Wednesday, 16 August 2017

Queen Vic in the flowers

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More than 100 years after her death Queen Victoria still stands highest in Newcastle under Lyme. Statues of royalty are in fact few an...
Sunday, 2 July 2017

Hot and unbothered at the water

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In the heat, one just automatically heads to water.  This is why a nineteenth century reservoir and combined sewage treatment works ...
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Thursday, 30 March 2017

Girls in tablecloths

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The venerable Abbots Bromley Girls School was one of the early institutions in this country to educate girls, and it has been independent fo...
Sunday, 19 March 2017

Battle marker

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This rather unprepossessing marker shows the spot where the only significant batle of the Civil War took place in Staffordshire - the Bat...
Thursday, 27 October 2016

Gargoyles' holiday

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People are gearing up for the Halloween weekend. Even I have lots of invitations to ghoul-style parties and ghost walks. Apparently Hall...
Wednesday, 5 October 2016

Gi-normous fungus

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This fungus is huge – as big as a man’s head. I haven’t seen one as big as this for a while. But what really impresses me is that it...
Monday, 12 September 2016

Last of the summer

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Birds strut across these stubble-fields in Hopwas getting the last of the seeds after the crop has been cut & baled. The sight is an...
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Thursday, 21 July 2016

Ipstones pomp

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James Cope must have been quite a figure in the tiny Moorlands village of Ipstones during his lifetime. This grand tomb memorial was bui...
Thursday, 14 July 2016

Bavaria in Staffordshire

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This view could be one taken in Bavaria, or even the Czech Republic - but no, this is good old Staffordshire. I like taking visitors alon...
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Thursday, 7 July 2016

Spiky nature

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Gailey Reservoir - the reeds have a spiky appearance.
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