A walk along this fine ridge on the Herefordshire – Radnorshire border, on a bright March day. Visit “Hergest Ridge” on “Walks with a Camera”
Author: geoffspages
More monorail from Robin
Published to “monorail“, another page of the late Robin Barbour’s b&w photos from the days of steam – “Scottish scenes, highland and lowland“. Callender, Killin and the Aberfeldy branch; 46115 at Quintinshill, Black 5 action at Riddings Junction – and some Scottish shed scenes (help required here…)
monorail: Robin Barbour collection
New on the “monorail” pages, the first of many from another northern railway photographer, Robin Barbour of Hawick on the old Waverley Route. Robin sadly died last year, and the proceeds from the sale of his railway book collection have paid for an eccentric crank for the new A1 “Tornado” – what a great legacy!
Visit page 1 – “Wandering Willie” on the monorail pages.
Rail Diaries – Metrolink
Just published to “Rail Diaries” – “Lowry and trams” – an illustrated account of the trip on 15 February 2007
Trams and Lowry
A little trip to Manchester, by rail from Shropshire, and by tram from central Manchester to “The Lowry”, the gallery established on the derelict docklands to display, among other things, the works of L S Lowry. Can’t say the “other things” were quite my cup of tea – World Cup photography and football art (!), but it was great to see the originals of those “matchstalk men and dogs” which we’ve been familiar with for many years.
The new(ish) Metrolink tramway through the docklands is great fun – lots of ups and downs and tight curves. The rail journey? – bang on time both ways, but the crammed conditions in two- and three-car trains are hardly going to tempt motorists into greener habits…
A fall of snow…
…which turned out to be perhaps the heaviest snowfall for over 20 years. Some photographic opportunities – shame about the lack of sunshine. By the time the sun came out, most of the snow had melted.
Walks with a Camera – Books and Maps ctd…
Finished! At the very least, the map(s) used to plan the walks are listed. And except where indicated, they’re all maps I own and have checked to make sure the walk is actually covered by that particular map. Most of Wainwright’s little books are listed too – they’re still invaluable in planning a day out, in the areas they cover. What a shame he never did Shropshire!
I’d be interested to hear from site visitors whether they find the “Books and Maps” useful…
Rail Diaries redesign
Instead of a new year’s resolution – a new year’s redesign. It’s a new front page for Geoff’s Rail Diaries. Well, there were 150 entries on the original front page… So here’s the improved version – looks a bit neater, I think.
Quiet hills on the Welsh border
A post-Christmas day out on the lonely hills just across the Welsh border, south-west of the Teme valley. Great walking country, and barely a soul to be seen all day. A mild southerly breeze, sunshine, blue skies and white puffy clouds – what more could one have asked for, after the miserable foggy weather over Christmas. Visit “Beacon Hill (Powys)” on “Walks with a camera”
Freight in the Peak District, 22 August 1996
Just published to “Geoff’s Rail Diaries” – an account of a day with a couple of diesel-oriented friends, photographing and recording (mostly) freight trains in a scenic part of the world. Visit “Freight in the Peak”
