2024 Somerset & Gloucestershire
36 photos
2024 London
27 photos
2024 Leicestershire
22 photos
2024 Nottingham & Notts
21 photos
2023 Nottingham & Notts
77 photos
2023 Leicestershire
25 photos
Most popular
110 photos
Photos / photo-art with over 2000 views in this album. Over half of them have been "Explored" by Flickr.
1000-2000 Views
313 photos
800+ Views
116 photos
(800-999 views)
iPhone images
85 photos
These are my best photos taken with my iPhone, together with the ProCamera app.
I transfer them to my ancient PC using Dropbox, (or one by one by email) and then edit them in Photoshop Elements 11....
Photo-Art
174 photos
... produced mainly using Topaz Impression 2 or its successor, Topaz Studio 2. I also use Photoshop Elements 11 to edit the images, re-size them, blending images, cloning out unwanted bits, and...
Flowers & fruit
180 photos
More flowers & fruit
133 photos
Yet more flowers & fruit
131 photos
Food & drinks
109 photos
Horses, dogs, cats and other animals
109 photos
More animal photos
99 photos
Cars, trams, trains, carriages and ships
109 photos
More transport pics
62 photos
1023 Nottingham Goose Fair
18 photos
0923 Yorkshire
5 photos
0923 The Isle of Wight & Portsmouth
31 photos
0723 Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
16 photos
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrewsbury
2023 WALES
28 photos
0823 Nottingham Carnival
35 photos
0623 Birmingham
55 photos
0623 Guernsey
98 photos
We took a flight from Birmingham Airport to the island, and stayed in self-catering accommodation at St Martins, which is half-way between the airport and St Peter Port, the main town. We toured the...
2023 London
30 photos
0423 Devon
105 photos
Here is a selection of my holiday snaps taken in South Devon.
1122 Derbyshire
8 photos
1022 Leicestershire
6 photos
1022 Burghley House, Cambridgeshire
10 photos
0922 France (en route to Switzerland and back)
39 photos
... travelling with Rail Discoveries ... The Glacier Express All Inclusive Tour.
www.raildiscoveries.com/tours/glacier-express-all-inclusive/
0922 Switzerland
194 photos
We went on a brilliant guided railway tour with Rail Discoveries ...
www.raildiscoveries.com/tours/glacier-express-all-inclusive/
0922 Italy
8 photos
We visited Tirano in Italy on our railway trip around Switzerland, on the Bernina Express.
07-0822 South Devon
38 photos
We had a week's holiday in Torquay with our family.
0622 London
27 photos
0522 Scotland
104 photos
0522 Up North from us
26 photos
Here are the places we visited on our way to / back from Scotland ...
Appleby-in-Westmoreland
Carlisle
Wetherby
0522 Liverpool
37 photos
We had an annual meet-up with two of our friends ... in Liverpool this year.
0422 Berlin
80 photos
We stayed in a self-catering apartment in the Kreuzberg area of Berlin for a few days, before doing the same in Spreewald nearby.
0422 Potsdam, Germany
26 photos
0422 Spreewald, Germany
54 photos
2022 Notts, Lincs, Leics & Rutland
72 photos
1021 Lincoln
23 photos
My wife and I took a train from Nottingham for a day's walk around Lincoln. We didn't know beforehand that an annual bike race was taking place the same day, but it added some more action to our day....
0921 The Cotswolds
58 photos
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotswolds
This is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, spread over five counties: Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, and Worcestershire.
0921 The Nottingham Pride March
14 photos
It was great to see the Pride March running again in Nottingham ... especially to see the Can Samba Band back in action (with Sarena and The Howlers dancing). A very colourful and lively event. I was...
2021 Wales
49 photos
Here are a selection of photos that I took on a week's holiday in Wales. The weather was dry most of the week, which was very fortunate for us. The views from the top of the hillside above Barmouth...
2021 Notts & Leics
95 photos
2021 London
14 photos
0521 South Devon
67 photos
... in the area around Plymouth, on the South coast.
2020 Nottingham and Notts
31 photos
0920 Swansea & The Gower
53 photos
0820 Saffron Walden & nearby
46 photos
We stayed on holiday near Saffron Walden in Essex, and visited places in nearby counties also.
0820 North Yorkshire
31 photos
1019 Dorset
37 photos
We visited Dorset on a walking holiday with The Nottingham Wayfarers.
0919 Somerset, Devon & Gloucestershire
79 photos
... where we spent a few days travelling around ... by car and walking. We stayed in Porlock, near Minehead, in a self-catering cottage.
2019 Leicestershire
12 photos
0919 Suffolk Coast
36 photos
We spent five days self-catering in Aldeburgh with one of our daughters and her two children, and visited Thorpeness and Southwold nearby. Lots of photo-opportunities :-)
As regards cameras, I used...
Nottingham Caribbean Carnival 2019
37 photos
This is one of Nottingham's best annual events and a golden opportunity for street photographers :-)
You will see that my style is basically reportage - most of my editing is done in Lightroom 5...
0819 The Peak District
14 photos
... where we went walking with The Nottingham Wayfarers
0719 Day trip to Hull
27 photos
... we went on a day trip to Hull, with The Nottingham Wayfarers.
0619 Norwich
47 photos
0419 The Isles of Scilly
112 photos
We spent a fabulous week in the Isles of Scilly at the end of April to early May, staying in self-catering accommodation in St Mary's.
We spent two days walking around St Mary's and then did some...
