We visited Morecambe, mainly because I wanted to visit the music shop there, but also because neither of us had been there for years so it was a chance to see what it was like these days. The weather turned pretty poor as we approached, with first thick fog on the M6 then a drizzly mist when we arrived at Morecambe. We had a good wander, but really we do wish that someone had brought the sunshine. I had to take a few photographs of the Eric Morecambe statue…
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By the stones
This morning we popped round by Long Meg and Her Daughters for a quick wander….
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It’s 1986 and the single of the year is Don’t Leave Me This Way (for some unknown reason, there were in my opinion better songs that year). Anyway, both Chernobyl and the space shuttle Challenger had gone bang in the worst ways possible, Halley’s Comet makes its second visit of the 20th Century, and the first computer virus hits the screens/hard drives/floppy disks. Amongst such momentous events I leave school, as much to the relief of the teachers as mine (it’s the only reason I can imagine the teachers buying…
Read MoreBrougham Castle
I paused briefly (it was too cold to linger) by Brougham Castle, Penrith, this morning as the Moon looked good behind it illuminating the river. I ended up having to put this image together from three different photographs to get close to what I actually saw.
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Today the photo session started well before the Sun had decided to pop over the horizon and burn off the morning mist, but I could not resist the Moonlit wood near the house. Then a short while later I turned to a few frosted shots.
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