photographs: people, places & things
Manchester City beat Arsenal to claim the Carabao Cup For the last 16 years Manchester City have made the trip to Wembley at least once a year. In some years it’s been two or three times. I think this years appearance in the Carabao Cup Final made it about 32 appearances at Wembley in that […]
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No rain in Manchester today – colour popped street pictures We enjoyed another day in central Manchester last week when we headed over to Media City. Our trip there was to watch and listen to a recording for BBC Radio 3 by the magnificent BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. We were in no rush and took the […]
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Wandering around Manchester – it’s difficult not to like it. I last posted about being in central Manchester earlier in the year – in February and again in March. This is another picture post from a recent trip into Manchester. We went to see The Moonwalkers at Aviva Studios. Moonwalkers is a short immersive show […]
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Manchester – day tripper city centre, backstreets and canals My previous post was quite a contrast to this one. Last time out, I posted about our trip to The Torrs Riverside Park and the Millennium Walkway at New Mills. This time we headed into the central Manchester, a world away from the countryside setting at […]
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A wander around City Centre Manchester and a picture of Nico It’s a short while since my last post on here, which was back in November after we had returned from a really enjoyable trip to Belgium and Germany. This latest short post picks up from the week before last when we headed off to […]
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Autumn in Belgium and Germany – words and pictures. Part 3. Moving onto Germany We had really enjoyed our time in Belgium. Namur, Ghent and Dinant had been good places to visit. Added to that the property we had rented had been comfortable and well located for what we wanted to do. On the way […]
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Autumn in Belgium and Germany – words and pictures. Part 2. Accommodation This post (Part 2 of 3) covers our visits to the city of Dinant, on the banks of the Meuse River and then the exceptionally pretty medieval town of Monschau in western Germany. But before that I’ve included a selection of the pictures […]
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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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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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Visit Budapest in September – picture travel post (part 3) I said at the start of this picture post series (in Part 1) that Budapest had been on our list of places to go to for some time. It certainly didn’t disappoint us and it’s fair to say that it exceeded our expectations on many […]
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