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Penn Hill transmitter on The Mendips

Posted on 28/10/2015 by Martin

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End-of-season at Weston Super Mare

Posted on 28/10/2015 by Martin

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Birmingham canal walk

Posted on 21/10/2015 by Martin

A famous canal name (my advisor tells me). More HERE.

Lone fisherman under Spaghetti Junction (colour version).

Lone fisherman under Spaghetti Junction (b&w version).

“Peaky Blinders” graffiti and Kawasaki ZRX 1100.

“Peaky Blinders” graffiti.

“Iron:Man” by Antony Gormley.

New Street Station, Birmingham exterior.

Roof of New Street Station, Birmingham

The Library, Birmingham.

Coal boat.

Canal under the BT Tower.

HB Sale building built 1896, 1-7 Constitution Hill. MORE.

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Happy 90th birthday, Auntie Hil

Posted on 21/10/2015 by Martin

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Staying in the Tawelfa B&B near the Mawddach estuary at Barmouth. We rode (and pushed) bikes up to Cader Idris then down to Dolgellau and along the Mawddach Trail to Fairbourne. The next day up Snowdon via the Llanberis path (walking, not cycling).

The Mawddach Estuary.

Camper curry…

..and sunset.

Cheers!

Llyn Mwyngil, near Cader Idris.

Near Cader Idris.

The Mawddach Cycle Trail from Dolgellau to Fairbourne.

The beach at Fairbourne, opposite Barmouth.

The beach at Fairbourne, opposite Barmouth.

The Llanberis path to the Snowdon summit.

The Snowdon Railway.

Near the summit.

The top!

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Normandy and Brittany

Posted on 02/10/2015 by Martin

Bagnoles De l’Orne, an old favourite:

Bagnoles Lake.

Fruit boxes at Bagnoles.

St Genevieve’s Chapel, Bagnoles.

Studying map at St Geraldine's Chapel, Bagnoles.

Studying map at St Genevieve’s Chapel, Bagnoles.

Rochefort-en-Terre, Southern Brittany:

Vannes and Arzan on the Morbihan Gulf:

Malestroit, Jocelin and the Brest-Nantes canal:

Villers-sur-Mer, Deauville and Trouville-sur-Mer:

View from hotel.

Fecamp, west of Dieppe, on the last day, where we stocked up with booze and lots more at the local E.Leclerc:

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Lundy Island

Posted on 06/09/2015 by Martin

The paddle steamer Waverley – the last ocean-going steamship in the world – left Clevedon Pier at 0815 hours on a perfect morning and took us, via Porthcawl and Ilfracombe, to Lundy Island, where the Bristol Channel becomes the Atlantic Ocean. Great day (bit cold and dark later as we didn’t get back ’till midnight). Great pint of Landmark Ale in the Marrisco Tavern!