SNAPSHOT. Lytham. Blue Cornflowers & A Change Of Plans.

The weather at the moment in the UK is behaving like a stroppy teenager having a strop.

The weather at the moment in the UK is behaving like a stroppy teenager having a strop.

I had a day out planned for today. I’d done some research, checked the timetables AND taken a look at the weather forecast.

Time now for the next stage of my coffee and cake hunt. To the Wirral by the Merseyrail Wirral Loop Line ! In some ways this post has similarities with the Newcastle Metro I posted about previously. Both are largely based on conversations of existing rail routes, both are electric, Newcastle overhead, Wirral Loop 3rd rail and both have underground sections. This route serves West Kirby, New Brighton and down […]

Situated by the new ticket office at the railway station there is a replica of the plaque which commemorates the untimely death of the MP William Huskisson on the official opening of the Liverpool to Manchester Railway. I believe the original, now hard used by the hand of time, is now at the National Railway Museum. The actual monument is by the track, just past this station, on the right […]

If you are a regular reader of my blog ( thank you!) you’ll have worked out that one of my main photographic interests is street photography. Watching and recording the daily to and fro of everyday life. That cafes, coffee and food in general crop up more than you might think is a pure coincidence.

I like making my own bread, I’m reasonably good at it and there’s nothing quite like the smell of bread baking. Or watching the steam rise from that first slice off a still warm loaf. Then of course you have to spread a little butter on it, it really does help being out all those flavours. I usually make wholemeal bread so that butter does no harm at all ( […]