{"id":4005,"date":"2017-08-23T09:33:55","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T09:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=4005"},"modified":"2018-01-09T21:19:29","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T21:19:29","slug":"ring-out-your-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=4005","title":{"rendered":"Ring out your dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4807\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4807\" class=\"wp-image-4807 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_5141-2.jpg\" alt=\"St. Leonard's, Watlington\" width=\"840\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_5141-2.jpg 840w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_5141-2-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_5141-2-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_5141-2-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_5141-2-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_5141-2-385x257.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4807\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">St. Leonard&#8217;s, Watlington<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A return to Watlington, the smallest town in England and the filming location of many of\u00a0more memorable scenes featured in Midsomer Murder. St Leonard&#8217;s starred in &#8220;Ring out your Dead&#8221; with Inspector Barnaby called in to investigate the killing of bell ringers in the week before a big bell-ringing competition.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4808\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4808\" class=\"wp-image-4808 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_6784.jpg\" alt=\"Red Kite, Watlington\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_6784.jpg 840w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_6784-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_6784-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_6784-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_6784-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_6784-385x257.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4808\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Red Kite, Watlington<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In many episodes of Midsomer Murder the distinctive calls of Red Kites can be heard. The success of the re-introduction has been incredible with over 1000 birds thought to be resident within the Chilterns.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4809\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4809\" class=\"wp-image-4809 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_6963.jpg\" alt=\"Red Kite soaring high over Watlington from White Mark Hill.\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_6963.jpg 840w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_6963-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_6963-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_6963-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_6963-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_6963-385x257.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4809\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Red Kite soaring high over Watlington from White Mark Hill.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4810\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4810\" class=\"wp-image-4810 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_5126-2.jpg\" alt=\"Watlington Library, the location for the fictitious Causton Library that starred in Orchis Fatalis.\" width=\"840\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_5126-2.jpg 840w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_5126-2-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_5126-2-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_5126-2-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_5126-2-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_5126-2-385x257.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4810\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Watlington Library, the location for the fictitious Causton Library that starred in Orchis Fatalis.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is the episode where victim, Madeleine Villiers, and her botanist lover smuggle a rare orchid into Midsomer Malham in time for the Annual Flower Show.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4811\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4811\" class=\"wp-image-4811 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_6758.jpg\" alt=\"Red Kite , Watlington Town Centre\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_6758.jpg 840w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_6758-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_6758-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_6758-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_6758-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_6758-385x257.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4811\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Red Kite , Watlington Town Centre<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4812\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4812\" class=\"wp-image-4812 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_6691.jpg\" alt=\"Another one of the Kites seen over the town centre\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_6691.jpg 840w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_6691-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_6691-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_6691-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_6691-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_6691-385x257.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another one of the Kites seen over the town centre<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4813\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4813\" class=\"wp-image-4813 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_6633.jpg\" alt=\"With a minimum of 30 Red Kites soaring over Watlington Town centre from mid-morning onwards they really are impressive\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_6633.jpg 840w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_6633-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_6633-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_6633-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_6633-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_6633-385x257.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4813\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">With a minimum of 30 Red Kites soaring over Watlington Town centre from mid-morning onwards they really are impressive<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Watching the kites swooping down on discarded food a visit to Watlington is probably the nearest 21st century equivalent to the kites of Shakespeare&#8217;s medieval London keeping the streets clear of carrion and rotting food.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A return to Watlington, the smallest town in England and the filming location of many of\u00a0more memorable scenes featured in Midsomer Murder. 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