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Yesterday I returned from a “trip up north” – I stayed on the Wirral, about 10 miles from Liverpool, near the small town of Neston. First of all, of all the holiday lets I’ve booked over the years, this was the best, and the one I enjoyed the most. Often there are a couple ofContinue reading “Back from another trip!”

North Yorkshire Moors Railway is a preserved steam railway running over the moors of Yorkshire. My visit to the railway was memorable. The car broke down just outside and I just made it to the car park! An executive decision was made that I’d have a day out on the railway, then call the AAContinue reading “North Yorkshire Moors Railway”

I would not call myself a Royalist, and whilst I am sorry that the queen has passed away, I also acknowledge a life well lived, and dedicated to the people of Britain and the Commonwealth. When I was younger I was to a degree, anti monarchy, these days I seem to have mellowed to theContinue reading “Long live the King!”

A few days ago I wrote about Rievaulx Abbey, an English Heritage property up in Yorkshire. Almost at the other end of the country stands another property looked after by “EH”, Launceston Castle. What stands today is mostly the central keep and is mainly 13th century, although the castle was originally started not long afterContinue reading “Launceston Castle”

A 50mm lens is not the best option to take to a zoo, but when it’s all you have with you, it’s better than nothing! I remember visiting here once before as a child with my 126 camera. The results were less than spectacular! I remember making a transparency of the entrance, even that wasContinue reading “Paignton Zoo”

While on my first “proper” visit to Yorkshire I made a visit to Rievaulx Abbey. It was one of the first Cistercian Abbey’s to be founded in England, and the first in the North of England, sometime around 1130. Like most, Rievaulx was “dissolved” (or “suppressed” seems to be the “new” word in use), historyContinue reading “Rievaulx Abbey”