A few snaps

[Steve1962]

Just got back from a weeklong break with the caravan, we based ourselves nr Whitchurch in Shropshire.
We do like to get about and on this holiday we drove to various places including Conwy, Llandudno, Llangollen to name but a few.

Photos on the link below.

View my photos at: https://steve1962.smugmug.com/On-the-Welsh-border-

 

[Beachball]

Just got back from a weeklong break with the caravan, we based ourselves nr Whitchurch in Shropshire.
We do like to get about and on this holiday we drove to various places including Conwy, Llandudno, Llangollen to name but a few.

Photos on the link below.

View my photos at: https://steve1962.smugmug.com/On-the-Welsh-border-

Pleased you had a great time in spite of weather

 

[Steve1962]

Pleased you had a great time in spite of weather

Yep,
We got there early pm on the Saturday, set up including the awning and within 10 mins the heavens opened and the rain didn’t stop until early morning.
Out in the car on the Sunday and it rained on and off with us dodging the showers and then around 10 pm it came down in biblical fashion and didn’t stop until 4am …. There’s something oddly satisfying being in the caravan ( it’s called Doris by the way) nice and warm/dry when it’s lashing it down outside.
The rest of the week we played cat and mouse with the weather - highlights of the week were the visits to Chirk Castle and Conwy Castle, and rather selfishly for me, the drive both ways along the A4212 from Bala to the A470…. As a biker for more years than I care to mention I found myself wanting to get on a bike and do it both ways.
Bikes I have owned include:
BMW 1150GS, 2 x 1100RT, 1 x 1100RT, 1 1100R and a brief flirtation with a Harley Softail Heritage.
I reckon I have covered north of 130k miles easily and loved every minute of it.
Here’s me on the 1100R…

View: https://youtu.be/HA9cvkWaBVk


Steve

 

[otherclive]

Yep,
We got there early pm on the Saturday, set up including the awning and within 10 mins the heavens opened and the rain didn’t stop until early morning.
Out in the car on the Sunday and it rained on and off with us dodging the showers and then around 10 pm it came down in biblical fashion and didn’t stop until 4am …. There’s something oddly satisfying being in the caravan ( it’s called Doris by the way) nice and warm/dry when it’s lashing it down outside.
The rest of the week we played cat and mouse with the weather - highlights of the week were the visits to Chirk Castle and Conwy Castle, and rather selfishly for me, the drive both ways along the A4212 from Bala to the A470…. As a biker for more years than I care to mention I found myself wanting to get on a bike and do it both ways.
Bikes I have owned include:
BMW 1150GS, 2 x 1100RT, 1 x 1100RT, 1 1100R and a brief flirtation with a Harley Softail Heritage.
I reckon I have covered north of 130k miles easily and loved every minute of it.
Here’s me on the 1100R…

View: https://youtu.be/HA9cvkWaBVk


Steve

The A470 is our favourite route to North Wales. Not a fast drive but a classic one.

 

[Steve1962]

The A470 is our favourite route to North Wales. Not a fast drive but a classic one.

Yep,
Done that a few times.
,

 

[Niall_McIntosh]

Yep,
We got there early pm on the Saturday, set up including the awning and within 10 mins the heavens opened and the rain didn’t stop until early morning.
Out in the car on the Sunday and it rained on and off with us dodging the showers and then around 10 pm it came down in biblical fashion and didn’t stop until 4am …. There’s something oddly satisfying being in the caravan ( it’s called Doris by the way) nice and warm/dry when it’s lashing it down outside.
The rest of the week we played cat and mouse with the weather - highlights of the week were the visits to Chirk Castle and Conwy Castle, and rather selfishly for me, the drive both ways along the A4212 from Bala to the A470…. As a biker for more years than I care to mention I found myself wanting to get on a bike and do it both ways.
Bikes I have owned include:
BMW 1150GS, 2 x 1100RT, 1 x 1100RT, 1 1100R and a brief flirtation with a Harley Softail Heritage.
I reckon I have covered north of 130k miles easily and loved every minute of it.
Here’s me on the 1100R…

View: https://youtu.be/HA9cvkWaBVk


Steve

Oh, I know that road well. It was my commute home for 10 years......

