UNDERNEATH THE ARCHES

No idea what these old stone arches once belonged to but they were just there on their own at the side of a hilly road with no other obvious building nearby.
I can't recall the exact spot now, but the town you can see in the distance is Gloucester, so the arches would have been south from there, I guess somewhere between Upton St Leonards and Edge.

BASIC BUT CUTE

This small and simple building connected to someones garage brought a smile to my face.
It looked as if it had been designed by a four year old!
This wasn't the main home of the owners I'm pleased to say but was probably once part of farm building on the premises.
Unfortunately, I didn't take note of the location of this one, and so 20 years after taking the picture, it'll just have to be a mystery.

FORTHAMPTON FARMSTEAD

This farmstead in Forthampton is quite a size, with rather a lot of different styled red brick buildings making up the network.
Although I haven't yet been able to find out what the glass watchtower feature is for!

PAUSE FOR A BREAK

The field is half cut as the cart awaits the farmer returning, who is also half-cut...along at the nearest boozer!
The location of this non-activity was near Deerhurst.

FIELD OF WORK

This shot was taken in a field around the Wainlode Hill area.
Not sure if Massey Ferguson is considered the Rolls Royce of farming machinery or if it's more in the Lada territory, but the main thing is, it got the job done!

THE CONTAINER GRAVEYARD

There I was, enjoying all the nice surrounding countryside in Sud Meadow one day back in the 90's, when suddenly I bumped into this collection of old metal containers sitting in the middle of nowhere.
I've no idea who they belonged to or how they got there as there wasn't anything obvious nearby, but there were skips, water tanks, pipes, boilers and so on, just scattered all around rusting away.
It's as if they just fell out of the sky!

DERELICT FACTORY

I took this picture of a derelict factory building somewhere in Gloucester in the late 90's, but I can't remember the exact location of it now. It looks like I was quite high up but I don't recall climbing any stairs so perhaps it was situated beside a flyover or suchlike.
Anyway, 2 aspects I like about it are the large columns of plantlife that have grown on the walls, and the Ipcress File styled lightshades!