James,
Coincidence corner: at the end of last year I worked on a stage adaptation of the book A Month In The Country, which had been filmed some years ago. On seeing the picture of the church at Radnage and the seeming solitude of the surrounding countryside, I did a search for St. Mary The Virgin at Radnage to check if it had a working clock or belfry (I always need recordings of clocks and bells, by the way, so if anyone has a good church clock near them in a quiet location, please let me know) only to discover that it had been used as the church in the film adaptation. It looks like a very fine building, both inside and out and I'll try and get to visit in the summer.
Excellent photographs, as always: I've got a couple from last week, but it was too dark to take the ones that I really wanted, of a pair of young urban foxes going bananas in the snow in the middle of the night in the garden of the basement flat here in north London.
Looks like we're in for more of the white stuff in the next couple of days, so brace yourselves.
Regards,
John
Hi John,
It was indeed used for a Month in the Country! They doctorerd the inside of the church somewhat for the film I seem to remember and they put lots of ramping in the grave yard as it goes down a hill that they didn't want.
Vaguely remember the farmer being annoyed as the hole they dug for whatsit Branner's tent was deeper than they said it would be!
No idea if the Belfry works in it or not. Fairly certain the Church in High Wycombe town centre does although I haven't heard them for a while I suppose and the town will be noisy.
Funnily enough someone from the Church council contacted me today to ask permission to use one of the pictures, I will ask him if the Belfry works in my next email!
Carolyn,
You will have to fly over this way then before it all melts
Stop by Booker if you do
The shot looking down the valley is looking towards West Wycombe so you have probably flown along there at some point!
Thanks both for kind remarks!
James
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