Just a few years old. A2 class 60532 Blue Peter climbing up to Esk Valley on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway
#photography
#steamlocomotives

From today's walk. A circular stating & finishing in Castleton. Up Cave Dale looping round to Mam Tor, Mam Tor ridge and back to Castleton for a well deserved cup of tea.
#walking
#photography
#PeakDistrict

Today's traffic jam in the Peaks
#peakdistrict

The Huddersfield Narrow Canal near Marsden.
Daffodils looking good
#spring
#photography

An absolute beast visiting the Worth Valley today. Rebuilt West Country class Braunton. Still looking good for a 90mph dash to Bournemouth if a bit out of place in Yorkshire
#railways
#steamlocos

Slight bit of ai editing - applying motion blur to a 1983 photo of Jubilee class Leander leaving Goathland

Where ai has a use in #photography - 2 images of my great grandfather - first from a 60 year old scuffed neg then cleaned up with ai

Not normally a fan of ai colourised photos but this seems quite sympathetic for a change. I believe these 2 to be my 2 x great grandparents George & Sarah Thorpe

Utterly unlike Chamberlain or his predecessor Baldwin who funded the Dowding system, upgrades to QE class battleships, KGV battleships, carriers, cruisers etc etc. Where's Starmer's (or indeed any of his immediate Tory predecessors) equivalent to that level of investment?

Walked around and about home today. Blustery weather but glorious views
#Yorkshire
#Photography

RAF Ravenscar a former chain low radar station from the Second World War. Slowly crumbling & going back to nature.
Not quite the back of beyond as there was a railway behind it.
#history
#photography

Just off the Cleveland Way path in North Yorkshire the remains of RAF Ravenscar a Second World War radar station
#history
#Yorkshire
#photography

Looking up the coast towards Robin Hood's Bay
#Yorkshire
#Photography

Dramatic skies & cliff on the Yorkshire coast looking towards Ravenscar
#Yorkshire
#photography

World War 2 pillbox on the Cleveland Way path near Robin Hood's Bay.
#history

Kicked my way through autumn's golden gown this morning, hands & face well & truly scoured by an icy wind & even icier rain showers. Autumn in the pennines never felt so good
#autumn

Today's walk. Getting more autumnal

A trip over to the dark side - building the Stuka has reminded why I don't do a lot of aeroplanes...
#scalemodelling

Talyllyn Railway no 2 Dolgoch aka "The Old Lady"
Dating back to 1866 she was the loco that helped the railway preservation movement get off the ground in 1951 and the inspiration for the character Rheneas in the Reverend Awdry's railway series
#history
#railways

Barden Tower - once a hunting lodge for the Clifford family
#history
#photography

Sanna Bay - Ardnamurchan, North West Scotland
#photography
#Scotland

The Stevenson Lighthouse at Ardnamurchan Point - the most westerly point in mainland Scotland
#Scotland
#Photography

From a trip to Bronte country - trees at Top Withens.
Top Withens is said to have been the inspiration for the setting of Wuthering Heights
#EmilyBronte
#WutheringHeights
#Yorkshire

Loch Ewe - mustering point for the arctic convoys in the second world war in one of the remoter parts of north west Scotland
#history
#scotland

Once upon a time I came across Ike

Autumn's on its way
#autumn

Evolution of passenger coaches on the Ffestiniog Railway - 4 wheel 'bug boxes" from the 1860s, iron framed bogie coaches with sumptious 1st class seating for some from the 1870s, replica/rebuild WW1 army surplus toastrack Some fool chose 1860s boneshaker rather than 1st class
#traintravel
#history

Saying hello to an old friend - double Fairlie "Merddin Emrys" on the Ffestiniog Railway. Originally built in 1879, the year of Rorke's Drift, much rebuilt but still going strong, resplendent in 1960s green livery.
#railways
#history

For me it has to be:
3. Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath
2. Sunshine of your love by Cream
1. Revolution by The Beatles (b side Hey Jude rather than the White Album version)

Castles & towers.
Can't wait to go back
#history
#castles
#scotland