{"id":327,"date":"2019-04-30T20:57:24","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T19:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/?p=327"},"modified":"2019-04-30T20:59:07","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T19:59:07","slug":"from-the-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/2019\/04\/30\/from-the-old\/","title":{"rendered":"From the old"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Part of the (still operating) docks at Sharpness has been turned into a picnic area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"587\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190430_203741-587x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190430_203741-587x1024.jpg 587w, https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190430_203741-172x300.jpg 172w, https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190430_203741-768x1339.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190430_203741.jpg 1220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>An old mooring post has been put into service as decoration, seemingly growing like a steel mushroom in the green. Likewise, the old railway buffers have been left as a reminder of history. An old Chapel nearby is now a fibreglass factory. At Berkeley Janet spotted is a small deposit of railway vehicles, including a fireless power station steam loco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"964\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190430_205532.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190430_205532.jpg 964w, https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190430_205532-300x105.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190430_205532-768x269.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What will become of old church communities now? More than museum pieces, I hope, but pointers to a future in Christ&#8217;s love, something even Christians often find it hard to manage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Janet&#8217;s done her longest day&#8217;s walk so far, over twelve miles, to get some time in hand to visit the Wildfowl and Wetlands place at Slimbridge tomorrow. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part of the (still operating) docks at Sharpness has been turned into a picnic area. An old mooring post has been put into service as decoration, seemingly growing like a steel mushroom in the green. Likewise, the old railway buffers have been left as a reminder of history. An old Chapel nearby is now a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/2019\/04\/30\/from-the-old\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;From the old&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330,"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327\/revisions\/330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}