2019 Yorkshire
60 photos
Photos taken on a long weekend in March - April in the Whitby area, with The Nottingham Wayfarers. We stopped off at York on the way back to Nottingham, for a few hours.
2019 Derbyshire
44 photos
I took these photos on several walks in Derbyshire with The Nottingham Wayfarers ...
1. A long walk from Ilkeston, to Kirk Hallam & then Ockbrook and after refreshments there, we walked to...
2019 Nottingham and surrounding area
80 photos
2018 London & Lincs
8 photos
Here are a few shots I took when we visited London over Xmas, plus one I took of Belton House near Grantham in Lincolnshire (on a bitterly cold winter's day).
1018 Northumberland
38 photos
I took these photos while we were on a walking holiday weekend with The Nottingham Wayfarers. We stayed at Nether Grange in Alnmouth, which is part of HF Holidays and which caters for walking groups...
1018 Goose Fair in Nottingham
26 photos
Yep, it's Goose Fair in Nottingham - one of Nottingham's great traditions, going back to the 12th century. It was a cold evening (4 deg C), as usual, but it wasn't raining...
0918 Isle of Man
139 photos
We had a lovely walking & railway holiday in The Isle of Man this month.
Here are the best photos I took, with my Canon Powershot G15 camera.
2018 Nottingham ii
40 photos
Some shots of the Nottingham Caribbean Carnival parade plus a few family photos. The annual Carnival parade is great fun with lovely people, brilliant colours and lots of noise.
I've also added a few...
0718 Whitby Steampunk
19 photos
We saw lots of fascinating people in fancy dress to see at our weekend in Whitby! Very friendly and approachable, as regards having a photo taken. :-)
You'll find a Whitby events calendar here...
0718 Whitby holiday
36 photos
0718 Bournemouth holiday
43 photos
0618 Coventry
35 photos
2018 Walks 1
74 photos
2018 London
37 photos
0418 Romania (i)
101 photos
We visited 4 cities in Transylvania (in Romania) and places of interest in between. The cities were Cluj (Cluj-Napoca), Sighișoara, Brașov and Sibiu. We flew from London Luton to Cluj, and returned...
0418 Romania (ii)
64 photos
We visited 4 cities in Transylvania (in Romania) and places of interest in between. The cities were Cluj (Cluj-Napoca), Sighișoara, Brașov and Sibiu. We flew from London Luton to Cluj, and returned...
0318 Shropshire
54 photos
2018 Nottingham
19 photos
1217 Crosby & Liverpool
37 photos
We spent a few days just after Xmas exploring the area around Crosby in Lancashire - the weather was very cold, with occasional showers of rain & sleet - no snow fortunately, which badly affected...
1117 Madrid & Toledo in Spain
135 photos
2017 Walks1
42 photos
2017 Walks2
117 photos
Here is my second album of walks, mainly with The Nottingham Wayfarers.
2017 Walks 3
90 photos
2017 Walks 4
93 photos
1017 Selworthy area, Somerset
44 photos
1017 Nottingham's Goose Fair
19 photos
I took over 360 photos last night at Goose Fair. Here are my best ones ...
0917 Norfolk
66 photos
Nottingham Caribbean Carnival 2017
42 photos
0717 Cornwall
43 photos
We had a fab holiday in Cornwall in late July - early August, staying at a large house in Porthpean with members of our family. I've put a selection of my better photos onto Flickr for you all to...
2017 Nottingham
52 photos
Nottingham and Notts photos
2017 London
18 photos
0617 Hull
16 photos
0517 Bude, Cornwall
44 photos
0517 Clovelly, Devon
17 photos
0517 Bath
43 photos
2017 S.France 1
108 photos
2017 S.France 2
124 photos
0317 Derwentwater & Keswick, The Lake District
37 photos
I took this set of photos when we were on a walking holiday in The Lake District with The Nottingham Wayfarers. Some of the fields were under water, owing to the heavy rain.
1216 Xmas in London
13 photos
11&1216 Nottingham
23 photos
1116 Central London
41 photos
... a day out in Westminster in London.
2016 Walks (part one)
212 photos
2016 Walks (part two)
134 photos
1116 Bonfire Night in Nottingham
11 photos
1016 Yorkshire Dales
107 photos
We used our sister-in-law's house in Illkley (while she was away on holiday), as our base, and toured the area as you will see in the following photos. Next time we come, we'll do a walk on Ilkley...
1016 London
44 photos
0916 Staffordshire & Shropshire
74 photos
0916 Rome
153 photos
0916 Italy (near Rome)
191 photos
0716 Whitby, Grosmont & Beck Hole
99 photos
0716 Notts Pride March
21 photos
People seen as bystanders or participants in the Pride March in Nottingham.
0716 Manchester trip
32 photos
0516 LSO trip to France
134 photos
My wife and I joined the Leicester Syphony Orchestra's tour of France ... as groupies. :)
We had a great time despite the really bad weather - it rained most of the time we were there, but we didn't...
0416 Benalmádena, Malaga, Spain
51 photos
2016 London
18 photos
0416 Netherlands
91 photos
I took these photos on our Riviera Travel River cruise to Amsterdam and the tulip fields of Keukenhof. In addition we visited Hoorn, Volendam and Enkhuizen, which were all major ports for the Dutch...
0416 Netherlands ii
136 photos
This album includes our trips to see Hoorn, Volendam and Enkhuizen in The Netherlands.
1215 - 0116 Festive period
12 photos
1215 Nottingham pics
9 photos
1115 Birmingham, UK
10 photos
1115 National Space Centre
11 photos
1115 Halloween
20 photos
We had a lively family get-together at Halloween.
