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- Rawtenstall, East Lancashire Railway 13th April 2024
- Helmshore Mills Textile Museum – 13th April 2024
- South Lakes – Motor Museum and Heritage Rail Feb 24
- Ambleside on 30th January 2024
- Windermere and Kendal ~September 2023
- A trip to Keswick – May 2023
- A walk in Lancaster – March 2023
- Manchester Art Gallery – Dandy Style – 2023
- Blackpool Christmas Lights 2022
- The area around Sizergh Castle, Cumbria, summer 2022
- Levens Hall, Cumbria, July 2022
- The Lakeland Motor Museum – October 2022
- British Commercial Vehicle Museum October 2022
- East Lancashire Railway, Bury and Rawtenstall
- Ribble Steam Railway & Museum – September 2022
- North West England football 1/1/21
- Windermere Jetty Museum
- British Commercial Vehicle Museum now re-opened
- Blackburn Cathedral
- Lancashire Mining Museum, Astley Green
- Blackpool Illuminated Tram Parade 2018
- Keighley Bus Museum and K&W Railway
- Blackpool Air Show 2018
- Tatton Park RHS Flower Show 2018
- Very Enjoyable Lake Windermere Boat trip
- Iconic Harris Art Gallery, Preston, Visit
- Kendal’s Art, Museum, Church
- East Lancashire Railway day out
- Ambleside and Loughrigg
- Blackpool
- Blackwell Arts & Craft House, Bowness, nice lunch
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- East Lancashire Railway and The Whitaker Museum
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Rawtenstall, East Lancashire Railway 13th April 2024
A trip to Rawtenstall to visit the East Lancs Heritage Railway on a Saturday. The ex-GWR Castle Class loco 4079 Pendennis Castle was visiting and would soon return to Didcot. Also running was 45108 a class 45 diesel of the … Continue reading
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Helmshore Mills Textile Museum – 13th April 2024
It was a good day for a visit to the East Lancashire Railway and as the Helmshore Mills Textile Museum is only about a mile off the route a visit was made on the way home. For info the route … Continue reading
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South Lakes – Motor Museum and Heritage Rail Feb 24
The area of South Lakes sometimes called South Lakes Peninsulas has a great selection of heritage transport exhibits all close to each other near the south of Lake Windermere and all capable of being combined in one trip: The Lakeland … Continue reading
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Ambleside on 30th January 2024
Ambleside is a small town in the middle of the English Lake District and is an easy 55 mile drive from Preston. Althernatively there are trains and buses although none will take you direct. There are trains direct to Windermere … Continue reading
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Windermere and Kendal ~September 2023
We had a couple of days in the lakes and ferried from Ambleside to Bowness, then got the car ferry across to visit Hill Top. Walking was harder work than we thought as it was up and down and had … Continue reading
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A trip to Keswick – May 2023
A pleasing weekend in Keswick. Long evenings with flamboyant sunsets. Walks and boat trips on the lake. Enroute we took a short detour to Pooley Bridge at the north end of Ullswater, a large and beautiful lake. The boat leaves … Continue reading
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A walk in Lancaster – March 2023
Lancaster is an interesting smallish city with a lot of Georgian buildings and small passageways leading to not too secret locations if you’re a local. Nice coffee shops, bakeries and organic food co-operatives hide in these places often with inconspicuous … Continue reading
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Manchester Art Gallery – Dandy Style – 2023
A visit to Manchester Art Gallery on 12th January 2023 for the free exhibition of men’s fashion over 250 years, ‘Dandy Style’, closing 1st May 2023. Featuring many well known fashion designers. The painting below of Prince Edward in the … Continue reading
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Blackpool Christmas Lights 2022
Blackpool on the 21st November 2022, a damp Monday enabling reflections from the lights.
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The area around Sizergh Castle, Cumbria, summer 2022
Sizergh Castle near Kendal is looked after by the National Trust although the Strickland family live there, as they have for some 700 years. The castle has a strong and square tower with a more recent slate roof living section … Continue reading
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Levens Hall, Cumbria, July 2022
A visit to Levens Hall near Kendal in Cumbria. Famous for its topiary. Through the narrow gates up the drive into the decent sized free car park. Levens Hall also takes coach tours. You can either go to the cafe … Continue reading
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The Lakeland Motor Museum – October 2022
A visit to the Lakeland Motor Museum coupled with a walk to the nearby Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway. First stop is the neighbouring cafe, quite a decent one with riverside seating. Then entry to the museum which contains cars, motorcycles, … Continue reading
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British Commercial Vehicle Museum October 2022
A visit to the BCVM in Leyland. Just a few minutes off the motorway and a free car park or a fairly cheap one across the road. The museum has several different manufacturers on display but there are a couple … Continue reading
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East Lancashire Railway, Bury and Rawtenstall
A visit to the East Lancs Railway in September 2022. City of Wells, 34092 made an early start, loco D345 appeared on an enthusiast special. D9531 also operated. At Bury we visited the Art Gallery which has some good exhibits. … Continue reading
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Ribble Steam Railway & Museum – September 2022
A visit to the Ribble Steam Railway on Preston Docks. Starting with a coffee and biscuit before taking a photo of the train on the platform. The old L&YR saddle tank on a visit. It looks very small in front … Continue reading
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North West England football 1/1/21
The North West of England has many members of the original football league. Here are the standings of the north west clubs in the top 6 leagues at the beginning of 2021: Premier League Liverpool 1stManchester United 2ndManchester City 5thEverton … Continue reading
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Windermere Jetty Museum
A modern building about half a mile from Bowness and beside the lake. We walked from the centre of Bowness having parked elsewhere. Not too far and on the way back we found a quieter lane for much of the … Continue reading
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British Commercial Vehicle Museum now re-opened
A visit to the BCVM at Leyland on 5th February 2019 shortly after its re-opening. Posh new ticket office and cafe strike you on arrival. Nice coffee as well. The upstairs area has gone and it’s a lot lighter inside. … Continue reading
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Blackburn Cathedral
A trip to Blackburn on the train. The cathedral is almost next to the station. It was Monday and Blackburn Museum was closed so we went round the shopping mall, called The Mall. Quite a big place, looks like the … Continue reading
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Lancashire Mining Museum, Astley Green
A trip to Astley Green on Saturday 24th November, fortunately a nice day. Astley Green is a village near Leigh just off the A580, a major road. The mine was closed in 1970 after some 60 years of work. The … Continue reading
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