The wind has dropped, and the air is a touch warmer – it’s pleasant to be out. We’re walking past the old mines and along the little dark, damp lane, under the trees and through the wild garlic. Emerging from the other end is like passing from one world to another, but at the end we’ll turn back and retrace our steps.
11 May 2003: a visit to the Abbey Light Railway, near Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds. Visit “Abbey Light Railway” on Geoff’s Rail Diaries for more on this lovely little line, sadly now closed and gone.
11 May 2019: a Shropshire Railway Society 50th Anniversary special train on the Welshpool and Llanfair Railway. There’s an illustrated account of the trip at “SRS 50 on the W&L” on Geoff’s Rail Diaries.
11 May 2015: a fine May day on Wenlock Edge.
Still playing with black and white. The sunshine is warm, but intermittent, and the stiff cold breeze means we’re not hanging around…
10 May: the “on this day” files are either sparse, or have been blogged before. Here are six photos from this day in six different years – a couple that haven’t been see before, and four more that have appeared as part of larger entries.
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)
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