...a plethora of creative nonsense...
Gathering together posts about music, gigs, events, exhibitions, museums and so on, which may be of wider interest. If you are not a total geek in the main creative subjects this is perhaps the place for you.
Reading Time: 4 minutesLondon, day 2. The general itinery seemed to split itself into West End, East End, and today we head off towards Covent Garden and the west end shops. I have enduring memories of visiting Covent Garden Market as a child, though my last quick visit …
Reading Time: 4 minutesI once read an article on Youth Crime, which had a wonderful quote from a teenage participant in the 70s, along the lines of “someone gets a wierd idea and then it just goes from there. As you will know, we like to break up …
Reading Time: 3 minutesSomewhere I have been meaning to get to again for some time, is Middleton Railway. This little heritage line, tucked away in the arse-end-of-the-least-salubroious-area of Leeds is actually the oldest surviving railway in the world. Built as a horse drawn waggonway in 1758 to serve …
Reading Time: 3 minutesThere’s been mutterings from T’Other ‘Alf that we don’t go away enough. I have to say I am quite lazy about such things, which is odd as I love getting out and the chance to actually do a bit of photography from time to time …
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe went over to York at the weekend, on a very cold and misty morning. I am kicking myself now for not getting my camera out on the journey, just to get reference shots, as the fields alongside the A64 were really inspiring (more on …
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe stopped off for a quick wander round Kelham Island on the way back from Derbyshire. This is somewhere I have wanted to have a look round for some time, and certainly want to go back and spend a bit more time in. I am …
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter a missing year due to Covid19 it was exciting to get out to light night. I took my 1000D and got a few shots. However I fairly soon went back to my phone as it was easier and actually compared to the over a …
Reading Time: 3 minutesI’ve been a bit slack with the editing recently, and these are long overdue – in these lockdown weeks I have managed to get a few more things done! Last Summer the pleasure of attending this lovely little festival in Stanhope as guests of Driven …
Reading Time: 3 minutesOnce again, we have been to the annual Leeds West Indian Carnival. I wax lyrical about this each year, so I am njot really going to rattle on and just leave this set of images to enjoy.
