Winceby battlefield under threat

Winceby battlefield in Lincolnshire. Image: © Copyright Richard Croft (CC BY-SA 2.0)

A farmer has applied for planning permission to site 600 solar panels on the registered battlefield of Winceby (also an AONB and AOGLV).

Further planning details can be seen here (S/109/00715/14). Anyone wishing to object to the plans should write to East Lindsey District Council by 22.05.14. A Facebook site has also been set up to fight the proposals:

https://www.facebook.com/savewinceby

Blickling, the Hobarts and Norfolk

The south front door at Blickling Hall.

Below are some photos taken recently in the snow at Blickling Hall, Norfolk.

Little is written about the largely 17th century house during the English Civil War, though the affiliation of the owning family is suggested through a number of sources, including a letter penned by Cromwell: the first letter to be published in a contemporary newsbook ...