Here we are with the photos from yesterday!
Kings Mill House, Great Shelford
Another glimpse of Kings Mill House through the trees (these photos are both of the front of the house from different angles — I couldn't get any closer without outright trespassing!)
The actual mill is still there too, next door to the house, though I don't know if the building is in use at all now.
The Cam just below Kings Mill. I'd have liked to see the house's garden, but it's all behind the house and can't be seen from the front (going by the satellite image on Google Maps, it's still quite a large garden and has a swimming pool!). Anyway, this picture gives an idea of what a picturesque and peaceful area it still is.
Parish church of St Mary the Virgin, Great Shelford
Shelford Delicatessen, Great Shelford
(Not from Philippa Pearce's era, obviously, but I'm giving it a plug because it's a lovely place and I appreciated a refreshing cup of tea there!
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The Cam from the bridge between Great and Little Shelford — the water is probably a bit low for canoeing just now with the hot weather and lack of rain. I like the tyre swing, though!
Little Shelford village sign. There was a panel next to it explaining the images on it — out of interest, the rocket shape in the lower centre is because Little Shelford was home to one of the Cambridge University engineers, Francis Bacon, who designed the fuel cells that powered the Apollo moon missions. The Nobel medal and world image at the lower right are for Professor James Meade, another resident of Little Shelford, who won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1977. Not bad for a small village!
Very interesting to read about Goppa Hall, too, and your family's connection. The two houses do look very similar.
