photographs: people, places & things
Best wishes for a happy New Year 2026 from the Rainy City Just a simple thank you for visiting the blog and best wishes for a happy, healthy and peaceful new year and 2026. Dont forget to visit the motorbikes.blog for the other bits and pieces I get up to
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Wandering around Manchester – it’s difficult not to like it. I last posted about being in central Manchester earlier in the year – in February and again in March. This is another picture post from a recent trip into Manchester. We went to see The Moonwalkers at Aviva Studios. Moonwalkers is a short immersive show […]
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Merry Christmas 2025 Best wishes for a peaceful, relaxing and happy Christmas
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A winter break in Whitby: coastlines, charm & cold calm days Whitby is one of those places that it would be difficult to not like. Located on the rugged North Yorkshire coast, it’s a town where it’s easy to pass a few hours. Wandering along the cobbled streets really gives you a sense of the […]
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Pleasant walking in Reddish Vale country park – Manchester. It’s been a while since we have been walking in Reddish Vale Country Park. The last time I posted a blog from there was back in 2022. You can see that post at this link. It’s a very decent place to go for a wander, on […]
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The Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 dc HSM Art lens on the Canon EOS 90D A few weeks ago I posted about using the Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM lens. If you missed that post you can go back and check it out at this link. In that post I wrote that ongoing mobility limitations and […]
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Exploring Leighton Moss – the north west’s largest reed bed After what seems to have been a long overdue activity we managed to get out with the cameras this week. Getting out on this trip was quite a contrast to a week or so ago when we had headed out to Cheshire to visit Dagfield […]
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Getting back out – a trip to Dagfields antiques in Cheshire Circumstances have meant that holidays, trips and days have looked a little different or at least lacking the variety that they might otherwise have had I not had my road traffic accident at the start of June. But I am on the mend. Getting […]
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The Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM on the Canon EOS 90D Continued mobility limitations and the frustration of not being able to get out and about in the way I like have led to me taking a few more garden pictures. If you don’t know why I’m not out and about as much as […]
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It’s still just about summer – so some more macro pictures It’s still summer (until the 22nd September) and I’ve still been sticking with trying to find something to do whilst current mobility restrictions caused by events at the start of June limit my choices. Some of the ‘something to do’ has involved some garden […]
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