photographs: people, places & things
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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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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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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Jay – picture post from Scotland I posted previously about a recent trip to Scotland when we spent time in St Catherines in Argyll and Bute on the Cowal peninsular. We stayed in a quiet and fairly isolated cottage, nestled in an area of protected forest and close to the shore of Loch Fyne. This […]
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Visit Scotland – Argyll and Bute This blog post follows a visit to Scotland and the Cowal peninsular in Argyll and Bute. It wasn’t so long ago that I posted here after a stay in Scotland last year in Argyll and Bute (see this link for September post) We enjoyed ourselves so much and found […]
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Reddish Vale Country Park – January We took another very decent walk earlier in the week down to one of local haunts – Reddish Vale Country Park. All in all we walked about six miles or so on what was a pretty typical January day – so pretty cold but lovely and bright. The park […]
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Reddish Vale – a December walk Reddish Vale Country Park – a December walk. There’s never a bad time of year to have a wander around Reddish Vale county park and a crisp December morning was no exception. I was there for around 9:30am or so and was a little surprised at how quiet it […]
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Another wander alongside the river It’s been a little difficult to find time to get and walk this week – other commitments and events have had to take priority but I din manage a decent walk on another cold day. There wasn’t a great deal go but there are a few pictures from my walk […]
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