An old working wooden barn

I had a delightful cross country journey today which let me combine shopping in my favourite places, as well as a potter down country roads. I went to Bisley to the farm shop, stocked up with their own vegetables, then drove via Cranham and Prinknash Abbey to Gloucester, to the chinese suppliers of fresh tofu.

As I descended down the old trackway called Portway, past the old Abbey grounds, I sauntered along the narrow lane looking at old buildings and checking how the land is used. As I reached the bottom of the Cotswold escarpment, the land changes completely into the Severn Vale, which has been formed by the River Severn meandering down to the sea.

I noticed in the corner of my eye some old building s and what seemed to be a wooden barn. I reversed back, parked and crossed a stile into a field, which allowed me to see this view of Manor Farm and its Grade 11 listed barn, near to the village of Upton St. Leonards, Gloucestershire.