Sunshine? What’s that? Had hoped for a sunny afternoon on Beacon Hill, near Knighton, Powys, on Sunday – the forecast suggested fairly clear skies. The views up there are extensive – looking perhaps 40 miles to the south, there seemed to be fairly clear skies… The gloom on Beacon Hill worsened in the short time we were there (it was very cold too) – I suppose it didn’t snow much…
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.
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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…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 to all visitors to Geoff’s Pages!
Photo: New Year’s Eve at Attingham Park, Shropshire
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…
It’s cold on the Clee hills! Snowy scenes from south Shropshire – more at Flickr
…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.
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 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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