Today’s guest picture comes from Venetia and shows a couple of handsome Suffolk Punch horses at her local countryside museum. We rose early and made our way after breakfast to this handsome church in the university quarter of the town… … and then we spent the rest of the day singing, culminating in a concertContinue reading “Singing from dawn till dusk”
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On the town
A brief phone post today as we are in Glasgow with our Carlisle choir for two days of singing. The view from the hotel window is good. The hotel menu offered very polite bread and butter. But I had a Thai green curry with no manners instead. The flying bird of the day is anContinue reading “On the town”
Double stop press
Our regular train to Edinburgh was cancelled for lack of a driver so we drove forty miles to Teeedbank and used the Borders railway instead. We had a good time with Matilda and the usual excellent meal. Our train back was cancelled due to passenger illness! We had to wait an hour for the nextContinue reading “Double stop press”
There was a ray of sunshine
Today’s guest picture comes from Sharon’s trip to Orkney. Her shot shows the famous Skara Brae site. It is a brief post with few photographs today as the morning was perfectly miserable with nothing but a few soggy dahlias to look at from the shelter of the front door… …and buckets of that thin but penetratingContinue reading “There was a ray of sunshine”
Edinburgh rules
Today’s guest picture is another from my Australian correspondent Stephen’s visit to North Queensland. He found this beautiful butterfly in the butterfly house in Kuranda. We were going to Edinburgh in the afternoon and the forecast suggested rain in mid morning, so I knew that if I wanted a short cycle ride, I would haveContinue reading “Edinburgh rules”
Evelyn comes home
After yesterday’s bridge picture from my sister Mary, my brother Andrew has sent me another famous bridge for today’s guest picture (complete with a bungee jumper) We did nothing all day as we waited for the world’s greatest baby to come out of hospital and go home. Fortunately we were quite tired by the strainsContinue reading “Evelyn comes home”
A long way round
Although we are in London staying at my sisters’ establishments, my sisters are actually in the North East on a jaunt with my brother from which my sister Mary sends me this guest picture of the day. When we had our meal with Patricia yesterday evening, she had a surprise gift for us. She hadContinue reading “A long way round”
News
Today’s guest picture comes from regular reader Anne who has been to see Bamburgh Castle on the east coast. We are still in London and Mrs Tootlepedal and I started the day with the very good news that we had become grandparents again as our daughter Annie and her partner Joe had become the proudContinue reading “News”
In London again
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew who was visiting Northallerton today where he saw this picturesque ruin. We left our garden behind with some backwards looks as we travelled south to stay with my sisters. Mrs Tootlepedal feels that it is just going past its best so I thought that I should recordContinue reading “In London again”
A full day at Beamish
Warning: There are 92 pictures in this post and it it is not one of my regular diary posts. It us a record of some of the many delights that the camera club outing encountered at Beamish. It represents less than half of the pictures that I took. The guest picture comes from Mairi, oneContinue reading “A full day at Beamish”
