This weekend past I took a trip up to Silloth on the Solway Coast. It’s a place I hadn’t been to for quite a while and I had the urge to catch up with the town, to see what was as I remembered it and what might have changed.
It was the weekend of the annual flower show and naturally I hadn’t been sice last year. Shows like this are the sort of events I really enjoy. Outdoors, demonstrations, plenty to see and hear, plenty fun to be had.
It’s never a good thing to let a day go to waste, even if you don’t at the end do a great lot with it.
Inspired by a friend’s recent visit to the town I chose Skipton, market town and North Yorkshires gateway to the Dales. I travelled over by train, a favoured mode of transport, yes I know a glutton for punishment but to be fair I’ve had a lot more good journeys than bad. The route was up to Lancaster then across through Carnforth ” yes Brief Encounter territory ” then across the Pennines, joining the bottom of the Settle & Carlisle route before dropping into Skipton.
I don’t know how you are but do you sometimes get a morning that simply won’t move out of neutral and get into gear? Breakfast is eaten, the dishes done and put away, a last cup of coffee gets slurped away and then………………….
Right, lets have a little bit of a photo bomb from Easter Saturday’s visit to Ludlow Market. Not been for about a year and I had a Saturday going spare in amongst all the to-ing and fro-ing of Easter. So I booked myself a train ticket and enjoyed the ride down along the border route through Chester. Together with Shrewsbury, Ludow is a favourite stopping off point along that stretch […]
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