Month: November 2016
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The day after the night before ā Guy Fawkes Night
This is a repost from my old site fhithich.wordpress.com which did not transfer when I originally set this site up. I’m slowly working my way through the missing ones. A plot thwarted, our Sovereign Parliament is safe, poor old Guy, hung, drawn and quartered, a celebration, bonfires, oohs and aahs as the rockets, Roman candles…
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Young Beech Tree
I found myself in Nottinghamshire today, Robin Hood country. The young scion was running in the English National Cross Country Relay Championship. It meant a wet and windy pre-dawn run up Roseberry with the dog, not many photography opportunities. Berry Hill park, Mansfield, turned out to be remarkably dry, with sandy soil and a lovely…
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Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art
A trip into Middlesbrough and lunch at theĀ Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art or Mima as it is locally known. I did have a quick look at the gallery. Not my scene but the cafeās good, well recommended. The architect designed building (Erick van Egeraat Associated Architects) costĀ Ā£14.2 million funded by Middlesbrough Council and Arts Council.…
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Rosedale East
The fledgling has returned. āReading weekā he says. Half term by any other name. A suggestion: ādo you fancy going to the Lion Inn tomorrow? Iāll go on my bike and meet you thereā. So I find myself in Rosedale for the second time in four days. But a different Rosedale with the Inn in…
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Greenhow Botton
Orginally posted on 2 Nov, 2016 my old site Most of the steep banks guarding the western edge of the North York Moors take their name from the community or parish at their foot so we have Ingleby Bank and Greenhow Bank. Jacksonās Bank, overlooking the flat valley of Greenhow Botton is an exception although…
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The Bluebell Meadow, Newton Wood
Not very blue in Autumn. Compare with a photo I took almost from the same spot a year and six months ago. The blues of May have been replaced by the golden hues of Autumn. Meanwhile we drift into the month of November. The wordĀ has a Latin root, novem or nine,Ā for in the calendar of…