Today’s guest picture comes from reader Michelle. She very kindly sent me this atmospheric picture from her walk by the River Don in Aberdeen yesterday evening. We had considered an outing to Yorkshire by rail for today, but we postponed the trip until next week because of an uncertain forecast of rain. It was supposedContinue reading “Mrs Tootlepedal gets my goat”
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The rude wind’s wild lament
Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Mary. She has been troubled with a nagging virus, but finally seems to have recovered. She managed 11,000 steps today, many of them beside the canal. We were visited by storm Kathleen today, but as she came with strong wind but no rain, we have got off lightlyContinue reading “The rude wind’s wild lament”
Footing the bill
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. He stopped to take a picture of Derby in the dark on his way to the cinema last night. Our cold spell continues and we were below freezing again when we got up today. It hasn’t been icy underfoot which has been a blessing, but I sawContinue reading “Footing the bill”
Hopes dampened
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. Judging from his picture of the the 5 pier railway bridge over the Derwent designed by Stephenson and built in 1840, it has been raining quite a lot in Derby. It rained pretty steadily here too today. We went separately to do a bit of shopping, MrsContinue reading “Hopes dampened”
Pushing the envelope
Today’s guest picture comes from my Manitoba correspondent, Lucie. She was on holiday in Norfolk, UK, her birth place, when she saw these beach huts at Wells-on-Sea. She tells me that you can have one if you have £90,000 to spare. Without really having had much to worry about from Storm Babet, we enjoyed theContinue reading “Pushing the envelope”
Getting my goat a lot
Today’s guest picture comes from ex archive group member Ken. He was quite surprised to see a Number 12 London bus in Rothbury, Northumberland, 300 miles away from the Elephant and Castle. We had rising winds here to remind us that a storm may be coming, but it was warm and dry so after aContinue reading “Getting my goat a lot”
The heather on the hill
Today’s guest pictures comes from my sister Mary. You get no prizes for guessing which London station she visited today. We had a disappointing day here today as far as the weather went. It was windy, cool (16°C) and very grey. There was very little hint of summer about, so we found things to doContinue reading “The heather on the hill”
Over the hill and quite far away
Today’s guest picture comes from my walking friend Mark. He has just had another trip to the Cairngorms, and got better weather this time when he and Henry climbed Bienn a Bhuird. Unusually for us, our day here started with no sign of the sun, and it was fairly cool when Sandy walked down toContinue reading “Over the hill and quite far away”
Mistified again
Today’s guest picture comes from ex archive group member Ken. He was rather unimpressed by this reservoir in Central Park, New York, but I think that I have probably seen it looking better on sunnier days in several films. We had a stark contrast in the weather today here after yesterday’s glorious sunshine. It rainedContinue reading “Mistified again”
A change of weather and a change of mind
Today’s guest picture comes from Mary Jo in Manitoba. She spotted a good example of a snow angel and liked the careful work involved. We actually had a glimpse of blue sky here as we got up this morning. However, it soon disappeared and I got rained on when I cycled round to the cornerContinue reading “A change of weather and a change of mind”
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