photographs: people, places & things
Heading for the Red Deer Range We had only been in Newton Stewart a few days, but quickly settled into a pleasant morning routine. Our start to the day included coffee, breakfast, and a short walk through town, returning along the peaceful River Cree On day four after returning from our morning walk, we headed […]
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Temporary delay to updates from the Galloway trip Due to unplanned events there will be a slight delay to the 4th and 5th parts of the Galloway trip posts. Don’t forget to check back soon
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Red Kites and coastal paths a great week in Galloway: Part 3 Port Logan Fishpond In Part 2 I mentioned the decent time we had visiting Port William and St Ninians Cave. The next trip from our base in Newton Stewart was to head about 30 miles or so west to the small village of […]
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Red Kites and coastal paths a great week in Galloway: Part 2 Morning in Newton Stewart In Part 1 of this series of post I wrote about staying in Newton Stewart. The town of Newton Stewart is in the Dumfries and Galloway area. We decided we would head out for the day, do some walking […]
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Red Kites and coastal paths a great week in Galloway: Part 1 This is quite a different series of posts than the last one when my son and I travelled down to Wembley for the FA Cup Final. In fact it was just the day before the Cup Final that my wife and I got […]
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FA Cup Final Wembley 2025 – Crystal Palace v Manchester City Another day out and another trip to Wembley to watch Manchester City play. This time it was against Crystal Palace in the 2025 FA Cup Final. Regular readers will know that producing a blog post after a trip to Wembley has become a regular […]
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Macro pictures with the Canon 90D and the Sigma 105mm f2.8 I seem to be forever playing catch up with blog posts. I’ve just updated my other blog following an excellent short motorcycle trip to Scotland. If it’s of interest you can check that out at this link ‘Three towns and 1,000 miles’ The last […]
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FA Cup – semi final 2025 Notts Forest v Manchester City Last weekend it was another trip to Wembley to watch Manchester City play Nottingham Forest in the 2025 FA Cup semi final. A blog post after a trip to Wembley has become a regular event. If looking at people at big events floats your […]
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Catching up and coming soon – more posts on the way. There really is never enough time is there? I’ve just made the most of the good weather by fitting in a quick trip to Scotland – and there will be more of that over on the other blog in the next few days. Last […]
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Heaton Park: close to the city but peaceful at the same time Last time out we had driven over to Whitchurch in Shropshire. On this occasion we made the short 20 minute trip to Heaton Park just a few miles north of the City centre. The park itself is in an area of Manchester known […]
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