photographs: people, places & things
It is what it is – pictures from being out and about
Visit Lochalsh & the Isle of Skye. Scottish Highlands part 2 In Part 1 of this short series of blog post I wrote about heading off to Scotland to stay in Sallachy, a small hamlet just a few miles away from the Isle of Skye. This second part of this Scottish Highlands blog post covers […]
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Visit Lochalsh & the Isle of Skye. Scottish Highlands part 1 Over the years my wife and I have holidayed many times in a variety of locations across Scotland – in truth we’ve holidayed there probably more times that we can recall. We were definitely looking forward to this trip, partly because it had been […]
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City centre Manchester and visiting the Castlefield Viaduct. Manchester really is a great city to visit, whether it’s to see something specific or just to wander round. The last time I posted was back in December when we had taken the bus into the centre and enjoyed a wander and a bite to eat (you […]
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Biting cold weather but fine walking in the Tame Valley Sometimes it can be all too easy to overlook what’s right on your doorstep. I suppose we are quite fortunate to have plenty of decent places nearby and that make for decent walking. One of these places is the Tame Valley and although we regularly […]
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Winter Wassail at Chadkirk Chapel keeping traditions alive My previous post other than a New Years greeting followed our trip to Chester last month. This latest post if a bit different as it was that time of year again when the tradition of the orchard visiting Wassail is brought to life at the Grade II […]
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Wandering around the rows of Chester – December picture post The last time I was in Chester was back in March of this year and it was nice to spend a few hours there again especially in the midst of the festive season. It’s easy enough for us to get to, as it’s less than […]
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Wandering around central Manchester – December picture post Just a very short picture post from a recent wander around central Manchester and the Christmas markets. I wouldn’t really say I’m the biggest fan of the Christmas markets. In some respects, I sort of think when you’ve seen one you’ve seen them all which I know […]
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Pembrokeshire: a picture post from South West Wales – Part 2 We have recently returned from a break in Pembrokeshire in South West Wales. This is the second part of a two part blog post. I wrote in Part 1 how this trip was sort of finishing off our travel for the year, if you […]
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Pembrokeshire: a picture post from South West Wales – Part 1 We are just back from rounding our ‘travel year’ off with a trip to Pembrokeshire in South West Wales. This is Part 1 of a two part blog post. Our last short break in the UK was back in March when we had stayed […]
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Stockport Gin – visiting the home of Stockport Gin (tour) Earlier this year our daughter and son in law bought us a gift …. it was tickets to visit the Stockport Gin Distillery. With other commitments the earliest we could do this and get it booked in the diary was for the end of September […]
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