1015 The Nottingham Arboretum
11 photos
... seen in lovely Autumn colours.
1015 Walks
34 photos
We went with The Nottingham Wayfarers on a really lovely walk near Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire ...
Ab Kettleby > Wartnaby > Asfordby > Grimston - all going by coach from Nottingham.
Two...
1015 family in Nottingham
7 photos
1015 Nottingham's Goose Fair
17 photos
Here are the best of my photos taken two evenings ago at Nottingham's 2015 Goose Fair.
0915 The Malt Cross, Nottingham
7 photos
One of Nottingham's Victorian music halls has been recently refurbished and re-opened for all to enjoy.
My wife and I went on a tour of The malt Cross, in mid-September on one of the Heritage days. I...
0915 Derbyshire walk with The Nottingham Wayfarers
24 photos
This walk was with The Nottingham Wayfarers - three groups set off from different points and then met up at lunchtime at The Barley Mow - a real ale pub in Kirk Ireton. In the afternoon, we walked...
0915 Nottingham family pics
9 photos
0915 Beeston Marina, Notts.
9 photos
... photographed at dawn when it was cold and misty.
0915 London pics
22 photos
0915 N. Lancs, Cumbria & N. Yorks
99 photos
As you'll see, we had brilliant warm sunny weather most of the week, during our holiday up North.
2015 canal walks
59 photos
0815 Nottingham Caribbean Festival
39 photos
Here are my photos of the festival parade, my first ever and my first ever attendance - despite the fact that I've been living in Nottingham in 1975 (not long after my wife and I got married). I was...
0815 family mainly
49 photos
0715 Whitby, N. Yorkshire
50 photos
0715 Nottingham Wayfarer pics
46 photos
Here are a few photos from the latest walk my wife and I did with The Nottingham Wayfarers.
The walks are mainly in Derbyshire, and vary from being easy-peasy to quite challenging.
If you fancy...
0715 Shrewsbury & The National Memorial Arboretum
37 photos
0615 family pics
8 photos
0615 Mougins, France
32 photos
0615 Cannes, France
60 photos
0615 Grasse, France
45 photos
0515 Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
34 photos
This was our first visit to see the palace, which is home to the Duke of Marlborough. Winston Churchill was born here in 1874.
The history of the house and its occupants is worth a read...
0515 Oxford
36 photos
We met up with our friends, C and T, here on the second day of our visit to Oxford. I came here quite often in the mid-1960s, when my family of origin were living in Reading. I sat the Oxford Uni...
0515 Cavtat, Croatia
18 photos
Cavtat was the starting point for our four-apartment stay in Croatia, which included the islands of Korcula and Mljet, and visiting places over the border: Herceg Novi and Kotor in Montenegro, and...
0515 Dubrovnik, Croatia
57 photos
0515 Herceg Novi & Kotor, Montenegro
54 photos
0515 Korcula, Croatia
64 photos
0515 Mljet, Croatia
39 photos
About one quarter of this island is a national park.
0515 Trebinje, Bosnia
21 photos
0415 Colwick Park, Nottingham
17 photos
0415 East Yorkshire
5 photos
I spent the day in Pocklington for a family funeral - a sad day for everyone, but made more cheerful by meeting up with everyone there.
0415 Nottingham Wayfarers
32 photos
This month we joined the Nottingham Wayfarers on a 9-mile circular walk from Wirksworth to Kirk Ireton, in Derbyshire.
On of the highlights of our walk was visiting The Barley Mow Inn - a real ale...
0415 Spain
89 photos
This April we re-visited Benalmadena and Mijas (which are not far from Malaga), with members of our family. We stayed at our favourite Diamond Resorts resort there: The Sahara Sunset Club.
0415 family pics
23 photos
0315 St Patrick's Day, Nottingham
29 photos
Well, what a lovely day - everyone was in good spirits, including myself, despite a bit of light rain at the beginning of the festivities in the Market Square. The revellers were wearing something...
0315 Bradfield walk plus family in Sheffield
24 photos
I took my Canon G15 camera with me on a circular walk around High Bradfield (near Sheffield in Yorkshire) - some good results, though not as good as those produced by my Canon 5D Mark 2 camera, for...
0315 Nottingham Wayfarers
20 photos
This was a circular walk that started and ended in Woodhouse, and took in Swithland Wood, Bradgate Park, Newtown Linford and Rough Hill Woodlands.
0315 Lisbon, Portugal
127 photos
We spent a few lovely days in Lisbon last week, in the Alfama area of the city.
We stayed at Alfama Photography House. Both Filipe and Maria, the owners, gave us a very warm welcome and lots of info...
0315 Sintra, Estoril & Cascais, Portugal
43 photos
0215 various
38 photos
Here are two photos of a lovely sunset, at Nottingham's Forest Recreation Ground, followed by several family portraits.
0215 Nottingham Wayfarers
88 photos
I took the first set of photos on our walk through the Coldwell Valley in Derbyshire. As you will see, the weather and scenery were fantastic - it was a glorious day out. Our starting and finishing...
0115 various
11 photos
0115 Nottingham Wayfarers walks
133 photos
Our first walk this year was from Shirley to Yeaveley in Derbyshire ... this included a lunchtime fuddle (with food brought along by the walkers) on the Yeaveley Estate.
The second walk was from...
