Tag Archives: Photography

London as you’ve never seen it before… at Christmas with the voice of an Angel.

Posted on December 24, 2017 by

I wasn’t going to blog again, especially so as I have been out on a tour this morning.  It was my inaugrial Sacred, Secret Gardens of London tour today and I was showing round a lovely PhD student studying medicine. … Continue reading →

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An Easter Walk

Posted on April 19, 2017 by

On Easter Sunday, I went to Church and I took my iPad so thought you might like to see some of the photos which I took.  

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A close encounter with a Brocken Spectre

Posted on October 12, 2016 by

Fear not, this isn’t an early Halloween posting though the word ‘Spectre’ is accurate in the spooky image that it relates to. In my last post on climbing Skiddaw, I neglected to mention that I was lucky enough to see … Continue reading →

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I climbed Skiddaw – Englands 6th tallest peak

Posted on October 9, 2016 by

For the week of October 1st -8th, I actually had my first days off from giving tours since February.  I was exhausted and quite ill, and a week on, I still am though slightly less on both counts. Longer time … Continue reading →

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Since I’ve been gone…

Posted on July 21, 2016 by

If you’re reading this then you may have noticed that I have got a little behind with my blog posting.  I’m hugely sorry about that.  Something has been tapping at my window demanding my attention and sadly that thing is … Continue reading →

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More photos from the old and the new

Posted on June 17, 2016 by

Today I finish my series of three posts looking at how particular locations have changed in appearance between some old photos that I found and which date from the 1880’s and 1890’s and how they look today using Google Steet … Continue reading →

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The more things change – Photos of then and now

Posted on June 8, 2016 by

Following from my popular post earlier in the week  Then and now – How sights have changed in 130 years I have collated some more of the old colour photographs from the 1890s cataloging interesting sights around England and then using … Continue reading →

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