Posts Tagged ‘Europe’ (Page 14)

Field by Thorpe Lubenham Hall

Posted Under: 360° Panorama, East Midlands, Europe, Leicestershire, Lubenham, UK

360° VR panorama of the sun setting over a field / parkland to the north of Thorpe Lubenham Hall in Lubenham, Leicestershire, UK.

Thorpe Lubenham, located to south of the river Welland that marks the southern boundary of Lubenham, was once a civil parish, but has since been absorbed into the parish of Marston Trussell. Thorpe Lubenham Hall was built around 1800, and was visited by Queen Elizabeth II and her family on a regular basis in the 1950s.

Farndon Road at dusk

Posted Under: 360° Panorama, East Midlands, Europe, Leicestershire, Lubenham, UK

360° VR panorama of Farndon Road in Lubenham, Leicestershire, UK. The narrow road connects the village of Lubenham to East Farndon while bypassing the town of Market Harborough.

Lubenham Road at twilight 2

360° VR panorama of Lubenham Road in East Farndon, Northamptonshire, UK. The narrow road connects the village of East Farndon to Lubenham while bypassing the town of Market Harborough.

Lubenham Road at twilight 1

360° VR panorama of Lubenham Road in East Farndon, Northamptonshire, UK. The narrow road connects the village of East Farndon to Lubenham while bypassing the town of Market Harborough.

Sunset over wheat field 2

360° panorama of the sunset over a field of wheat between Market Harborough and East Farndon, Leicestershire, UK.

In the UK around 15 million tonnes of wheat is harvested annually, at a rate of approximately 8 tonnes per hectare.

From Wikipedia:

Wheat (Triticum spp.) is a grass, originally from the Fertile Crescent region of the Near East, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2007 world production of wheat was 607 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize (784 million tons) and rice (651 million tons). Globally, wheat is the leading source of vegetable protein in human food, having a higher protein content than either maize (corn) or rice, the other major cereals. In terms of total production tonnages used for food, it is currently second to rice as the main human food crop, and ahead of maize, after allowing for maize’s more extensive use in animal feeds.

Farndon Fields sunset

360° VR panorama of the sunset over a fallow field between Market Harborough and East Farndon in Leicestershire, UK. The field has been subject to various development proposals over the years, and is currently (as of 2010) for sale as residential development land by its owner, CJC Devlopments Co. Ltd.

Old pots and farm building

360° VR panorama of old pots and terracotta containers near a farm building behind Farndon Fields Farm shop, off Farndon road in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, UK.

Farndon Fields Farm is a 250 acre farm to the southwest of Market Harborough. They operate a popular farm shop on Farndon Road, selling their farm produce, other local produce, and also a large selection of plants, terracotta pots and compost.

Field off Rugby close near Sunset

360° VR panorama of the sun setting over a field between Market Harborough and East Farndon in Leicestershire, UK. The field has been left fallow and is filled with various grasses, dock, and willowherb, amongst other plants.

Sunset over wheat field 1

360° VR panorama of the sunset over a field of wheat between Market Harborough and East Farndon, Leicestershire, UK.

In the UK around 15 million tonnes of wheat is harvested annually, at a rate of approximately 8 tonnes per hectare.

Hill near East Farndon at Sunset 2

360° VR panorama of a modern wheat field that occupies an old ridge and furrow field at the top of a small valley to the east of East Farndon in Northamptonshire, England. The remains of the medieval ridge and furrow ploughing pattern can be seen in the grass humps outside the wheat field.