Tuesday, 12 June 2018

Peak strolling

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Walking down to the river bridge from Alstonefield... in the Staffordshire Peak District
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Tuesday, 5 June 2018

Pink runners

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A view of Trentham Gardens round dusk. The pink band on the right-hand side of the photo is a group of runners, competing in The Race For...
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Friday, 2 March 2018

The annoying death of Brooke

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Lichfield is full of little historical monuments like this one in Dam Street. It commemorates the death of a Parliamentarian general in ...
Monday, 15 January 2018

Graffiti for a child

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This is a curiously vibrant piece of graffiti for a rather unfrequented foot-tunnel.  It runs under the A50 at Blythe Marsh, more as a so...
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Thursday, 9 November 2017

White lady mystery

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The ‘White Lady’ print has a central pride of place in this reception room in the old part of the county council buildings.  The lady...
Wednesday, 11 October 2017

Bishton colours

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Bishton Hall, home to the Stafford Northcote family (and a Catholic prep school) - in its autumn colours
Wednesday, 27 September 2017

End of harvest times

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The pub sign for the New Inns at Kiddemore Green induces a real feeling of relaxation - and a need for a cooling drink.  Especially at ha...
Friday, 15 September 2017

Watching the street

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It bothers me very greatly that surveillance cameras are now ubiquitous. This is a back-street in a densely-housed area, yet, despite t...
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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