A beautiful hot, sunny day drew the crowds this afternoon to Scarborough seafront – more than I expected as England were playing their first game against Croatia in the Euros 2021. I parked the car in a residential street and walked some distance to North Bay. I’m not really a seaside person, well at least […]
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After being cooped up all day working in my office it was great to get on my bike and do the circular loop from Kirkbymoorside to Gillamoor, then Fadmoor and down Starfitt Lane to the A170 and back home. There were a few people sat at tables on the village green in Gillamoor but I
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Not much free time but made quick visits to Helmsley yesterday and York today. Gorgeous weather brought out the crowds and as usual motorcyclists gathered around the the Feversham Monument, a grade 2 listed memorial to the 2nd Baron Feversham. I chatted to a lovely couple who I thought were bikers but tuned out to
Having some time before returning home to Yorkshire I decided to visit a National Trust Scotland property where a rather unusual restoration project is taking place (with some great photographic potential). Architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh was commissioned by Glasgow book publisher Walter Blackie to build him a home in the hills above Helensburgh. Recognised as
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It was a long way to go, four hours from home to Helensburgh, but I’m glad I made the trip. As a communications trainer I do have to travel quite a bit to schools across the North of England, and occasionally to the West Midlands, but going as far as Scotland is a rarity. I
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Been going a bit stir crazy with days of terrible weather and the demands of work preventing me from doing any exploring with my camera but last Saturday I made a dash for Sandsend. I haven’t been for a year or more but when the children were younger (and we had two labradors) it was
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I was waiting for my daughter to emerge from a hair salon in Pickering and next door was a vintage car showroom with a rather eye-catching hearse parked outside. With time to kill I wandered over and thought I’d look for an angle that might make an interesting photo but with just my phone I
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I had a free morning so made the 40 minute drive south to York, our nearest metropolis! It was quite buzzing when I got there with lots of restaurants offering tables in the streets so there was a continental feel to the place, even though the weather was distinctly chilly. I had no particular plan
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