Bride Church yard.

[curiouswombat]

I was in Ramsey on Sunday and then went on up to Bride - the village of my ancestors, so to speak! This was solely a church-yard visit as it is a while since I took flowers up

Comments

[wiseheart]

Lovely pictures! Being able to track family history back to so many generations does give one a unique feeling of continuity, doesn't it?

[curiouswombat]

Thank you, and yes, it does. I think it might be why I have the twins explain their reluctance to leave Imladris, in 'Dust', as being 'like trees, deeply rooted in our own soil'.

[kazzy_cee]

How lovely!

[curiouswombat]

It is a rather lovely spot.

[shirebound]

What a lovely and important cemetery for you.

[curiouswombat]

Most of our small, country, churchyards are like this - generations of the same families, keeping the churchyard as part of the community.

[adafrog]

How pretty.

[curiouswombat]

Thank you - it is a nice spot.

[elwenlj]

I a wonderfully peaceful place it looks. Modern cemeteries just never feel the same. I understand why trees can be a nuisance in graveyards, but they could at least plant some around the edges.

[curiouswombat]

It is a lovely peaceful place.

Daniel was cremated, which means his service was in the chapel at the middle of the large municipal cemetery in Douglas, and it doesn't have that sense of peace and quiet, imbued with history, at all. There are trees around the edges - but the edges are a long way from the middle, if you see what I mean!