Lovin' Vane

Another collection of the wonderfully varied weather-vanes on display in the villages and towns around my home. A lot of them are on agricultural themes which probably just reflects the kind of places I've been walking lately.

The last row is all about cricket: the final one showing Old Father Time removing the bails is a copy of the famous one at Lord's Cricket Ground in London, though this one is on the little pavilion at Whittlesford; the middle one shows the famous batsman, Sir Jack Hobbs, and is on Hobbs' Pavilion on Cambridge's Parker's Piece (he was born in Cambridge); the other cricketer is on top of a garage at a home in my village. The other one which may need a little explanation is on the right in the row above the cricketers: it shows a malt shovel and is on the roof of the Old Maltings in Ely, now used as a wedding venue, cinema, theatre and conference centre.


Take care.