A day out at the Cheshire Steam Fair

A day out at the Cheshire Steam Fair We have only ever been to something like this once before and that was a few years ago when we visited the Astle Park Traction Engine Valley at Chelford. This event – the Cheshire Steam Fair was a two day weekend event and it really did lend […]

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Visiting Dunham Massey – a short picture post

Visiting Dunham Massey – a short picture post The National Trust property at Dunham Massey is a regular pace for us on our visit list during the year as well as having been to the After Dark event on a couple of occasions at Christmas time. We were there most recently a week or so […]

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Black headed gull – it’s not a seagull

Black headed gull – it’s not a seagull Probably the easiest way to identify the difference between a gull and a seagull is simply to look at its size. Seagulls are normally much bigger than gulls and the beak of a seagull is a little curved.The gulls beak is actually more pointed than that of […]

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Lots of activity in the garden

Lots of activity in the garden It’s that time of the year when there is lots of activity in the garden from the new baby birds, and it’s that time of year for them to leave their nests and start to make their own way in the world. In the last few weeks our garden […]

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River Weaver – wandering in Spring

River Weaver – wandering in Spring We had a decent walk last week along a stretch of the River Weaver in Vale Royal (Cheshire). I have written before and mentioned that the River Weaver has an interesting history and that is linked to the salt mining of Cheshire and although this was the second time […]

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Jay – picture post from Scotland

Jay – picture post from Scotland I posted previously about a recent trip to Scotland when we spent time in St Catherines in Argyll and Bute on the Cowal peninsular. We stayed in a quiet and fairly isolated cottage, nestled in an area of protected forest and close to the shore of Loch Fyne. This […]

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Wembley scenes Manchester City and Liverpool

Wembley scenes Manchester City v Liverpool A game of football between the two leading teams in the country saw  around 73,000 people head for Wembley to watch the semi final of the FA Cup. Wembley scenes Manchester City v Liverpool  is a picture post with images from outside the stadium before the game. The peoples […]

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Woodpecker – picture post from Scotland

Woodpecker – picture post from Scotland I posted previously about a recent trip to Scotland when we spent time in St Catherines in Argyll and Bute on the Cowal peninsular. We stayed in a quiet and fairly isolated cottage, nestled in an area of protected forest and close to the shore of Loch Fyne. This […]

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Red squirrels picture post from Scotland

Red squirrels picture post from Scotland I posted previously about a recent trip to Scotland and some time spent in St Catherines in Argyll and Bute. We stayed in a pretty isolated cottage nestled in an area of protected forest and close to the shore of Loch Fyne. We had stayed there back in September […]

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Visit Scotland – Argyll and Bute

Visit Scotland – Argyll and Bute This blog post follows a visit to Scotland and the Cowal peninsular in Argyll and Bute. It wasn’t so long ago that I posted here after a stay in Scotland last year in Argyll and Bute (see this link for September post) We enjoyed ourselves so much and found […]

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