1214 London
7 photos
1214 The Forest of Dean
74 photos
1214 Nottingham
67 photos
Here are a few photos of Newstead Abbey in Nottinghamshire - the former home of Lord Byron, plus a sunset photo I took on the way back home.
I've also added some photos I took at the Christmas...
1114 Nottingham
36 photos
1114 Nottingham Wayfarers
88 photos
Here are photos of two of our walks. The most recent one started off as a circular walk around Ashford-in-the-Water in Derbyshire, and then after refreshments, we went on a ramble from Ashford...
1114 London
15 photos
1114 Grantham Canal walk
21 photos
We went a lovely walk along part of the Grantham Canal in the beautiful Vale of Belvoir.
1114 The Yorkshire Sculpture Park
28 photos
We did a day trip up North, to see our daughter S, and to re-visit The Yorkshire Sculpture Park (which is about a 30 minute drive South-West of Leeds). I took several photos of the Henry Moore's...
1014 Cambridge, UK
55 photos
1014 Nottingham Wayfarers Walks
122 photos
Three sets of walks with The Nottingham Wayfarers - the first set of photos was taken on a walk around Crich in Derbyshire, and the second set was taken the previous weekend, when we went on a walk...
1014 Nottingham's Goose Fair
24 photos
1014 Woolsthorpe Manor
15 photos
Sir Isaac Newton's birthplace and family home, with an old apple tree. Property now owned by The National Trust.
0914 Family pix
42 photos
Here are my latest pix taken in Nottingham and Sutton Coldfield, of various family members. JJ had his 6th birthday at the weekend.
0914 Nottingham Wayfarers walks
65 photos
Two sets of photos in this album ... our walk around Cannock Chase (in Staffs.) and the walk in the River Idle / Retford area in North Notts.
0914 Hardwick Hall & Teversal trails
33 photos
0914 Stamford & Helpston
30 photos
We went on a day's visit to walk round Stamford (where we had brunch at The Riverside Cafe), and then to potter around Helpston, a village nearby - it's the birthplace of the poet, John Clare.
0814 Back in Nottingham
33 photos
Photos taken in Nottingham after our holiday in Northumberland.
0814 Northumberland
68 photos
Here are my photos of Bamburgh Castle and the surrounding bays, plus views of Seahouses and of Alnwick Castle Gardens.
0714 Nottingham Wayfarers walks
97 photos
0714 family & Nottingham photos
65 photos
06-0714 Austria (part 1)
77 photos
06-0714 Austria (part 2)
108 photos
06-0714 Austria (part 3)
101 photos
06-0714 Austria (part 4)
66 photos
0614 Leicester
8 photos
0614 Nottingham
37 photos
Photos taken in and around Nottingham this month.
0614 Nottingham Wayfarers
124 photos
0514 London
46 photos
0514 Warwick Castle
103 photos
We had a fantastic day out at Warwick Castle (which is not far from Stratford-on-Avon). I took all these photos with my larger camera, the Canon 5D Mark II, with a noticeable improvement in quality...
0514 Ely near Cambridge
36 photos
0514 Nottingham Wayfarers
84 photos
0514 Leicester
50 photos
Here are a few snaps of Leicester and of Belgrave Hall and Gardens (across the road). As you know, Leicester is awaiting a judicial review of whether Richard III's bones will remain in Leicester or...
0514 Temple Newsam in Leeds
19 photos
We visited our daughter S in Leeds at the weekend, and went on to visit Temple Newsam House and its parkland, which is on the outskirts of Leeds. There was a fabulous display of rhododendrons and...
0514 Nottingham
48 photos
Photos taken with my Canon Powershot G15 camera ... RAW images processed with Photoshop Elements 11.
0414 Malvern Hills area
139 photos
We've just had a fab sunny holiday in the Malvern Hills area, staying at one of the best houses we've ever stayed in: The Garden Cottage at Perrycroft on Jubilee Road (down the road from "The...
0414 London family
22 photos
We went down to London to stay with our family there, partly to celebrate D's birthday with her.
0414 Rufford Abbey, Notts.
12 photos
All photos taken with my fab Canon G15 camera.
0414 Benalmádena Costa & Marina
111 photos
We stayed at The Sunset Sahara Club at Benalmádena, near Malaga for a week ... lovely warm sunny weather.
All photos taken with my fab Canon G15 camera.
0414 Parque La Paloma, Benalmádena
44 photos
All photos taken with my Canon G15 camera.
0414 Mijas in Spain
40 photos
A small hillside town, inland from Fuengirola, Spain. All photos taken with my Canon G15 camera.
0314 Nottingham Wayfarers - The Holmesfield walk
37 photos
We went on a fabulous walk with members of The Nottingham Wayfarers ... a long circular walk to Holmesfield (near Sheffield) from the junction of Stony Ridge Road (A625) with Owler Bar Rd (A6177)...
0314 family & Nottingham photos
29 photos
0314 Budapest - Day 1
103 photos
0314 Budapest - Day 2
57 photos
0314 Szentendre & Budapest
81 photos
0314 Budapest - day 4
57 photos
0214 Nottingham Wayfarers
119 photos
We set off by coach from Nottingham to the Matlock area in Derbyshire, walking cross-country to Ashover (for a pub stop) and then returning to Matlock a different way. As you will see, the weather...
0214 Nottingham
9 photos
Next up, some photos of the fabulous stained glass windows in The Pitcher & Piano - the former Unitarian church on High Pavement in Nottingham (next to the Nottingham Contemporary Art Gallery....
