Alpaca walking...

Not something you see every day!

In complete contrast to recent days today has been bright and sunny. Went out and about this morning and managed to snap this little group on the lane at Camps End. They're training these alpaca for Alpaca Trekking...

Went out for lunch with Margaret to The Riverside Barns at Ickleton, and then on to have a look at St Mary's Church, Strethall. (Extras)

Streathall is an ancient place with several sunken lanes that go back to prehistoric times, one of them right beside the church.

The Grade I listed building that is Strethall’s magnificent Saxon church was very probably built about the time of Aethelred’s charter and is thus within a few years either side of its millennium. According to the Ancient Monuments Commission it dates from the early 11th century. Pevsner thinks it to be a little later at about the time of the conquest.

The extras show the 'long and short' west quoins of the nave and the chancel arch, both typically Saxon.