Picture of the Month

Each month a photograph from the newsletter is nominated as Picture of the Month, click on the pictures below to expand:

2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016

2021

  • Day by Day Stained Glass window at Stoke Mandeville Hospital
    ‘Day by Day’ a stained glass window by Claudia D’Allessandro at Stoke Mandeville Hospital
  • Barnaby at the wicket in his garden
    Out for 83 – RIP Barnaby
  • Getting ready to open up for a new season!
  • Montage of photos of several residents of Fromelles smiling, with the legend "A Fromelles ou ailleurs, redecouvrons nos Sourires en 2021" which roughly translates as "In Fromelles and elsewhere, let's rediscover our smiles in 2021"
    Let’s rediscover our smiles in 2021
  • A wreath laid on the stump of an oak tree, felled to make way for HS2
    Old Oak at Hunts Green – RIP (Picture by Don Stone)
  • Santa's sleigh, drawn by a reindeer
    Santa paid The Lee a flying visit

2020

  • Sally Knowles with the ‘Proud of Bucks’ award for The Shop at The Lee
  • John Barber and his steam car
    John Barber and his steam car
  • SIgnposts at the top of Lee Clump Road, pointing diverted traffic in all three possible directions
    There must be some way out of here… said the joker to the thief
  • ‘Lucky’ the magpie – aka ‘Fred’
  • multiple pictures of flowers for The Flower Show at Home
    The Lee Flower Show 2020 – At Home
  • HS2 boring machine
    HS2 boring machine: coming to a field near you
  • a series of photos of Tommo and Holly bending into strange shapes to spell out "Happy Mum Day"
    Happy Mum Day!
  • Blue whale skeleton at the Natural History Museum
    Blue whale skeleton at the Natural History Museum
  • Rainbow gate - Thank you NHS
  • Aerial photo of Park Cottage surround by water on two sides, with a new stream created by Storm Dennis running down into the park from several fields away
    The Lee’s new water feature
  • Shop Volunteers receive the 2019 Newsletter Award

2019

  • Pat giving out envelopes at the Rovong Supper
    Where shall we rove for supper tonight?
  • Carving a cross in a tree in Barn Wood to mark the northernmost point of the parish
    Marking the northernmost point of the parish
  • Sue cooking Halloumi for 72 at Kopiaste
    The Halloumi Queen
  • Ducks learn how to get to and from the pond
  • boys vs girls in the tug of war at the Church Fete
    The battle of the sexes at The Lee Church Fête
  • Cyclists on the Dulux Revolution event passing the Green
    The Dulux Revolution comes to The Lee
  • The walking group - 7 humans and 8 dogs
    Lee walkers … and their owners
  • a highly decorated Victoria Sponge with flowers and strawberries
    A Victoria Sponge to be proud of
  • A wintry scene at The Lee
    A wintry scene at The Lee
  • Peter Macann enthralls the audience at the Annual Newsletter Dinner
    Peter Macann enthralls the audience at the Annual Newsletter Dinner

2018

  • The Lee in Living Memory book
    The Lee in Living Memory
  • The Lee War Memorial, with a silhouette 'Tommy'
    Lest we forget
  • stained glass window of a rural scene with swallows and the text 'All Things Bright and Beautiful'made by The Glass House
    The Glass House
  • Bryan knows his onions
  • Lee Common C of E School Maypole Dancing at the Church Fete
    Lee Common C of E School Maypole Dancing at the Church Fête
  • walkers and dogs admiring the bluebells
    Bluebell walk
  • Image of a roe deer
    Roe Deer, Image (by Stewart Dennis)
  • snowdrifts
    Just a little reminder of what it was like in March
  • the mobile library
    The end of the road… for BCC mobile library
  • Silver-washed fritillary (by Don Stone)
    Silver-washed fritillary (by Don Stone)

2017

  • Inscription reading 'Women, Prosecco, Chese and Secateurs. OBQ 2017' on the latest kissing gate installed by Chltern Society volunteers
    The dedication on the latest kissing gate installed by the Chiltern Society volunteers
  • Sam H: winner of the John Glanfield Fair Play trophy
    Sam H: winner of the John Glanfield Fair Play trophy
  • Lee Common Scouts visit a German national Scouting jamboree
    Lee Common Scouts visit a German national Scouting jamboree
  • The Shop's stall at the Flower Show
    The Shop @ The Lee @ The Show
  • Girls team at the tug-of-war at the Church Fete
    Pulling together! The Lee Church Fête
  • Shop volunteers (and Symeon) behind a table full of goodies at the shop's Greek monring
    It’s all Greek to me
  • Spawn-producing frogs (by Don Stone)
    Spawn-producing frogs (by Don Stone)
  • Lee Common Scouts ready to go climbing
    Lee Common Scouts
  • Grey Heron at Sly Corner (by Don Stone)
    Grey Heron at Sly Corner (by Don Stone)
  • photograph of Dr Heather Barrett-Mold, appointed OBE in the New Year's Honours
    New Year’s Honours in The Lee: Dr Heather Barrett-Mold OBE
  • Mr Barnaby Usborne appointed OBE in the New Year's Honours
    New Year’s Honours in The Lee: Mr Barnaby Usborne MBE

2016

  • One person with 9 dogs around a bench on the green
    Just how many dogs are there in The Lee?
  • Lots of people and dogs climbing a hill for a sponsored dog walk to raise money for the Chilterns Dog Rescue Society
    Sponsored dog walk to raise money for the Chilterns Dog Rescue Society
  • Bench on the tennis court, dedicated to the meory of Roger Morgan
    Dedicated to the memory of Roger Morgan – a fitting tribute
  • Fromelles July 2016 – lest we forget
  • Helpers ready to start service in the tea tent at The Lee church fête
    Tea and cakes at The Lee Church Fête
  • Chris Nevill, Group Scout Leader, Lee Common proudly wears the Scout Associations's Silver Acorn Award
    Chris Nevill, Group Scout Leader, Lee Common proudly wears the Scout Associations’s Silver Acorn Award
  • 'Head boards' at The Lee Old Church
    ‘Head boards’ at The Lee Old Church
  • Fibre broadband cabinet - if only
    If only …
  • Cast of Midsomer Murders outside the Cock and Rabbit - renamed as the Rose and Chalice
    Saints and Sinners at the Cock & Rabbit
  • A view looking north across Hunts Green and Kings Ash ... before the railway
    A view looking north across Hunts Green and Kings Ash … before the railway