 

[Steve1962]

Oh, I know that road well. It was my commute home for 10 years......

What a fabulous commute!!!

 

[Niall_McIntosh]

What a fabulous commute!!!

It was. I live in Stow and worked in Gloucester.

 

[Steve1962]

The road to Stow
Me on my BMWR1100R on a grey day a few yrs back…

View: https://youtu.be/HA9cvkWaBVk

 

[otherclive]

Oh, I know that road well. It was my commute home for 10 years......

My best commute was from Barrow in Furness to Blawith near Coniston, via the A590 and A5092. It lifted the spirits just to view the fells as I drove home. The drive in wasn’t too bad either.

 

[Steve1962]

I was at school in Keswick as a boarder for 3 yrs (76 to 79) and loved it.
Climbed Scafell Pike 3 times and most of the other fells too - we had a nutter for a PE teacher called Mr Roberts - he used to make us run up Latrigg in PE lessons.

I love it so much up there that I took my fiancee up there to get married in 2003.

Happiest days of my childhood by far.

Steve

 

[otherclive]

I was at school in Keswick as a boarder for 3 yrs (76 to 79) and loved it.
Climbed Scafell Pike 3 times and most of the other fells too - we had a nutter for a PE teacher called Mr Roberts - he used to make us run up Latrigg in PE lessons.

I love it so much up there that I took my fiancee up there to get married in 2003.

Happiest days of my childhood by far.

Steve

We lived up there for three years and loved every minute. Even did the Keswick to Barrow charity dash three times. Now an official member of the Order of the Mad Dog ! The work wasn’t bad either 👍

 

[Steve1962]

We lived up there for three years and loved every minute. Even did the Keswick to Barrow charity dash three times. Now an official member of the Order of the Mad Dog ! The work wasn’t bad either 👍

In my class at school were twin girls…. Their father was Joss Naylor the farmer and amazing fell runner…. We were out fell walking snd he came bounding round the hill like a mountain goat with his border collie…. Made it look effortless.

 

[Jcloughie]

Thanks for the great pictures. Previously Living in Liverpool and Runcorn, Cheshire and North Wales were our stomping grounds. Most of the pictures are of places we know well.

John

 

[Steve1962]

Here’s a few photos taken whilst we we staying at the Back of Beyond site in Dorset.

We do like to explore and I do love a bit of history and taking a few photos ( all using my IPhone 11.)


View my photos at: https://steve1962.smugmug.com/Back-of-Beyond-

View my photos at: https://steve1962.smugmug.com/Kingston-Lacy-House

View my photos at: https://steve1962.smugmug.com/Corfe-Castle-and-Swanage

View my photos at: https://steve1962.smugmug.com/Blandford-Forum

View my photos at: https://steve1962.smugmug.com/Wimborne

Steve

 

[Steve1962]

For those who are interested, the Bankes family who were landed gentry, built Kingston Lacy House and once owned Corfe Castle ( there's also a pub in the village bearing their name).

Bankes family - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Steve

 

[Beachball]

Here’s a few photos taken whilst we we staying at the Back of Beyond site in Dorset.

We do like to explore and I do love a bit of history and taking a few photos ( all using my IPhone 11.)


