26/06/2026
Thanks to Martyn Laird Kenmore Gillie, I went this morning to the so-called Infidels Cemetery near Ashford in the Water to capture more images for my project Infrared InMemoriam. It's a 17th century Baptist burial ground, last used in 1904, and indeed it looks as if it was left to nature over a century ago.
It's certainly overgrown, which is eminently suited to the infrared treatment. It was a bit disappointing to see a small graveyard with fewer than five gravestones still standing. What's more, although it was a bright, sunny day, the surround of trees didn't allow the sun to come bursting through so I didn't get those patterns of light and dark that distinguished my previous forays into graveyards.
However, it was still worth capturing, and afterwards Francine and I stopped at Ashford in the Water to play Pooh Sticks on Sheepwash Bridge (the best bridge in the country to play this game, according to Visit England) and then a pint of Aisseford at The Bull's Head alongside a Steak & Unicorn Pie. I wondered what unicorn is supposed to taste like until until I was told the pub has an ale called Unicorn. Still a great pie.
