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We are very lucky to have such wonderful things on our doorstep, and most of the time we don’t appreciate them. Back in the day Salford Quays was a working docks, complete with all sorts of storage buildings, and channels for the ships. Not that I know definitively but the Manchester Ship Canal ends here. […]

It’s strange but somehow things always feel better when I’m beside the sea. I’ve always loved the seaside, this is a legacy of my parents who always took us on holiday when we were children. The seaside was always the destination. Either Blackpool, Scarborough or North Wales.  As an adult I’ve carried on this tradition

I’ve been toying for a while about having a go at some street photography, it’s a genre that is very popular and I see lots of adverts for courses and walks etc. Me being me decided I’d like to try it for myself before signing myself up to any courses. This is what I’ve done

The more regular readers will know that I have been on two other photography workshops in the Lake District and that I had booked onto a third. All of these have been with Chris Sale the wonderful landscape photography professional based in the Lake District.  In the pre workshop (and 121) planning I had agreed

It may come as a surprise to a few but I do have an “O” level (GCSE) in History. Some of you might say that it’s ancient history when I got that but I’ve always loved history. I was looking out on when the National Trust and English Heritage would open up again after Covid,

It will come as no surprise to quite a few of you that I decided to cancel my overseas holidays for 2020, and spend more time exploring parts of the UK that I’ve not really been to before. I know that quite a lot of people are choosing to go abroad but that’s their decision. 

One of the things that was annoying (yes just one of the million things) during full lockdown was the weather. It was fabulous, hot, dry and great weather for all manner of adventures. We were stuck inside. Since lockdown easing, I’ve tried really hard to get out and about as often as I can, and

What a weekend it was! There are some time’s in life when things just all come together to make for the most perfect times. We try to plan for these things, but we are mainly left in the lap of the gods to deliver them all at the same time. Well this last weekend I

This last week i‘ve been lucky enough to get out and about again, and like most weeks of late some of this was in the Peak District. However, I have ventured further afield this last week, and that was to help celebrate my friends 60th birthday, and that was in Prestatyn in North Wales.   It’s difficult

I really need to find out exactly how many “edges” there are in The Peak District, so I can keep a tally against that list. What I do have is a list of places I’ve researched and I’m working my way through that methodically. Well in truth, it’s about what takes my fancy on a