photographs: people, places & things
It is what it is – pictures from being out and about
Cut, crops and collages For some time I have been creating a small collage of pictures to set as the featured image on blog posts. These have typically been split in three vertical sections. This post and the previous two posts (Part 1 and Part 2) are a replay/look back of collages that have been […]
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Cut, crops and collages For some time I have been creating a small collage of pictures to set as the featured image on blog posts. These have typically been split in three vertical sections. This post and the previous and following post (Part 1 and Part 3) are a replay/look back of collages that have […]
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Cut, crops and collages For some time I have been creating a small collage of pictures to set as the featured image on blog posts. These have typically been split in three vertical sections. This post and following two posts (Part 2 and Part 3) are a replay/look back of collages that have been used […]
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Wandering around Reddish Vale Another day and it was another short drive to spend some time wandering around Reddish Vale country park. It was pretty much a case of the usual suspects when it came to the wildlife with the exception of a pond turtle/terrapin that was soaking up the sunshine on a floating platform […]
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Another visit to Fletcher Moss We have visited Fletcher Moss a few times in the last year or two and it really is a very pleasant green space to spend some time wandering around. Our personal preference is to visit on a weekday, on the single occasion we made a weekend visit (a Sunday) we […]
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Well they have wings but it’s not what I normally take pictures of … Earlier this week we paid a visit to what I have always known as Barton Airfield but that is more properly known as Barton Aerodrome or City Airport. It’s certainly a pretty decent place to stop by, have a coffee and […]
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Canal life along the Peak Forest canal I have posted pictures and words about the Peak Forest canal on many occasions, and the pictures in this blog post are from the stretch of the Peak Forest canal that is close to the basins at Bugsworth and Whaley Bridge. Our recent walk really did have a […]
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A visit to Lymm Dam in Cheshire Last week we visited Lymm Dam, it’s a while since we had been there – in fact it was back in June of last year when we last visited – check this link for details from last years visit. It’s an ideal place to visit and on a […]
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Shakerley Mere We recently took the fairly short car journey into Cheshire and made an April visit to Shakerley Mere. The mere itself is close to the village of Goostrey (in east Cheshire). We did some walking last year in that area and you can check this link out to visit the blog post from […]
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An unexpected sighting Talk about everyday being a school day … we were pleasantly surprised the a few weeks back whilst out walking along a stretch of one of our local canals, (the Macclesfield Canal near High Lane Stockport) when we spotted a number of ducks that were new to us. It turned out they […]
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