0114 London (incl. The Cutty Sark)
66 photos
Last weekend, we went to London to stay with our family there ... we celebrated M's 7th birthday and went to see The Cutty Sark in Greenwich, while we were there.
0114 Nottingham Wayfarers walk
52 photos
Here are a few photos taken on a lovely sunny day in Derbyshire, when we went out for a walk with the Nottingham Wayfarers walking group ... a very friendly group of people. We used buses to get us...
0114 Nottingham & nearby
22 photos
0114 family
12 photos
Here are our grandchildren in Nottingham ... Little L, JJ, and their sister A, along with two teddy bears.
1213 Xmas Party (& to year end)
17 photos
I've selected the best of the photos I took today at our family get-together. I had to use flash with my camera, owing to the low light indoors, which resulted in my throwing away a fair number of...
1213 Birmingham UK
15 photos
This week, we did a short day trip to Birmingham to see the German Xmas Market, the treasures in its Art Gallery, and its spectacular new library.
1213 photos taken in Nottingham
43 photos
... featuring several photos of our Nottingham-based grandchildren, A, JJ and Little L, who is now 16 months old,
plus a few pics of the sky early morning and at twilight. Subsequently, I've added...
1113 Turkey - day 1
19 photos
We spent most of the day travelling to Antalya Airport from Stansted ... a four hour flight (and then adding another 2 hours on, GMT + 2, for Turkish time).
1113 Turkey - day 2
59 photos
On day 2, we went to see the ruins of Myra (to views its rock tombs and huge amphitheatre), and then went on to Ucagiz village harbour (and waited for some of our group to arrive by ship).
1113 Turkey - day 3
58 photos
On day 3, we went down Dalyan River, through a nature conservancy area to Iztuzu Beach (where Loggerhead Sea Turtles lay their eggs). We passed by the remains of the ancient city of Kaunos.
1113 Turkey - day 4
79 photos
We visited Ephesus on this day ... heavy rain stopped play at lunchtime, however, so we missed out on a walk around Ephesus village, (which would have included seeing the remains of the Temple of...
1113 Turkey - day 5
70 photos
We spent the day at Pamukkale and Hierapolis, which are next to each other.
1113 Turkey - day 6
34 photos
The highlight of the day was a visit to a large carpet factory in Denizli. The rest of the day was spent travelling cross-country to Antalya.
1113 Turkey - day 7
87 photos
As you'll see, we spent our last day exploring Antalya ... it was a lovely warm sunny day.
1113 photos taken in Nottm
33 photos
1013 Nottingham again
21 photos
Here are some photos taken in Nottingham ... two views taken at Nottingham Castle, several photos of The Nottingham Arboretum taken in lovely warm sunshine, a snap of the interior at The Nottingham...
1013 family photos
27 photos
1013 Nottingham Goose Fair
20 photos
Here's my set of photos taken at twilight on Saturday night at Nottingham's Goose Fair ... it was heaving with people. Lots of noise, brilliant flashing lights and fabulous scary rides.
1013 Party time
15 photos
It's Birthday Party Time for our 7 year old granddaughter, A.
0913 Sheffield
10 photos
This set includes photos of our family in Sheffield and of Hillsborough Park.
0913 Pine Lake holiday i
60 photos
This set includes photos I took during the first two days of our holiday. We visited Saltaire, Giggleswick and Settle on the first day, and then on Day 2, we went to Arnside and Silverdale.
0913 Pine Lake holiday ii
33 photos
In this set, I've put several photos of Pine Lake (at the Pine Lake Resort, nr. Carnforth in Lancs), plus a few of Lancaster Canal (taken at its northern end) and of Kendal also.
0913 Pine Lake holiday iii
54 photos
On this day, we went to the tourist hotspot: Barrow-in-Furness, and took the ferry across to Piel Island. After lunch on Roa Island. we went over to the basin of Ulverston Canal and did a short...
0913 Pine Lake holiday iv
48 photos
On this day we visited Sutherland Point (the causeway to which is flooded at high tide), Morecambe, Ingleton, and then Kirby Lonsdale (and walked from Devil's Bridge into the town centre).
0913 Pine Lake holiday v
32 photos
I've put in this set, photos taken at Grange-over-Sands, Humphrey Head, Cartmel, Esthwaite Water and the New Sawley area around Hill Top (Beatrix Potter's house in the Lake District).
0913 Pine Lake holiday vi
42 photos
Included in this set are photos of ...Carnforth Railway Station (where the film;Brief Encounter was shot), the Brigflatts Friends Meeting House nr Sedburgh, Sedburgh also, and then the Cross Keys...
0813 & 0913 family + Nottingham
38 photos
I've put into this set, several family photos taken in both London and Nottingham, plus a few of Wimbledon Common / Putney Heath, Mill Lake in Bestwood Country Park, flowers in Nottingham's...
0813 L's birthday party
19 photos
0813 Nottingham & Newstead Abbey
42 photos
0813 family
45 photos
Some of these photos were taken at our twice-yearly family get-together.
0713 Scarborough revisited
59 photos
... with the family.
0713 Woldgate, nr. Bridlington, E. Yorkshire
10 photos
0713 Durham, Northumberland
35 photos
0713 Scotland i
30 photos
featuring ....