View my photos at: https://steve1962.smugmug.com/Back-of-Beyond-

View my photos at: https://steve1962.smugmug.com/Kingston-Lacy-House

View my photos at: https://steve1962.smugmug.com/Corfe-Castle-and-Swanage

View my photos at: https://steve1962.smugmug.com/Blandford-Forum

View my photos at: https://steve1962.smugmug.com/Wimborne

Steve

Hi Steve fantastic photos we also like history and visiting different places

 

[Steve1962]

Hi Steve fantastic photos we also like history and visiting different places

Me too.
You wouldn’t know it by looking at the Corfe Castle photos but it was heaving when we went- I spent quite a while waiting for the right opportunity to take snaps without the hoards of invaders in them - same at Kingston Lacy House which is an amazing property.

 

[Jaydug]

The last time I stayed in the area, I stayed at the C&C Club site in Corfe, so when I went to the Castle, I was first through the barrier.

 

[Jcloughie]

Here’s a few photos taken whilst we we staying at the Back of Beyond site in Dorset.

We do like to explore and I do love a bit of history and taking a few photos ( all using my IPhone 11.)


View my photos at: https://steve1962.smugmug.com/Back-of-Beyond-

View my photos at: https://steve1962.smugmug.com/Kingston-Lacy-House

View my photos at: https://steve1962.smugmug.com/Corfe-Castle-and-Swanage

View my photos at: https://steve1962.smugmug.com/Blandford-Forum

View my photos at: https://steve1962.smugmug.com/Wimborne

Steve

Great pictures. Who needs a camera? Brought back memories we have been to most of those places.

John

 

[Steve1962]

Great pictures. Who needs a camera? Brought back memories we have been to most of those places.

John

Hi John,

Thanks.

I used to cart a camera all over the place with me but got fed up and with phone cams now being so good I just use my I phone 11.
Before we go to a site I'll normally set up a new gallery on my Smugmug page and then as I'm taking the photos I'll upload them directly to that gallery whenever I get the opportunity to use free wifi at a coffee shop or other places - this keeps the memory space free on the phone.
I also very rarely tweek the photos - if I do I just use the edit function on the phone itself.

God bless the delete button too otherwise I'd have thousands of photos of the floor, my feet, thumbs, blurry skies et al.

I see you are in Gloucester - we're not too far from you as we live nr Burford.

Steve

 

[Jcloughie]

I see you are in Gloucester - we're not too far from you as we live nr Burford.

Steve

We were at the (expensive) garden centre just last week!

 

[Jcloughie]

Just looked at Smugmug and I am impressed. Clearly a place for professionals, but a great storage place for ammeters as well.

But I already pay for iCloud and Amazon.
Both are good but have advantages and disadvantages. They both have much room for improvemnt. The reason I pay for both is Photos comes with Prime. And iCloud helps to tie together iPhones and iPads. (And a Mac when I am aloud to get one).

John

 

[otherclive]

Just looked at Smugmug and I am impressed. Clearly a place for professionals, but a great storage place for ammeters as well.

But I already pay for iCloud and Amazon.
Both are good but have advantages and disadvantages. They both have much room for improvemnt. The reason I pay for both is Photos comes with Prime. And iCloud helps to tie together iPhones and iPads. (And a Mac when I am aloud to get one).

John

If you are considering a MAC have a look at the MAC Mini. I bought one three years ago and it’s so adaptable that I can’t see me going back to an IMac. I matched it to a Dell monitor and the total package cost less than an IMac with much enhanced capability. It’s sufficiently compact that I can take it with me, providing I can use a screen somewhere.

 

[Jcloughie]

If you are considering a MAC have a look at the MAC Mini. I bought one three years ago and it’s so adaptable that I can’t see me going back to an IMac. I matched it to a Dell monitor and the total package cost less than an IMac with much enhanced capability. It’s sufficiently compact that I can take it with me, providing I can use a screen somewhere.

That is definitly on my list.

My present desktop is an Acer 'all in one' with 23 inch touchscreen. I updated it with an SSD drive which I had to shoehorn in. But after 12 years is still works fine and fast enough. It manages Win 10 pro but that is the limit.

An Apple would work so much better with two iPads and two iPhones. But it is hard to justify when the present Acer gets little use.

John