A soggy Evening Stroll, the first of the year, took six VBR members and two visitors to the three villages of Flintham, Syerston and Sibthorpe with their 13th century churches and a dovecote. Here are some photos prepared earlier!
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| St Augustine's Church, Flintham |
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| Red horse chestnut shielding All Saints' Church, Syerston |
Brave souls inspecting All Saint's Church
Syerstone Pinfold, restored for the Golden Jubilee in 2002
Sibthorpe Dovecote, St Peter's Church in the background
Built by monks in response to a famine of 1360, it housed over 1,200 pigeons in tiny nesting niches perched 24 stories high. It provided a supply of meat, eggs and fertilizer to safeguard against future starvation.
