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Walk around old village of Farnborough

Its plainly obvious that after Jo Gosney took us on a great circular walk today that I only knew a very tiny amount about the area in which I live. Thank you ever so much, I really enjoyed it and learnt a great deal. Also thanks for your concern about my health, I made it all the way and I am not aching!

I took only 10 photos today which is unusual for me but I guess it was because I was more interested in what Jo had to say than I was in f-stops and composition! I will re-do the walk in the future and take some more shots.

Historic Farnborough

Later today I will be joining a historic walk around Farnborough (after all I need the exercise right now to get back to full fitness). Its being led by local historian Jo Gosney and we will be exploring the area known as “Farnborough Village” the very original Farnborough. I will take my camera along to capture the places we explore and will put together an article on the blog late.

I am working on a little side project of documenting how Farnborough looks today (photographically) and the changes that are afoot. The problem is I have shelved this for awhile for personal reasons but now is as good a time as any to gradually get it going again.

I hope to (over time) write up on a few walks around the area and indeed the whole county of Hampshire, to provide something useful and interesting to people visiting this site. I have for this reason set up a number of tags which will aid site visitors in finding these things.

I would also like to mention the Farnborough Society at this point, as today’s walk will also serve as an introduction to the work being carried out by the Society’s History Group which is led by Jo Gosney. More information can be gleaned from the Society website: www.thefarnboroughsociety.org.uk

Related links:

http://www.rushmoor.gov.uk/media/adobepdf/e/6/10walksaroundfarnborough_1.pdf

Samuel Cody centenary flypast, Farnborough

I love it when low key events take place and today a fabulous flypast was put on at Farnborough. I managed to capture some shots (albeit not using my ma-hoosive lens! I am not allowed to lug heavy stuff around at the moment).

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