Thursday, 29 April 2021

Railway ghostliness

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  Stafford railway station has been empty (ish) and a little ghostly over the last twelve months. It'll be interesting to see if it retu...
Tuesday, 20 April 2021

Light & shade

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Country-walking traditionally starts again after Easter (at least, it does for light-weights like me).   I do love these Springtime movin...
Saturday, 10 April 2021

Fish pour off the bridge

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  This stone sculpture on a bridge in Newcastle-under-Lyme above the Lyme Brook, is called 'The Return'. It vaguely amuses me, thou...
Tuesday, 30 March 2021

Getting close to a Tudor wonder

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  This is about as close to Broughton Hall as you'll get, unless you're fortunate enough to be invited to one of the magnificent Gra...
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Saturday, 20 March 2021

Falling foul of Henry

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  What drew me to this stained-glass in Brecon Cathedral was the Stafford Knot in it of course - you can see the knot on this man's shou...
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Wednesday, 10 March 2021

Sighing to the workhouse

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This must have been a most miserable passageway 150 years ago. The Victorians of the town of Stone lived and enjoyed themselves on the eas...
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Sunday, 28 February 2021

Geese vs parks

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  Canadian geese are probably the least liked of all birds to be found in Britain. They can be aggressive and hard to disperse.  But, worse ...
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Tuesday, 16 February 2021

Singles at Hoar Cross

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  Despite being a relatively young church (built 1876), Holy Angels at Hoar Cross is a stunner, and gets hugely high ratings from both visi...
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Monday, 8 February 2021

Wet lands

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  It has been wet wet wet underfoot.  The snow-melt didn't help either. I thought if I walked on the top of the ridge at Kingsley it wou...
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Sunday, 31 January 2021

Wall/bridge/lock/road/canal/path

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This road-bridge on the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal (1770) is Grade-2 listed, believe it or not - though it was built by Brindl...
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