My Leverton

We are into the autumn now and the mornings and evenings tell us that we soon will be putting on our thicker clothing. There are more birds coming to the bird table and feeders now, too, and slightly earlier in the afternoon.

I haven't had the opportunity to get on to the marshes as much as I would have liked but I will endeavour to get some more pictures as soon as I can. It has been a very busy year for me and we all know; no matter how much you try the time to get everything done time somehow passes you by.

I will leave the 'update' below for the present and will try to get the photos in to gallery to go with the many others of the village and beyond.

If we get some snow this year I will certainly get some winter scenes from around the village for you. It looks so beautiful with the fields covered with a blanket of snow stretching away as far as the eye can see.

                                                                                                          Update

A couple of weeks ago I, and my friend Gerry, went out on to the marshlands of Leverton and did our filming with both cameras.  We hope very soon to have a link on the on the website which will take our viewers to where all our videos can be viewed. The still images will be available either in the gallery or within the documents on the front page until removed to update with later news etc.

The professional film editor, Mr Michael Plant of Leverton, will make room available to us on his website where the videos can be accessed. Michael's link will be made available very shortly.

Gerry and I had a very good and memorable day, walking and filming and discussing all things 'marshland' and reminiscing about the war years when the Lincolnshire east coast was believed to be where the Nazis would launch their much feared invasion of of the British Isles. On the video this subject is discussed, with a view of one of the old 'pill - boxes' built as a first line of defence.

In the meantime I will place here a few still photos, taken on the day, for your perusal:

 



                                            They came to be friendly in the end.

I call this beauty 'My' pony.



Beautiful, or what!



This is all that is left of the Dovecote Farm



'My' pony



A view of Lodge Farm from the old Dovecote Farm and Dovecote Lane.




The remains of the barn and granary at Dovecote. Note the slot in the wall (bottom), that is where a belt drive from a tractor or power source would have driven, possibly, a chaff (straw) cutter or other farm machine.
The holes dotted around the wall would have been for the floor joists above which would be the granary where the feed and corn would have been stored.



The front of the old barn. We have no dates for the building but certainly it was here and funtional in the very early 1900s so possible early 1800s?



The road over the 'old' sea bank (top centre) is colloquially known as a 'pullover': a road or way over the bank.



The field here was a grass field during the Second World War and billeted here were the troops that manned the searchlight, first of all sited here and later, situated on the 'New' sea bank. There were lots of accomodation tents including cookhouse, of course, and also a field gun that was always under a tarpaulin sheet. There were lots more hedges and trees in those far off days.



Another inquisitive, but very welcome, friend.
This view is looking south towards the village of Benington. These sea defences are certainly huge strutures, and very picturesque at this time of the year.


                                                                                      Update
Since the latest entry I have been informed that the Leverton Gala, which was cancelled last year because of illness, may be called off permanently. This is due, I am told, to a lack of people coming forward to help in the organising of the event. This is terrible news for the village as we all thought it was back with a vengeance, and was proving very popular. Very sad news indeed.

Alan.

Also:

5 more poems by Annette Borill are in Poets Corner! 

Also another one by Alan.