> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # 📝 Field Notes from my Camper-van-camino: 📸 My services for free at Broadwell in Oxfordshire. - URL: https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/field-notes-from-my-camper-van-camino-my-services-for-free-at-broadwell-in-oxfordshire/ - Published: 2026-01-16T14:35:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-08-18T21:06:38.000Z - Description: The interior of the church is full of atmosphere and holds the whispers of the past in its orientation, its archaeology and in the graffiti on its walls. - Author: Andy Marshall - Tags: field notes, st. peter and st. paul broadwell, broadwell, oxfordshire *Follow me through a full consecutive journey - from beginning to end - on my camper-van-camino* --- ****OBSERVATIONS** Paid Memberships to the Genius Loci Digest not only help keep the Digest free and public facing, but also helps keep me on the road and provide free photography for some historic locations. Here's a day where I photographed a building that was supported by Member Powered Photography. ****HOTSPOTS** ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/08/Screenshot-2023-08-03-at-11.46.41.png) Courtesy of Google Maps ## St. Peter and St. Paul, Broadwell, Oxfordshire ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/08/Broadwell-8.jpg) **Having the Genius Loci Digest Members as my client made me feel a bit apprehensive. The full day diary was recorded live for the members to keep up to date with the photo shoot as it happened.** [Broadwell 15 June 2023Photographing a remarkable building in Broadwell. This is as much your photo shoot as mine!![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/12/Andy.png)Andy MarshallAndy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/06/IMG_8771.jpeg)](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/broadwell-15-june-2023/) St. Peter and St. Paul is a remarkable medieval building set within a picturesque Cotswold village. It has associations with the Knights Templar. On the day of the shoot I walk to the church and notice a thing of beauty - the cottage next to the entrance is having its thatch renewed. What a privilege to see it in process. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/06/Burford-5-2.jpg) --- 💡 If you’re drawn to places where time gathers rather than passes – places of refuge, care, and continuity – I post out fresh observations like this every week. [Subscribe for free here](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/06/Burford-2-2.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/06/Burford-4-2.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/08/IMG_1276.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/08/AEE1B9B0-5AF5-4ECB-895B-AB74B8B6EE7D_1_105_c.jpg) As I work I can hear the bill hook of the thatcher outside. His dog Spike sits below the scaffold waiting for his master to finish. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/06/Burford-1-7.jpg) The interior of the church is full of atmosphere and holds the whispers of the past in its orientation, its archaeology and in the graffiti on its walls. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/08/Broadwell-7.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/08/Broadwell-1-2.jpg) The day was magical with help from medieval historian, Steve Tomlin and Church Warden Annabel Molyneaux. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/08/IMG_1305.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/08/IMG_1248.jpeg) --- ### *"What a wonderful couple of days and also for the memories and possibilities which are following on. I'm so grateful that you came and explored what we have here in a way which I'm just not able to achieve or the phenomena which I haven't even been able to conceive. I feel as if the church has grown a few more dimensions, or maybe there has been a massive increase in pixel density, or I can see colours which I hadn't been able perceive in the past.”* Annabel Molyneaux (Church Warden) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/08/IMG_1330.JPG) Inside the spire at Broadwell ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/08/Broadwell-2.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/08/Broadwell-4.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/08/Broadwell-6.