The days are getting colder and shorter and daylight is becoming a rare commodity. That being the case I took myself off last Saturday on a ride up to the Lake District, to Keswick. I wanted a longish trip so I could enjoy the most amount of daylight even if it meant coming back mostly in the dark. I took the train up to Lancaster then picked up the Stagecoach […]
Time’s meat slicer is beginning to shave away at the days as the end of the year sneaks in on the quiet. I fancied a trip out, not too long, before the days turn into the annual “blink and you’ll miss them” short bursts of sunlight fighting for attention between great walls of murk. To that end I picked Bangor, the university town in North Wales as my destination, it’s […]
Hello again. I’m heading to Chorley for the Chorley Live music event, the day has been warm and bright so I decided to take a roundabout bus route to get there. I broke my journey at Ormskirk because I fancied a look around the Saturday street market but more importantly I wanted CAKE and a coffee. Well I managed a very good latte but made a rookie mistake on the […]
Right, so to help digest the pie and chips ( I refer you to the earlier post ) I took another turn or two around Lancaster in the hope that the weather might show a little cooperation but it didn’t. So as anyone who follows these ramblings will know I have a selection of bolt holds and hideaways, cafes and pubs , dotted hear and there one of which is […]
October is waiting in the wings, Autumn has its bags packed and is waiting for the taxi. There’s a glimmer of sunlight and a sliver of blue sky overhead. I thought I would chance a run out somewhere rather than let a day go to waste. You don’t get a refund on days you do nothing with. Playing safe I decided on Lancaster, it’s a no trains day so it […]
It was to the coast for me last weekend, to Morecambe for the Vintage By The Sea festival.
It’s an event I only dropped onto last year though it has been running for a while. It’s an excuse to raid the dressing up box and polish, or get your chauffeur , to polish the drop head Bentley or elegant Alvis and pootle along to the seaside.
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