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Rape Seed crop, Church Farm, Dry Drayton
by Martin Tester
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Once a familiar sight in spring in fields around the village the bright yellow... (more)
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Swifts Close, new development, Dry Drayton (3)
by Martin Tester
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Swifts Close, new development, Dry Drayton (2)
by Martin Tester
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Afternoon bus for Cambridge arrives in Dry Drayton
by Martin Tester
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The 3pm departure for Cambridge has just made the tight 180deg turn and is about... (more)
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Listed cottages, 9 and 11 Pettitt's Lane, Dry Drayton
by Martin Tester
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A pair of C18th Grade II listed cottages, see... (more)
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New housing, Church Farm Field, Dry Drayton
by Martin Tester
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Recently completed after 30 months of building work on the site of derelict... (more)
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St Peter's & St Paul's Church, Dry Drayton
by Martin Tester
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A Grade II* listed building with the tower & nave arcades dating from late... (more)
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The Black Horse Inn, Dry Drayton
by Martin Tester
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The last survivor (since c1970) of the 6 pubs that served the villagers before... (more)
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Remembrance Tide, 2025, Dry Drayton (1)
by Martin Tester
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To mark Remembrance Tide the village schoolchildren decorated 60 pebbles with... (more)
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New eco-house, Park Lane, Dry Drayton
by Martin Tester
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The Park, Dry Drayton
by Hugh Venables
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Footpath in Dry Drayton
by Hugh Venables
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Duck End Farm - remodelled, Park Lane, Dry Drayton
by Martin Tester
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Church Farm Field housing from across the fields, Dry Drayton
by Martin Tester
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Scotland Road junction, Dry Drayton
by Martin Tester
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Scotland Road ends at the mini-roundabout and becomes Park Street. To the left... (more)
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High Street junction, Dry Drayton
by Martin Tester
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High Street, straight ahead, is unusually a cul-de-sac. To the right is Park... (more)
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White-Letter Hairstreak butterfly, Edwards Woodland
by Martin Tester
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I was disappointed not to photograph this uncommon butterfly with its wings... (more)
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Entrance to Church Farm Field housing, Dry Drayton
by Martin Tester
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'BH' marking on roof of the Black Horse Inn, Dry Drayton
by Martin Tester
geograph for square TL3862
This 'BH' marking in contrasting tiles has faded over the years but... (more)
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Straw baling in Little France, Dry Drayton (1)
by Martin Tester
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The field name 'Little France' is taken from the parish map drawn for... (more)
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Sheep at Duck End Farm, Dry Drayton
by Martin Tester
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A small flock of 11 sheep have recently been moved into the disused horse... (more)
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Comma butterfly, Park Street, Dry Drayton
by Martin Tester
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Seen on a buddleia bush outside the old chapel.
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Oakington Road, Dry Drayton
by Martin Tester
geograph for square TL3862
Taken from opposite Trinity Stables & looking towards the centre of the village.
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Remembrance Tide, 2025, Dry Drayton (2)
by Martin Tester
for square TL3761
To mark Remembrance Tide the village schoolchildren decorated 60 pebbles with... (more)
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The village green in late autumn, Dry Drayton (2)
by Martin Tester
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The village green in late autumn, Dry Drayton (1)
by Martin Tester
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Fibre optic cable installation in progress, Park Street, Dry Drayton
by Martin Tester
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Over the last few weeks footpaths, verges, and the village green have been dug... (more)
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The Old Chapel, Park Lane, Dry Drayton
by Martin Tester
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The old Baptist Chapel on Park Lane dates from 1843. It was converted to a... (more)
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Brimstone butterfly, Edwards Woodland
by Martin Tester
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The entrance to Oak Crescent, Dry Drayton
by Martin Tester
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Oak Crescent, 4 pairs of semis built in 1948 set around a green, is a secluded... (more)
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The Black Horse Inn, Dry Drayton
by Martin Tester
geograph for square TL3862
The last survivor (since c1970) of the 6 pubs that served the villagers before... (more)
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Mixed housing on the green, Dry Drayton
by Martin Tester
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Until the road changes of the mid-1950s this was the main road through the... (more)
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Small Tortoiseshell butterfly, Edwards Woodland
by Martin Tester
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Remarkably this was the first time I'd seen a Small Tortoiseshell in the... (more)
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Painted Lady butterfly (underside), Edwards Woodland
by Martin Tester
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Painted Lady butterfly, Edwards Woodland
by Martin Tester
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New footbridge over the Callow Brook, Dry Drayton
by Martin Tester
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This bridge takes a permissive footpath up the edge of Church Field to Scotland Road.
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Meadow Brown butterfly, Edwards Woodland
by Martin Tester
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Although relatively common in the Woodland I find the Meadow Brown difficult to... (more)
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New houses on Park Street, Dry Drayton
by Martin Tester
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This development of 3 detached houses was completed in 2019. They are on a patch... (more)
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An early harvest around Dry Drayton
by Martin Tester
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All the cereal fields around the village had been harvested & the straw... (more)
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Morris Dancers come to Dry Drayton
by Martin Tester
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To enliven the village beer festival drinkers were entertained by Ely and... (more)
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Comma butterfly, Edwards Woodland
by Martin Tester
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Common Spotted Orchid, Edwards Woodland
by Martin Tester
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The Pavilion, Dry Drayton Cricket Ground
by Martin Tester
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DDCG is actually the home ground of St Giles Cricket Club from Cambridge.
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Horse field, Madingley Road, Dry Drayton
by Martin Tester
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This field has long been used for horses - the distant tent is an unusual addition!
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Pettitt's Close, Dry Drayton
by Martin Tester
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The top end of Pettitt's Close with the entrance to the new development of... (more)
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Cotton's Field, Dry Drayton
by Martin Tester
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A development of 9 houses built c1973.
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Honey Hill Cottage at dusk, Pettitt's Lane
by Martin Tester
geograph for square TL3862
A Grade II listed, C17th or C18th cottage, see... (more)
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The True Jesus Church, Park Street, Dry Drayton
by Martin Tester
geograph for square TL3862
Sadly, the village's Methodist Chapel closed in 2017. Happily it has been... (more)
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Swifts Close, new development, Dry Drayton (1)
by Martin Tester
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Meadow Brown butterfly, Edwards Woodland
by Martin Tester
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It's getting late in the summer & the orange patches have faded.
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