The Scotland - England Border
Perth
The Queen's View
Croft Moraig Stone Circle
Drummond Castle Garden
0713 Scotland ii
53 photos
featuring:
The Birks of Aberfeldy
Cluny House Garden
Kenmore Country Club (our base)
Kenmore
Killin - Falls of Dochart
Loch Tay
Tay Forest viewpoint
The Falls of Achan
0713 Scotland iii
25 photos
... featuring:
Blair Castle near Pitlochry
Birnam Woods
Dunkeld
& The Hermitage
0713 Wallington Hall, Northumberland
49 photos
On our way home from Scotland, we stopped off at Wallington Hall, which is a National Trust property about 12 miles west of Morpeth. We were amazed by the quality of not only the house contents (and...
0713 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland
12 photos
We stopped here overnight on our way home from Scotland, and did a walkabout the city centre ... to see The Quayside in particular.
0713 Lincoln UK
30 photos
We recently revisited Lincoln by train from Nottingham, and wandered around the oldest parts of the city.
0613 Scarborough & N. Yorks area
65 photos
We went on holiday to Scarborough for a few days, joining up with family members who were already staying there in a large Victorian house overlooking Scarborough. I took most of these photos with my...
0613 Views of Nottingham
18 photos
... taken one evening with my new wide-angled Canon camera lens ... the EF17-40mm f/4L USM.
0513 grandkids
17 photos
Here are our London-based grandchildren, M and her younger sister D, photographed at our house,
followed by a few of our Nottingham-based grandson, L,
0513 The Park, Nottingham
27 photos
The Park in Nottingham was a former deer park with fishing ponds at the bottom of the hillside, owned by the Duke of Newcastle. He sold this off gradually through the 1800s for building large new...
0413 Nottingham
15 photos
0413 birthday party in London
17 photos
0413 National Memorial Arboretum
17 photos
This is a huge site set up to commemorate all the armed forces who died since WW2. There is also a memorial to soldiers who died at Gallipoli in 1915. It was sad to see the stone mason adding names...
0413 Staffordshire
90 photos
We stayed at Wychnor Country Park during our week's break in Staffordshire, and used it as a base for exploring the towns, villages and countryside nearby. This set features a few photos taken at...
0413 Staffordshire ii
67 photos
During our week''s break in Staffs, we visited Abbots Bromley, Uttoxeter (where we visited Mr Redfern's Cottage), and also Lichfield, where we visited the Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum and the...
0313 London & Nottingham
31 photos
Last week we went on a day trip to London to see two major exhibitions there. The day was grey and cold, as you will see, so we spent more time indoors than outdoors, to keep warm.
0313 90th Birthday party
46 photos
Uncle F. celebrated his 90th birthday in Matlock Bath with family members.
0313 Barcelona (1st set)
120 photos
Here are photos from the first two days we spent in Barcelona. You will see a few shots of our rooftop apartment in the Sagrada Familia area, followed by an evening trip to see the fountains near The...
0313 Barcelona (2nd set)
151 photos
On this day, we walked from our apartment down to beach, via one of the city's parks, and then along to the harbour area & the La Rambla area too. The following day, we went up to the Castle, and...
0313 Girona, Spain
31 photos
We chose a cold and initially wet day to visit Girona. The temperature outside was 6 deg C, a lot colder than I had anticipated. As you will see from these photos, we walked around the medieval...
0213 Tenerife
58 photos
0213 family in London & Nottingham
44 photos
0113 Nottingham in January
19 photos
1212 Xmas photos
58 photos
1112 Fireworks in Nottingham
12 photos
1012 more photos
26 photos
More photos of our families in Leicester and in Nottingham, plus two photos of a beech tree up the road from where we live.
1012 London
22 photos
This set features a few family photos plus shots of the Natural History Museum & of the Science Museum in London. We thought the latter had more fun things to do for younger children.
1012 Chatsworth revisited
38 photos
We revisited Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, home to the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire. The house and gardens looked as spectacular as ever ... a visual treat.
The photos inside the house were taken...
1012 Goose Fair
5 photos
I took a few photos at Goose Fair, on its last evening in Nottingham ... the Last Night of The Rides. :)
Goose Fair has been going for about 700 years, so it was probably visited by Robin Hood....
1012 Yorkshire Sculpture Park
26 photos
We spent the best part of Sunday at this lovely Sculpture Park, which was our first visit there ... we were very impressed with the exhibitions both indoors and outdoors, plus the excellent cafe,...
0912 more family pics
30 photos
0912 family get-together up North
21 photos
Yesterday, we attended a family get-together at the Snake Pass Inn, nr, Glossop. Later on we went on to A and B's house in Sheffield for some tea and cake ... yummy cakes.
0812 Renishaw Hall
31 photos
Here's a set of photos of Renishaw Hall together with those of family members, who met up there in late August 2012. The Hall's been the Derbyshire home of the Sitwell family for many years....
0812 baby grandson
50 photos
Our baby grandson, LGH, who was two days old when most of these photos were taken. He was 2-3 weeks old, when the last two photos in this set were taken.
0812 Cromer, Norfolk
45 photos
Here are the best of my Cromer holiday photos. We stayed there with our family, L, her husband J and their two children, M and D. As you will see, we were very lucky to have lovely warm sunshine for...
0812 Sheringham, Norfolk
52 photos
Most of the following photos were taken during two visits to Sheringham, with our family. They include photos of the Norfolk Railway train journey from Sheringham to the end of the line, at Kelham...
0812 grandchildren
7 photos
Here are a few snaps of our grandchildren ... the first few are of a "midnight feast" when all 4 of them stayed the night with us. The last two photos feature M and D with some make-up on.
0712 Mapperley Park Gardens
7 photos
Several gardens in Mapperley Park, Notingham, were opened for the public on Sunday 15 July ... it's an annual event set up to raise funds for charities in the area. Here are few photos, that I took...
