Just photos – no particular theme
Yesterday we walked in our shirtsleeves – today we’re wearing wind-proof jackets and still feeling cold. What a difference in 24 hours! Was that a flurry of snowflakes? No, just the wind whipping the blossom off the hawthorn (is it any wonder the stereotypical Briton talks about the weather?). It’s dull and grey too, so I’ve switched to monochrome – except for the year’s first wild rose, which deserves full colour.
9 May 2004: Wandering around Bewdley on a grey day
9 May 2010: On the Edge, near Much Wenlock
The air feels heavy, scented with the May blossom, and it’s warm in the sunshine – the trees and the white puffy clouds provide some relief from the sun’s heat. We’d better make the most of it – tomorrow will be much cooler, if the forecasts are right.
8 May 2005: The Shropshire Union Canal meets the Manchester Ship Canal at Ellesmere Port, where there’s a wonderful museum of boats and associated paraphernalia in the old canal docks. It had been a “must go there one day” destination for some time. Must go there again one day!
National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port
The forecast says we could get a shower… (we didn’t) It’s a bit murky – we’ll concentrate on the hedgerows again.
7 May 2005: a quick visit to the Telford Steam Railway, to see what was going on, prior to another visit, later that month, for its 21st anniversary weekend (see “Horsehay’s 21st” on Geoff’s Rail Diaries)
Might as well… It’s dull, threatening rain, after a fine sunny start (“I thought it was going to be sunny all day?”). The longer views are flat and uninteresting – we’ll concentrate on the details close at hand.
6 May 2006: the Abbey Pumping Station is in Leicester, a local authority museum based around a Victorian steam-powered sewage-pumping facility. They’ve constructed a 2′ gauge railway around the grounds, and Leonard, a little Bagnall dating from 1919, would be in operation on this occasion (for a full report on Leonard’s activities, visit “Leonard at Leicester” on Geoff’s Rail Diaries). There were other exhibits, including couple of old buses which seemed to be operated by, and for, some rather large bears. Next door, there’s a spaceship (really!). All good fun, and interesting too. Must go again one day…
Another fine, clear, bright day – not a single cloud! To the far end of Red Lane and back is nearly five miles, a most enjoyable walk on a day like this.
Another very different day – warm bright sunshine, few clouds, clear and cold air, a bit of a breeze…
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