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<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nWe ran away from the big city. We just parked our car on the street, there\u2019s no car park here. We stopped next to the small pond lovely lit by the autumn sun. The ducks in the water were doing their things and didn\u2019t look impressed by us or the apples in the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nWe like the beautiful village. The place is so quiet, stunning picturesque with its lovely old cottages arranged around the pond. We were in Finchingfield<\/b>, Essex – the most popular village for photographers and painters in England. You can see this village on a lot of postcards, paintings and calendars. Someone called it \u201cThe postcard of England\u201d<\/b>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This beautiful rural picture was dominated by the building of the church \u201cSt. John the Baptist\u201d on the top of a hill. We walked up the hill and entered the church\u2019s yard through an arc under the old Guildhall building. Stepping in the church yard we saw the old church\u2019s tower that was built in the 12th<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Actually the lower two stages were built in 12th century, the third was built in 15th century. The church itself dates back to the 14th century. This beautiful tower was used by parishioners for defensive purposes and for worship. I believe there would be a great view to the whole village from its top but I didn’t have the chance to go up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The nicely mowed green yard is, like most church yards in England, a graveyard. The old tombstones looked scattered between the trees. The setting sun was shining on the leaning stones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We came down from the hill to the small pond and we went to Duck End. Duck end is a part of Finchingfield. There are many interesting cottages with thatched roofs to see there. We walked down the street and soon we found a small public footpath that brought us to the windmill, the main site of the village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The mill is an old post mill (some kind of earliest European windmills). The mill was built probably in 1756. It was functioning until the end of 19th century. Now the building is property of Essex County Council. The working time is a little bit strange: It is open on the third Sunday of each month, from April to September, between 2pm and 5pm. Of course it wasn\u2019t open when we went there on a Wednesday and we kept walking along the path until we reached a beautiful house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On our way back we met two people in the mill – Graham and Snod (James). Graham is working for the Essex County Council and takes care of the historical sites. Snod is just Snod, from Finchingfield. These kind men opened the mill for us and invited us to pick apples from the ground. Their task for that day was to check whether the mill is fine after the severe storm the previous day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We picked apples and had a lovely talk with our kind hosts. I promised to send them postcards from Bulgaria and I did it today. Then we went back to Duck End. The best view in Duck End is still the one from the mill stairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During weekends the village is full of tourists. If you visit it in a weekday you may not be able to go in the mill but you will enjoy a great quiet walk with a lot of ducks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I cannot skip the afternoon tea with home-made carrot cake in that small caf\u00e9 in the center of the village. If you go there \u2013 try it! There were other cafes too but we didn’t have enough time to visit them all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nThe church in Finchingfield<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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