photographs: people, places & things
It is what it is – pictures from being out and about
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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🛩️ 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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Day trip to the Lakes and a decent wander around Ambleside. In my previous post I mentioned there was just a hint that summer was at last on the way. Without a doubt the recent shift in weather conditions has made it feel like a change for the better. Last week we decided we would […]
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Wandering around New Mills – and a brief visit to The Torrs. Earlier in the week I had occasion to visit New Mills. I think the last time I posted following a walk was after a wander along the Shropshire Union canal. New Mills is a place I have been to a couple of times […]
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Premier League Champions 2024 empty seats and empty streets? For the fourth consecutive year Manchester City lifted the Premier League Champions trophy. By any measure and by any standards it’s a remarkable achievement. The current team break records almost every time they play. Not only have they won four titles in a row, it’s six […]
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Wembley FA Cup Final 2024, it’s the people that make the day Win, lose or draw a day out at Wembley is almost always a decent thing to do. Getting to a cup final is almost certainly an event that most football fans would love to see their team involved in. Realistically for most football […]
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Another trip to Scotland – short break in Newton Stewart (2) In part 1 I mentioned that my wife and I have holidayed together many many times in Scotland as well as having travelled pretty extensively in Scotland on my own by motorbike (my most recent bike trip there was in August last year). There […]
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