photographs: people, places & things
Autumn in Belgium and Germany – words and pictures. Part 3. Moving onto Germany We had really enjoyed our time in Belgium. Namur, Ghent and Dinant had been good places to visit. Added to that the property we had rented had been comfortable and well located for what we wanted to do. On the way […]
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Autumn in Belgium and Germany – words and pictures. Part 2. Accommodation This post (Part 2 of 3) covers our visits to the city of Dinant, on the banks of the Meuse River and then the exceptionally pretty medieval town of Monschau in western Germany. But before that I’ve included a selection of the pictures […]
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Autumn in Belgium and Germany – words and pictures. Part 1. 2024 has been a decent year for trips and travel for us, and we are just back from our last trip together for this year. We spent some time in Belgium and Germany and as you might expect it was quite a contrast to […]
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Royal Air Force Museum in the Midlands, visit to RAF Cosford I wrote fairly recently about a visit to Manchester Barton Aerodrome. I then posted another couple of blogs by way of catching up on things and this is the last of the ‘catch up’ posts before I head off on my next motorcycle trip. […]
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A visit to the unique Reclaimed World in Cotebrook Cheshire I mentioned in my previous post, that I was catching up with updating the blog, this is another of those ‘catch up’ posts. For many years I have either driven, or mostly motorbiked past the entrance to a reclamation yard in Cheshire called Reclaimed World. […]
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Garden pictures – summer was here for a short time ☀️ Although it might seem an unlikely claim, it is true that we did have some sunshine this year. Writing this post has reminded me of that. I mentioned in my last post that I was spending a little time this week catching up with […]
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🛩️ another enjoyable visit to Manchester’s Barton Aerodrome Regular visitors to the blog will know a visit to Manchester Barton Aerodrome is something that we have done a good few times over the years. I think the last time I posted following a visit to the aerodrome was back in November 2021, which you can […]
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Wandering around the National Trust property – Dunham Massey I think the last time I posted about visiting the National Trust property at Dunham Massey was back in November 2022. Dunham Massey sits between Manchester and the start of Cheshire. This particular National Trust property is probably the one we visit the most, and one […]
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Sparrowhawk see 40 pictures of an efficient killing machine The first time I wrote about a Sparrowhawk visit to our garden was back in June 2021. Since that first visit we have had another two garden visits. The second was in February of this year (2024) and the third and most recent was earlier this […]
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Manchester Craft Beer Tour – a quality Saturday afternoon One of the gifts that my wife and I received last Christmas from our Daughter and Son in Law was tickets for two for the Craft Beer Tour Manchester. The information that was provided with the gift was that tickets were valid for twelve months and […]
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