The weather’s still cold – the month started with heavy snow; today, there’s another sprinkling. Blists Hill might look good under a bit of snow? Yes, it would – but the sun stayed behind the clouds.
Author: geoffspages
Still snowy – the Welsh borders
Sunday afternoon – an outing to the Kerry Ridgeway. There’s a car park where the Clun – Kerry road crosses the ridge, which provides for a reasonably level stroll (it was hardly a stroll, given the depth of snow) with, potentially, wonderful views of the Welsh borderland
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A cold start to the year…
…but very photogenic, with a couple of good leg-stretches, yesterday on Stapeley Hill (Mitchell’s Fold) and today on Caer Caradoc, with bitterly cold winds on the summit, and great conditions for a photo or two…
Happy New Year
Happy New Year to all visitors to Geoff’s Pages!
Photo: New Year’s Eve at Attingham Park, Shropshire
999 standards – and others…
Finished, for now – I’ve just uploaded page 11 of Kenneth Gray’s photos to the monorail pages. Visit BR standards et al. for a look at the BR-designed steam locomotives – and the unloved Austerities…
Clee sentinels
It’s cold on the Clee hills! Snowy scenes from south Shropshire – more at Flickr
In due course…
…and here are the LNER pre-grouping tank locos, another interesting selection. I think the number of different classes of steam locomotive on our railways in the 1950s must be greater than the number of locomotives on the modern mainline railways of the UK.
Visit “LNER (part 3)” on the Kenneth Gray section of “monorail” for 12 more photos from a different world.
Just the BR standards to do now…
LNER pre-grouping steam
The LNER had its fair share – and then some – of pre-grouping motive power. Lots of photos in Kenneth Gray’s collection – here’s part 1 – the tender locos (part 2 – tank engines – will follow in due course). Visit “LNER part 2” on Kenneth’s monorail pages.
Attingham deer
Attingham Park, Shropshire – the deer are fed carrots at 2pm, winter weekends. Easy to photograph – tricky avoiding the “mouthful of carrots” shot…
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Leith wharfage
After a rainy morning, some light in the afternoon, and a very pleasant wander around Leith’s docklands. More snaps on Flickr…
