurch

 Keith will be home in a few days, as soon as the care package is in place.  We are both counting the days.  Once he's home, Danny and Emma will hold the fort here whilst I go regularly to help Tam out, as baby (now FINALLY named Rosie) hasn't been sleeping at all well - she didn't settle until 6 a.m. this morning and both Jon and Tam are absolutely exhausted already.  She will go to sleep laying ON them, but not in her crib.  Of course, they daren't go to sleep with her on them. I'm just about to do some meals for them to last a few days, and a cake as well.  

Finally, the photos taken at Vowchurch.  Well worth a visit if you are in the area.

A lovely half-timbered house the far side of the churchyard.

The simple Norman font.  The church was consecrated in 1348.

Beneath the Bell Tower.

Looking down the nave towards the altar. Note the roof beams which have queen posts, tie-beams and collar-beams.

Restoration period wall art dated 1664.

A fragment of  the Monument to John Bourne who died in 1625.  I hope you can read the tribute to him below.

A fragment of glass from a large window in the nave, subsequently replaced and possibly an early fragment as quite yellowed, which was signed by the Rev. Morgan Jones, Curate-in-Charge, 1822 - 1834.

I thought these were pears, but one has a mouth! so perhaps fish . . .

Just love the caryatids -Adam and Eve one assumes - and some fish? above them, and the two Hippocampuses? on the rood screen (dated 1613).  HERE is a link to the fascinating history of the Welsh water horse (hippocampus), especially one that lived not that far from Brecon, in the River Honddu. It was apparently a bit of a pest!

I would assume these lovely carved wooden benches, are celebrating marriages.