These images are from a day wandering around the Melton Mowbray area of Leicestershire — a truly lovely part of England.

All Saint, Asfordby

If you don’t like churches, well manicured farmland and regal country estates then wandering around this part of the UK isn’t for you. Not so many spiky-haired Goths or trendy urban types here. Just lots of quaint and over-priced cuteness being flogged at ridiculous prices.

I’m sure the UK has it’s fare share of artisans, but walk into many of the so called arts and craft shops around here and all you’ll get is some trite with its ‘made in china’ label cut off.

The historic stuff on the other hand is to-die-for. I love old churches and have decided to spend the next few days wandering around the countryside visiting as many as I can. Maybe if I lived here I’d be one of those old geezers in a tweed jacket who wanders around churches with a canvass bag full of wax and paper and stuff making brass rubbings.

Sorry if this sound like an extract from a travel guide that’s probably because it is, well sort of.

Rothley Court’s recorded history goes back beyond 1086 when it was mentioned in the Doomsday Book.

The Holy Order of Knights Templar built the chapel here sometime after 1228 when they acquired the Manor House from Henry lll.

Rothley Court is also famous because William Wilberforce drafted his “Treaty for the Abolition of Slavery” while staying at the Court in the 18th Century.

The last 2 photos are by a church in Leicester. Late in the afternoon on the day I arrived I went for a drive, saw it, stopped and had a wander until it got dark. Trouble is I don’t remember its name, sorry.

Now here is some highly useful information: Mon Island is a municipality in the south of Denmark and includes the islands of Nyord, Bog, Far and Lindholm.