16, The Chequers at Roply

The Chequers at Roply, originally uploaded by sheddriver.

15. Four Horseshoes, Sherfield on Loddon

Four Horseshoes, Sherfield on Loddon, originally uploaded by sheddriver.

14. The Winkle, Winklebury, Basingstoke

The Winkle, Winklebury, Basingstoke, originally uploaded by sheddriver.

An estate pub in Basingstoke

13. Royal oak, Worting Rd Basingstoke

Royal oak, Worting Rd Basingstoke, originally uploaded by sheddriver.

12, Bolton Arms, Old Basing

Bolton Arms, Old Basing, originally uploaded by sheddriver.

Currently closed but the sign says reopens in three weeks. Situated in Old Basing.

11, The Sun Inn, Dummer

003, originally uploaded by sheddriver.

10. The Hogget, Hook

The Hogget, originally uploaded by sheddriver.

The Hogget is situated on a busy junction, but never seems to be busy itself. It was rebuilt in the summer of 2008 when the veranda at the front was added for smokers.

9, The Lamb, Hartley Whitney

8. Royal Exchange, Linford.

7) The Price of Wales, Whitehill

This pub has been booarded up for a few months now. Will it ever reopen?

6. The New Inn, Tadley

Situated on Rowan Road, this is a bit of Old Tadley. The pub, I've just noticed, has no visible chimneys, it must have had them at some time otherwise it must have been pretty chilly inside!

5, The Red Lion, Water End

4, The Swan, Sherbourne st John

3. Queens College Arms, Pamber Heath

2. The Cricketers, Heath End

1. The Pelican, Pamber Heath

Pelican Pub, Pamber Heath.

Baughurst

A red telephone box dwarfed by scotts pine trees in Baughurst.

Boundary stone

This, if you can see it, is a boundary stone between Hampshire and Surrey. It is a relic left over from Turnpike days. Its situated half way between Farnham and Alton.

Hamble

View of the River Hamble with the passenger ferry in the foreground....... nice pink colour!!

Bus Stop

Sign seen in Hamble BP Oil terminal.

Kingsclere

Still in Kingsclere here's a view of the village green. The road in the foreground used to be the busy A339 between Newbury and Basingstoke, now there is a bypass around the village which has turned the village centre into a peaceful place.

Lamplight

Light in Kingsclere erected to celebrate the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria. It was originally fueled by gas from the villages gas works and later by electricity. These days it is not lit.

Yately village green

Yately village green with the church in the background. The benches belong to the pub, the corner of which you can see on the right. Unfortunately the benches have not seen much use this summer as the weather has been so poor.

Quack Quack

Unusual traffic in Bramley! There are two ponds either side of the road here and the ducks spend all day wadling between the two...... often stopping for a rest in between in the middle of the road.

Grayshott

This is the sign on the Village green in Grayshott. Quite different to the usual village signs.

Spinnaker Tower

The tower, at a height of 170 metres (558 feet) above sea level, is 2.5 times higher than Nelson's Column, making it the tallest accessible structure in the United Kingdom outside London.

Curtis Museum

The Curtis Museum in Alton. The museum is named after its founder, Dr William Curtis (1803-1881) a member of a well-known Alton family. Website here.

Hurstbourne Priors

Crossroads in Hurstbourne Priors which is situated between Whitchurch and Andover.

Alton

Alton town centre looking east. Picture taken on a Sunday its usually much busier than this.

Autumn fruits

September's here and the hedges are full of blackberry's.

Twin Towns

Although I didn't enter this months theme I thought I'd show you who's twinned with Basingstoke. Why Alencon is seperate from the others I really don't know. There are roads in the town named after Alencon and Euskirchen but not Braine.

Festival Place

Festival Place in Basingstoke on a rainy day (when isn't it!).

Boundary

Parish boundary marker seen by the roadside in Alton

Cakes

I love cake!!

Old from new

View of Old Portsmouth from the top of the Spinaker Tower.

Gunwharf quays

Early evening in Portsmouth

Bank Holiday

Shot through the rain in Hook. The forcast for the weekend is getting slightly better.....I'll believe it when I see it.

Sea King

Sea King Helicopter seen in field in Lasham. There is an aircraft museum here with a field of relics waiting to be restored. Link

Pough

Old plough by the side of the road in Hook.

Timber

This was a pile of logs awaiting collection beside the road in Lasham. The timber is not of the best quality so I guess it will be used for fencing. I loved the honey colour of freshly sawn timber which was just a bit damp after all the rain we've had.

All the fun of the fair

Funfair in Basingstoke

Any one for tea?

Catering in the park.

Bike

Bike seen in Overton

Fingerpost

Fingerpost in Overton. This type of sign was very common at road junctions prior to the implimentation of national road numbering. As you can see this post is situated at the junction of two major roads and would have been an important staging point.

Ring Ring

A pair of telephone boxes found in Overton. These red boxes once found all over the place are now few and far between. A part of British streetscape now almost extinct around here. In fact telephone boxes are being removed completely due to lack of use in some area's.

Bang!

Signs on Yateley Common which is used by the Army for live amunition training and is a popular place for walking dogs. Signs like this can be seen all over North Hampshire.

Oil

This is a marker showing the route of a pipeline between Southampton and Heathrow Airport which carries aviation fuel. This one is between Odiham and Farnham.

War memorial, Alton

This is the war memorial in Alton, it is shaped in the form of a cain which is slightly unusual and records the dead from two world wars.

Last post (for a while)

Post box in Nutley. I'm off on my Holidays to Europe tommorrow, I will be taking my EEEPC with me so if I can hop on some wifi somewhere I will post. If not see you in a fortnight.

Barclays Bank

This building was said to be the tallest building between London and New York. Its situated in the centre of Basingstoke and is occupied by Barclays Bank.