Union flags

I think the three colours of red, white and blue must be the most common three colours used in the design of national flags. I won't list countries that use them because they are so widely known. This year I seem to see more union flags in the form of "bunting" than I remember ever seeing before, and the massed red, white and blue is a very eye catching.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Nikon Z 5

Colourful Llandovery

Passing through the Welsh town of Llandovery the other day we stopped for a coffee. As we searched for somewhere to buy it we came upon this group of colourfully painted buildings decked with Union flags and pennants with the red, white and green of the Welsh flag. They were clearly celebrating the coronation of Charles III, though I have no doubt that the town makes an annual summer effort with its decorations, royal occasion or not.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Nikon Z 5

The Feathers Hotel, Ledbury

The oldest parts of the timber-framed Feathers Hotel, Ledbury, date from c.1560-70. This comprises the first three floors of the leftmost part of the building. The fourth floor of this section, with the five small gables, is an addition of the early 1600s. So too is all of the rightmost part, from the coffee shop sign. The hotel is close-studded throughout with none of the box-framing that is a characteristic of Herefordshire and adjacent counties. The building is quite deep with timber-framed extensions accessed from within the building, and through carriage arches. It must always have been the town's premier hotel and it remains so today.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Lumix FZ1000 2