title A Postcard From Thaxted, Essex - 7th May 2017 intro The morning after the BSCC bike ride we go for a wander around Thaxted. Whilst there, we visit the church just after a service to find the organ being played by Christopher Bayston, the Organist and Director of Music at the church - a post previously held by Gustav Holst, composer of the famous "The Planets" suite. imgc5951 The boys steal our bed imgp9166 We head out of the hotel for a walk imgp9167 Walking down Thaxted High Street imgp9168 A dog has a wee on a K6 phone box imgp9169 A progressively-stacked building imgp9170 Thaxted is all scaffolding imgp9172 A disused telephone exchange imgp9176 We head up Stoney Lane in Thaxted imgp9177 Fred on Stoney Lane in Thaxted imgp9179 Thaxted's parish church of St. John the Baptist imgp9181 Sawn logs in a graveyard imgp9182 Wooden mushrooms imgp9183 Fred stands on a tree stump imgp9186 The boys find a climbey tree imgp9187 Harry has a roar imgp9192 Isobel roams around the churchyard imgp9193 The Swan, Thaxted imgp9194 We head back to the windmill imgp9195 Wandering down Almshouses imgp9196 John Webb's Windmill imgp9198 Harry thinks he's discovered a secret world imgp9199 The sails of John Webb's windmill imgp9203 The boys run around the windmill imgp9205 Fred looks out over the fields imgp9209 The boys have a pretend fight imgp9214 The boys are back up in their tree imgp9215 The vicar puts out the incense on the grass imgp9217 Nice flowers by the church entrance imgp9219 Christopher Bayston plays the Lincoln Organ imgp9220 The nave of Thaxted church imgp9222 The manuals of the Lincoln organ imgc5952 The H. C Lincoln Organ imgc5954 On the edge of Saffron Walden is an old Gas Works imgc5955 Spot the graffiti cat