0712 Scarborough holiday
91 photos
0612 London family
47 photos
0612 Nottingham family mainly
10 photos
0612 The LSO trip to France (abridged)
63 photos
Here are a few photos of the LSO's trip to France in June 2012, featuring ...
1. Arrival at the Ibis Hotel in Paris
2. Trip to Fontainebleau
3. Concert in Paris at La Madeline
4. Concert in...
0612 LSO Paris trip
13 photos
0612 LSO Paris trip
I've put a few photos into this set of our journey to and from Paris, together with two group photos (taken outside the Ibis Hotel, Porte de Clichy).
0612 Day 2 in France
75 photos
Trip to Fontainebleau (via Versailles), Barbizon and later in the day, Sacre Coeur in Paris.
0612 Day 3 in France
25 photos
An evening concert at the Eglise de la Madeline, in Paris, preceded by a wander around The Tuileries Garden, the Louvre and Notre Dame (and back).
0612 Day 4 in France
97 photos
We spent the day in Compiegne, visiting the Chateau / Royal Palace there. We were bowled over by the very generous hospitality of the Twining Association there, who arranged everything within about 6...
0612 Day 5 in France
59 photos
The LSO trip to Chatres, followed by an evening meal at The Hippopotamus Restaurant, off the Champs Elysees, in Paris.
0512 children, London & Nottm
37 photos
0512 Faro Portugal
18 photos
0512 Portugal Algarve iii
55 photos
0512 Portugal Algarve ii
55 photos
0512 Portugal Algarve
52 photos
0412 Birthday party in Barrow
39 photos
0412 grandkids
28 photos
0312 Lancashire
21 photos
0312 The Lake District
53 photos
0312 The Dales
29 photos
0312 Dunham Massey
17 photos
0312 Tatton Park
26 photos
0312 Hampton Court Palace, London.
49 photos
0312 family photos
46 photos
0312 Shropshire
92 photos
0312 Lichfield
6 photos
0212 Venice
103 photos
We visited Venice in late Feb - early March, with our relatives, S and P.
As you'll see, we were very lucky to have warm, sunny weather while we were there. We visited the some of the main tourist...
0212 Venice part 2
118 photos
Areas of Venice visited: Cemetery Island, the Rialto, St Mark's Square, Lido, San Giorgio, The Arsenal, and the Public Gardens.
0212 pics
42 photos
0212 London
17 photos
DH Lawrence in Eastwood, Notts.
12 photos
... including the DH Lawrence Heritage Centre and the Birthplace Museum.
0112 Hucknall, Notts.
4 photos
... featuring St Mary's Church where Lord Byron and his family were buried inside (closed when we visited though).
0112 family pics
48 photos
1211 Xmas at home
35 photos
A lively Xmas with all our grandchildren,
coming to see us.
1111 reflections
4 photos
1111 Test Match Special
10 photos
I found it very difficult to get any good photos here ... low light & moving subjects. I used an ISO of 6400, spot metering & an aperture-priority setting on my camera. No flash used. Here...
1111 Bestwood, Nottingham
9 photos
Here are a few shots of Bestwood Country Park, which surrounds this mansion, (now a hotel), which was built in 1862 for the Duke of St Albans ... it was his hunting lodge! As you will see, there was...
1111 family meet-up in Leicester
19 photos
Though I prefer taking portraits in natural light, I am impressed with the results of using the Canon Speedlite 580 Xii flash unit (combined with using a diffuser and angling the flash slightly away...
1111 Fireworks at Nottingham Forest Recreation...
13 photos
I went this evening to the Bonfire Night fireworks display, along with two other members of the Burton Joyce U3A Photography Group, K and D. K advised me on the best settings for my camera (based on...
1111 Rushcliffe Country Park, Nottingham
11 photos
1011 our grandchildren
29 photos
1011 Belton House, Grantham, Lincs.
45 photos
Our visit to see Belton House, former home of the Brownlow & Cust families.
More info about Belton here ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belton_House
1011 A & JJ's birthday party
34 photos
1011 Gunthorpe photo-shoot
15 photos
Members of Burton Joyce U3A's Photography group having fun at Gunthorpe Lock. Our mentor was K. who showed us how to take photos using the manual (M) settings on our cameras, and how to use infill...
1011 Newstead Abbey, home of Lord Byron
16 photos
0811 our family in Sheffield
13 photos
0811 camcorder session
18 photos
0811 Floralands Farm Park, Nottingham
23 photos
0811 picnic at The Arboretum, Nottingham
9 photos
0811 children's artwork
9 photos
0811 more family pics
13 photos
0811 Wedding party in Nottingham
38 photos
0811 J & L's Wedding
36 photos
0811 J & L's Wedding Breakfast
15 photos
0811 Polesden Lacey, Surrey, revisited
6 photos
0711 Nunnington Hall, N. Yorkshire
6 photos
0711 Whitby ii
19 photos
0711 Whitby
55 photos
0711 Nostell Priory, Wakefield, W. Yorkshire
6 photos
0711 Robin Hood's Bay, N. Yorkshire
13 photos
0711 Staithes, N. Yorkshire
6 photos
0611 Nottingham's Inclosure Walk
14 photos
I did about one third of the annual walk today ... it was too hot to continue! I hope to do another third in 2012. :)
0611 Nottingham family
8 photos
0611 London crowd
23 photos
0611 Baby R and his sister A.
8 photos
0611 Nottingham Arboretum & General Cemetery
21 photos
0611 Pollenca, Majorca
16 photos
0611 Palma, Majorca
48 photos
0611 Alcudia, Majorca
21 photos
0611 Port d'Alcudia, Majorca
64 photos
0511 London
26 photos
Here is another set of family photos, taken in mid May in South Wimbledon, London. I took over 100 photos - here is the pick of the bunch.
