WINTERFEST SKATING FUN

FAMILY WINTER SKATING FUN

FOR THE EXPERIENCED............

NOT SO EXPERIENCED............
AND DEFINITELY INEXPERIENCED!

PENNILESS PORCH

AT WELLS CATHEDRAL, THIS PORCH WAS ESPECIALLY BUILT IN 1450, SO THAT BEGGARS COULD ASK FOR ALMS FROM PEOPLE ATTENDING SERVICES AT THE CATHEDRAL.

TOY SOLDIERS

A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL MY BLOGGING FRIENDS, OLD AND NEW.

THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN 2010

A MOONLIT WINTER SKY

THE WAXING OF THE MOON ON A WINTER'S NIGHT

COLLAPSING CLOCK

WHEN THE HOUR STRIKES, THIS CLOCK COLLAPSES

GOING!

GOING!

GONE!

WAVE SCULPTURE

MODERN RIVERSIDE WAVE SCULPTURE

WITH ANCIENT CASTLE IN BACKGROUND

REINDEER MOMENTS

"IF I GIVE YOU THIS BREAD, WILL YOU ASK SANTA TO BRING ME................"

"YES, I UNDERSTAND. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE?"

"BOY, I'M TIRED! WAKE ME UP CHRISTMAS EVE."

A WINTERS DAY

WINTER SNOW IN WALES

BUCKINGHAM PALACE

THE FRONT OF BUCKINGHAM PALACE

THE ARCHES

THE POWER OF THE SEA HAS

WORN AWAY THE ROCK

TO FORM WHAT IS KNOWN AS

"THE ARCHES"

WELSH COUNTRYSIDE

THE VILLAGE OF GROSMONT

FROM THE CASTLE

STEAM TRAIN

MOST LITTLE AND BIG BOYS' DREAM, IS TO BECOME AN ENGINE DRIVER

THE ENGINE DRIVERS CONTROLS

TINTAGEL

THE PATH TO A LEGEND,

KING ARTHUR'S CASTLE,

TINTAGEL, CORNWALL

REMEMBRANCE

AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN,

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

ROCKFACE

THE FACE IN THE ROCK

AT CHEDDAR GORGE

CLASSIC COACH

MEMORIES OF YESTERYEAR COACH TRIPS

RECORD BREAKER

"CITY OF TRURO"

THE FIRST

STEAM ENGINE TO BREAK 100MPH

SIGN OF THE TIMES

THE THOUGHT NEVER

CROSSED MY MIND!

SAFE HARBOUR

THE LITTLE BOAT

HAS SAFELY REACHED HOME PORT

QUIET BAY

A SECLUDED BAY

TO ENJOY A SUMMERS DAY

OSTLER'S BELL

OUTSIDE THIS 17th CENTURY COACHING INN CAN BE SEEN AN OSTLER'S BELL. THIS WAS USED BY COACHMEN, WHEN THEY ARRIVED, TO SUMMON THE OSTLER TO LOOK AFTER THE HORSES.

THIS IS A CLOSE UP OF THE OSTLER'S BELL

FRIENDLY HORSES

"GIVE US A LUMP OF SUGAR

AND WE'LL POSE ALL DAY"

MINIATURE RAILWAY

A FEAT OF ENGINEERING

HARBOUR VIEW

THE HARBOUR AT ST JOHN'S NEWFOUNDLAND

FROM LAND

FROM THE AIR

CANADA GATE

CANADA GATE AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE.

THIS MEMORIAL TO QUEEN VICTORIA, FROM CANADA, WAS COMPLETED IN 1911 AND BEARS THE EMBLEMS OF THE SEVEN CANADIAN PROVINCES AT THAT TIME.

SAD SWAN

THIS BEAUTIFUL SWAN LOOKS SAD, COULD IT BE HE'S MISSING HIS MATE

THE ROLLS AWAITS

A LUXURY CAR AWAITS THE LUCKY BRIDE OR EVEN A PRINCESS

MEDIEVAL WALL PAINTINGS

ST CYBI'S CHURCH, LLANGYBI, MONMOUTHSHIRE.

THE CHURCH DATES FROM 13th/14th CENTURY AND LATE MEDIEVAL WALL PAINTINGS

HAVE BEEN UNCOVERED

SEASIDE EXPRESS

COULD THIS BE THE ORIGINAL

"ONE HORSEPOWER ENGINE"?

SUMMER MEMORIES

AS SUMMER FADES AND AUTUMN APPROACHES, WE REMEMBER THE BEAUTIFUL FLOWER FILLED GARDENS AND WARM SUMMER DAYS

FRENCH AUTO

THIS OLD CITROEN CAR BRINGS BACK MEMORIES OF WWII

AND INSPECTOR MAIGRET STORIES

HAROLD'S STONES

HAROLD'S STONES,

TRELLECH, MONMOUTHSHIRE

THIS PLAQUE EXPLAINS A SHORT HISTORY OF THE STONES

STEAM ROLLER

THESE STEAM ROLLERS WERE A COMMON SITE ONCE WHEN ROADS WERE BEING CONSTRUCTED OR REPAIRED