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/08/Broadwell-9.jpg) --- Members can see a short film of my work at Broadwell below: [Member Powered Photography: Broadwell - the making of a photograph - videoThe making of a photograph - video![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/12/Andy.png)Andy MarshallAndy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/08/Broadwell-1-3.jpg)](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/member-powered-photography-broadwell-the-making-of-a-photograph-video/) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/08/Broadwell-5.jpg) --- St. Peter and Paul can be visited on most days. The church holds a series of events throughout the year and Annabel (the Church Warden) is particularly welcoming. More information about opening times and events (with contact details) here: [Broadwell Village - Broadwell ChurchNew page![](https://cdn.website-start.de/favicon.ico)Broadwell Church![](https://www.broadwell.org.uk/s/img/emotionheader26170827.jpg)](https://www.broadwell.org.uk/broadwell-church/?ref=digest.andymarshall.co) Medieval historian, Steve Tomlin is holding an immersive talk on the material culture and graffiti of the church on November 11th 2023\. Enquire via the website above. --- ## Spend some time around Broadwell ### **Bicycle** An intermediate cycle ride that takes in Broadwell from Carterton and Burford. [Burford – The GREENEST village loop from Carterton | bike Tour | KomootDetailed maps and GPS navigation for the bike Tour: “Burford – The GREENEST village loop from Carterton” 03:25 h 57.0 km![](https://www.komoot.com/icons/ms-square310x310.52e2b217ddf25aa86b3827cc4ef9ede4.png)komoot![](https://d2exd72xrrp1s7.cloudfront.net/www/000/1k4/a9/a9qwnw2wcrqe3g9g1yurpjdh3jpnn5gx-uhi24569796/0?width=768&height=576&crop=true)](https://www.komoot.com/smarttour/8765804?ref=wsd) ### **Walk** A beautiful walk through a remarkable landscape that can be started and finished in Broadwell [Shilton war memorial. loop from Broughton Poggs | hike | KomootDetailed maps and GPS navigation for the hike: “Shilton war memorial. loop from Broughton Poggs” 04:31 h 17.5 km![](https://www.komoot.com/icons/ms-square310x310.52e2b217ddf25aa86b3827cc4ef9ede4.png)komoot![](https://d2exd72xrrp1s7.cloudfront.net/www/000/1k4/bg/bgz8sw3jc36sjv684a72rm3e3knw9lmr-uhi25881588/0?width=768&height=576&crop=true)](https://www.komoot.com/smarttour/5707693?ref=wsd) --- Members can access multi-media content on Broadwell via the Broadwell Project Page below: [Member Powered Photography Broadwell - Andy Marshall’s Genius Loci DigestBroadwell is the first Member Powered Photography project. All the content relating to the MFP shoot will be hosted on this page. Planned photography is for June 2023![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/12/Andy.png)Andy MarshallAndy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/04/DALL-E-2023-04-27-15.45.14-2.png)](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/tag/member-funded-photography-broadwell/) --- ****VAN LIFE** On the day of photography I get permission to lodge in a field close to the church. Woody is communications central - where I update the members with new content on the day. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/06/Burford-1-6.jpg) It's from here I keep in touch with duty ops at Brize Norton to try and get permission to use the drone for aerial shots. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/06/IMG_1096.PNG) Eventually we get a small window of opportunity to get the drone up. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/08/Broadwell-25-1.jpg) --- Readers of the Genius Loci Digest ## What stays with readers > “ > > That aura, those echoes - the muted light is transporting. What a space to feel rooted in history. I'd love to make that journey myself; you've stirred the opera lover and architectural dreamer in me. > > @sonatasips via X > “ > > Genius Loci has rapidly become the highlight of my Friday morning mailboxes, Andy! > > David via Linkedin > “ > > In reading & seeing Andy's work I always struggle to know which is more impactful - his writing or photos. In truth, the two combined are greater than their parts, he allows you to explore the importance of place and time from the comfort of home. > > Peter from Bluesky > “ > > Andy your work is becoming wonderful, remarkable. A so-called breakdown has been milled into its constituent parts, becoming profound construction: through perception, architecture, the lens and the pen. > > Stephen via Email 1 2 3 4 ← Ⅱ → ![The vaulted nave of York Minster glowing with filtered light](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2025/07/GjFbo3aXoAAgtYU.jpeg) York Minster - light through the nave01 / 04 ![Ancient carved stones and timber roof at Durham Cathedral's Open Treasure](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/production/photos/rt4ccpqm0nalr9e9vv5oxo8invcfxar6wbvq/original.jpg) Durham Cathedral - Open Treasure02 / 04 ![A family approaching the restored cloister at Exeter Cathedral](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2025/06/Clews-Exeter-April-2025-134.jpg) Exeter Cathedral - new life beside the old03 / 04 ![The Iron Bridge reflected in calm water at dusk](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/production/photos/aii66p605mkuajmgvjdqnt9325o42kjghcac/original.jpg) The Iron Bridge - reflected at dusk04 / 04 From the heritage portfolio Three Ways to Come With Me ## Choose how to join, share or support Andy Marshall's work [ ↗ Join Free Travel with me each Friday Receive the free weekly Genius Loci Digest in your inbox - photography, place-writing and overlooked stories from the road. 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