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- 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
- The Fylde Gallery, Lytham, bright display
- Gresgarth Hall Gardens near Lancaster
- Williamson Park, Lancaster
- East Lancashire Railway and The Whitaker Museum
- Northern Powerhouse v Midlands Engine
- Announcement of General Election 8th June 2017
- Railway Electrification in the North West
- Offshore Windfarms near Lancashire
- Parliamentary Boundary Review 2018
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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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Keighley Bus Museum and K&W Railway
Keighley is halfway between east and west coasts so not a bad trip along the A59 or the M65. There is a heritage railway, The Keighley and Worth, which has 3 museums and a shed. There is also a Bus … Continue reading
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Blackpool Air Show 2018
Two great days at the Blackpool Air Show, Saturday and Sunday 11th and 12th August 2018. A big line up with the RAF providing the Typhoon, Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, Pilatus and The Red Arrows on Sunday. Saturday … Continue reading
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Very Enjoyable Lake Windermere Boat trip
After a fabulous stretch of weather in May and early June it seems to be turning. On Tuesday 12th June we decided to take a ‘green’ route boat trip on Windermere. This takes about 45 minutes going from Ambleside to … Continue reading
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Kendal’s Art, Museum, Church
A visit to Kendal in April 2018 specially to go to the Abbot Hall Art Gallery on the way to the Lake District. The gallery is displaying a Monet which is on loan from the National Gallery of Scotland until … Continue reading
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East Lancashire Railway day out
An enjoyable day at the East Lancs Railway on Thursday 29th March. Tornado, the 100mph steam loco, was the star of the show hauling full carriages on many trains. Also on duty was the Crab and diesel. On static display … Continue reading
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Ambleside and Loughrigg
A visit to Ambleside, 2hrs walking on Loughrigg Fell, 1hr lunch at Zeffirelli’s, 1hr shopping. Our favourites Cunningham’s Outdoor Clothing shop opposite the old bridge house, The Detail shop opposite a pub for nice design items, The Old Bank Chocolate … Continue reading
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