0411 Kelso, Scotland
11 photos
0411 Abbotsford, nr Melrose, Scotland _ home of...
35 photos
0411 Darwyck, nr Peebles, Scotland
22 photos
0411 Selkirk/Ashkirk, Scotland
17 photos
0411 Galashiels, Scotland
18 photos
0411 New Lanark, Scotland
39 photos
0411 Jedburgh, Scotland
5 photos
0411 St Boswells area, Scotland
32 photos
0411 Newstead, Scotland
6 photos
0411 Melrose, Scotland
5 photos
0411 Dryburgh, Scotland
21 photos
0311 Nottingham
14 photos
0311 Tenerife
106 photos
Here are a few pics of our March 2011 holiday in Tenerife with our family. We stayed with Diamond Resorts (Sunset Bay), and pottered around the three nearest beaches there. Weather wet and windy to...
Most interesting
52 photos
Here's another selection of my photos, which I hope you'll enjoy. These were deemed to be most interesting by Flickr.
2011 miscellany
9 photos
0311 g'children
12 photos
0311 birthday party
22 photos
Most viewed by you
39 photos
These are the most viewed photos on my site (on the basis of stats collected by Flickr).
JH ~ 26 May 2011
0211 Wolllaton Hall
15 photos
2011 clocks & mirror
8 photos
0211 Little L (age 1)
16 photos
0211 Nottingham Castle
17 photos
1210 Wimbledon
30 photos
0111 Stamford, Lincs.
27 photos
0111 Burghley Park
12 photos
0111 children
57 photos
1010 Sherborne, Shaftesbury & Andover
11 photos
1010 Cousins meet-up in Dorset
74 photos
1010 Family meet-up in Ilkley, Yorkshire
19 photos
1010 Derbyshire walk
11 photos
0910 London
14 photos
1010 Birthday party
23 photos
1010 Goose Fair
7 photos
0910 Pembrokeshire, Wales
23 photos
Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire
13 photos
0810 Staunton Harold Hall & Melbourne Hall,...
17 photos
0710 kids
19 photos
0710 party
25 photos
0710 Bruges trip, Belgium
55 photos
0710 Cragside Northumberland
20 photos
0710 Northumberland
39 photos
0710 Hardwick Hall, Notts
5 photos
0610 Confetti session
4 photos
0610 S Wimbledon trip
24 photos
0610 Nottingham
12 photos
0610 party
8 photos
0610 Dover_Calais
5 photos
0610 Saverne & Haut-Barr, France
17 photos
0610 Marmoutier Abbey, France
9 photos
0610 Ribeauville, France
13 photos
0610 Kayserberg, France
18 photos
0610 Riquewihr, France
31 photos
0610 Strasbourg, France
65 photos
0610 Obernai, France
34 photos
0610 Calais_Dover
25 photos
0510 Green Festival Nottingham
17 photos
0510 Sheringham, Norfolk
69 photos
0510 Sheringham Park, Norfolk
15 photos
1009 Amberg, Germany
4 photos
0510 The Fab Three
5 photos
0410 Rufford Country Park, Notts
10 photos
0210 Gran Canaria ii
23 photos
0210 Gran Canaria
87 photos
1009 Hersbruch
37 photos
1009 Lauf an der Pegnitz
43 photos
1009 Amberg, Germany
4 photos
1009 Bayreuth
12 photos
1009 Regensburg, Germany
25 photos
1009 Schwandorf, Germany
5 photos
1009 Bamberg, Germany
13 photos
1009 Nuremburg
56 photos
1009 Fountains Abbey
12 photos
2009 A's Birthday
33 photos
0909 Little A
7 photos
0909 Spain
39 photos
0709 Brighton
13 photos
0709 N Devon & Cornwall, incl. Padstow & Bude
39 photos
0709 Hanbury Hall
3 photos
0609 Wimbledon Fair
15 photos
0609 Polesden Lacey
22 photos
0609 Bolton Abbey Yorks
4 photos
0409 Baby D
11 photos
0209 Snow in Woodthorpe Park Nottingham
13 photos
0109 Mini's birthday
9 photos
0209 Lanzarote
54 photos
1108 London & Kent
23 photos
1108 wedding
65 photos
2008 Baby J
15 photos
Sep 08 Cousins
53 photos
0706 Cromer
5 photos
1006 Derbyshire & Chatsworth
15 photos
1206 Singapore
8 photos
1206 New Zealand
19 photos
0407 Devon & Cornwall
10 photos
0907 Derbyshire
8 photos
1107 Goose Fair, Nottingham
6 photos
0208 Birstall, Leics
5 photos
0208 Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds
5 photos
0308 Temple Newsam, Leeds
7 photos
0508 Poland
53 photos
0508 Prague
87 photos
0708 Salzburg
14 photos
0708 Bavaria
65 photos
R and C's wedding 5 July 08
22 photos
2008 LSO Tour
31 photos
0208 Tenerife pics
18 photos
1015 family photos
7 photos
1121 Surrey
5 photos
We drove South to Boxhill in Surrey for a day's visit, while we were staying with our family in London.