A couple of weeks ago, before the world ground to a halt, I made a trip out to Chester. It’s a regular -ish journey I make and as is the way with these things , new developments sort of creep up on me under the wire. A case in point were the large metal structures that were rising out of a pedestrian underpass that’s on my preferred route from the […]
We are going through strange times at the moment but life has to go on as best it can bearing in mind the prevailing health advice. It’s not a happy period but at some point light will appear at the end of the tunnel and the mood will change to getting back to as normal as possible. All of that said there where some things that needed attending to so […]
So there I am, amiably walking down a street minding my own business and looking for photographic and blog inspiration, when I get that odd “ being watched “ sensation. It’s daylight, a pleasant, reasonably sunny day on a deserted street but the feeling persists. Is Bolton home to daylight ghosts? Not so far as I know. It’s only when I look up a see a clutch of small faces […]
It’s said that the British like their tea and in Bolton this is recognized with due ceremony by this teapot on its very own plinth. This bronze teapot is one of a sequence of sculptures that are dotted around the town centre, little whimsical tricks to amuse. Bolton Information Bolton Market BOLTON. It Was Christmas Eve On The Market. Bolton. Fountain Watching On A Warm Evening. Black & White Photography […]
I took a train and then I took a bus. The train was from my home to Chester and the bus was from Chester to Holywell, the plan to take a look at the Thursday market. It’s a town I hadn’t been out to for quite a while so I felt it was time for a catch up. I remembered fragments of the place from my previous visit, bits of […]
Slowly catching up with 2020, think I’m nearly there. As usual my Christmas was being sorted on the hoof as the last few days of the year and the decade tumbled past. Luckily I only needed a few bits and pieces so I headed over to Chorley knowing that I would be certain of a good chance of getting what I was looking for. Plus it was a Tuesday which […]
