photographs: people, places & things
Coming soon to the rainycity blog… Visit Scotland epic castles, coasts and driving Routes. Words and pictures from a magnificent couple of weeks in the Scottish highlands, the West Coast, Orkney before finishing off on the east coast. The trip was altogether different from the last trip I wrote about, when we visited Liverpool and […]
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Liverpool – visit to the Western Approaches secret bunker This post follows a really decent trip we had last week to Liverpool. My last blog write up and pictures (on the rainycity.blog) followed a visit to the Wings & Wheels event. However in that instance we headed to the Avro Heritage Museum in Poynton rather […]
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Wings & Wheels weekend at the Avro Heritage museum – Poynton We recently called to the Wings & Wheels weekend at the Avro Heritage Museum in Poynton -a Cheshire town about 20 minutes from Manchester by train. The Wings and Wheels event was quite a contrast to the last trip I posted about when we […]
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Pennington Flash nature reserve – a short photo based post. We recently made another visit to Pennington Flash nature reserve in Leigh, Greater Manchester. We’ve been a couple of times before, and there’s a post from our previous visit available on the blog. Back then I described Pennington Flash as a large lake and country […]
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Tiny worlds: a look at garden life through a macro lens Garden macro A quick catch‑up from early summer, built around a handful of macro shots taken in the garden. Nothing complicated — just a quiet look at some of the small details that usually can slip past unnoticed when you’re out there watering or […]
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Manchester City Parade 2026: sun-baked crowds at the Etihad. ‘Manchester City parade 2026’ took place on a magnificent sunny day. It really was one of those days where the air was warm even before breakfast. Even the pavements that all too often shine from the rain, shimmered in the late afternoon heat as we headed […]
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Coast time in Cumbria – and spring walking around Buttermere This is the second of this Cumbrian two part post from our recent break and coast time in Cumbria in Cockermouth and the Solway Coast. As with Part One (which you can read at this link), the post is split into three sections each with it’s […]
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Cumbria: spring days around Cockermouth and the Solway Coast This is the first of two posts from our recent break in Cockermouth and the Solway Coast. This post is split into three sections each with it’s own photo set. We made the trip for a late‑spring change from our usual Manchester routine. Quieter roads and […]
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Low flying arrivals – one minute out from Manchester airport I was out early yesterday, at a time when most people are still in bed or getting ready for the day ahead. It was early warm and still, and it felt far more like a July morning than anything you’d expect in late spring. Clear […]
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FA Cup Final day 2026 – viewed through the Rainy City lens As another football season draws to a close it was another trip to the national stadium at Wembley. This time it was to watch Manchester City take on Chelsea in the 145th edition of the world’s oldest national football competition. I was there […]
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