Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. He came across the River Erewash on a recent walk. It was a peaceful scene. I almost wrote that we had another frosty night followed by a sunny day our of sheer force of habit, but as it happened, we didn’t have a frosty night at all,Continue reading “Taking to the hills”
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In the loop
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew who met Aethelflaed, (daughter of Alfred the Cakes Burner), Queen of the Mercians standing in front of Tamworth Castle. He tells me that she led the successful military assault on Derby in 917, which was so decisive, that it resulted in Mercia being fully recovered from theContinue reading “In the loop”
Getting the picture
In the absence of any guest pictures, I am repairing an omission for which I was rebuked by a reader after my Common Riding post. This is a shot of the Chinook helicopter which flew low over the town to check what was going on in the middle of the proceedings yesterday . Life wasContinue reading “Getting the picture”
On the trail again
Today’s double guest picture comes from Langholm exile, Tom, in South Africa and shows his niece Laura, who is visiting from Langholm, watching the Cape Epic mountain bike race together with a slice of action from the event itself. The day started with glorious sunshine and it would have been a perfect morning for aContinue reading “On the trail again”
Fort provoking
Today’s guest picture comes from the camera of Mrs Tootlepedal and shows that Matilda, as well as being the world’s greatest baby, has tremendous colour sense. My day started in helter skelter mode as both the Scott, the minister, and Dropscone appeared for the morning pedal. It proved hard for the peleton to keep togetherContinue reading “Fort provoking”
Going round in circles
Today’s picture is just to prove that there is a tiny bit of colour in the garden even it is rather biassed towards blue. There was not much colour as Dropscone and I cycled round the morning run but it is slowly getting a bit warmer and today the wind was in a kinder directionContinue reading “Going round in circles”
A bridge not far enough
Today’s picture shows another building block in the grand scheme to populate the entire world with the sons and daughters of Langholm. This is the son of my younger son’s oldest friend. The child is resident in the USA and has the inestimable benefit of being called Thomas. It was a Sunday morning. Mrs TootlepedalContinue reading “A bridge not far enough”
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