photographs: people, places & things
It is what it is – pictures from being out and about
Holiday in Ireland/Tour Ireland by car – (Part 2) In Part 1 of this Blog I wrote about our stay in Larne in Northern Ireland and some of the terrific places we visited. If you missed reading about our time there, clicking here will take you directly to Part 1. We had spent three nights […]
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Holiday in Ireland/Tour Ireland by car – (Part 1) Readers of the Blog will know I have been in Ireland a few times this year (2022). The first trip (that you can read about here) was in June when I took the Stena Line ferry from Holyhead to Dublin and travelled around some wonderful places […]
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Another trip to the glorious Emerald Isle I’m just back from a terrific couple of weeks across the water in Ireland. Regular visitors will know that this year I have made a couple of trips to Ireland on one of my motorbikes. The first was back in June when I travelled to Dublin and then […]
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Visiting Arnside & Leighton Moss The last time we had been at Arnside together was in August 2020, and we managed to make it back there in Spring of this year. It’s only now in September that I have had chance to get this blog post sorted. A little bit overdue Arnside really is a […]
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Swallows nesting and feeding The last time I posted pictures of swallows was after we had taken a walk down the River Weaver and see them at the Vale Royal locks. Just a few days ago my wife caught sight of swallows swooping to and from a nest high up the side of a local […]
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Visiting Anglesey – ice cream and coastal walking Anglesey really is a decent place to visit, whether for a main holiday, a short break or just a day. We have visited Anglesey a good number of time over the years. Our most recent holiday there was in May of last year so we were ‘overdue’ […]
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Visiting Moreton Hall – National Trust Visiting Moreton Hall (near Congleton) really is a worthwhile place to visit. It’s actually known as Little Moreton Hall or Old Moreton Hall and it is really quite remarkable. A casual look at it makes you wonder how on earth it stays up and a closer inspection has you […]
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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 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 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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