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Recently I went on a walk around Nottingham to take photos of the Christmas decorations around the city including at the Winter Wonderland and the Exchange.
The Museum of Scottish Railways
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The Museum of Scottish Railways at Bo’ness Station is Scotland’s largest railway museum. It opened in 1995 and displays items of Scotland’s railway heritage such as trains, coaches, signals and my personal favourite, old railway posters.
Categories: Bo'ness, Scotland
Tags: Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway, museum, Museum of Scottish Railways, photo post, postal train, posters, railway, railway museum, steam trains
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Kirby Muxloe Castle
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Kirby Muxloe is an English Heritage property that was built by William, Lord Hastings, who owned Ashby de la Zouch Castle. Like that castle Kirby Muxloe Castle was built around an existing manor house around 1480.
Categories: England, Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire
Tags: castle, english heritage, Kirby Muxloe, moat, photo post, ruins
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Ashby de la Zouch Castle
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Ashby de la Zouch Castle is an English Heritage property in Leicestershire, the ruins of a castle dating from the 15th century. The town of Ashby de la Zouch got its name from the Le Zouch family who owned the manor of Ashby in the 13th and 14th centuries. By 1472 William, Lord Hastings was transforming this manor into what would have been a magnificent castle that you can still appreciate from its remains.
Categories: Ashby-de-la-Zouch, England
Tags: Ashby-de-la-Zouch, castle, english heritage, photo post, ruins
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The Alnwick Garden
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We had assumed when booking a combined ticket for Alnwick Castle and garden, that the gardens were part of the castle, but in fact they are also an attraction in their own right and a registered charity created by the Duchess of Northumberland.
Categories: Alnwick, England, Northumberland
Tags: Alnwick, Alnwick Castle, Alnwick Garden, Beauty and the Beast, butterfly, flowers, gardens, photo post, robin, The Frog Prince
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Bo’ness and Kinneil Railway
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My dad being a train enthusiast it’s no surprise that on our recent trip to Edinburgh we visited nearby Bo’ness and Kinneil Railway, a heritage railway that operates over 5 miles of Scottish countryside.
Categories: Bo'ness, Scotland
Tags: Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway, model trains, photo post, railway, trains
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London Architecture – Part One
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These buildings on Courtfield Road in Kensington, now very nice looking flats, were built by J.R. and W.H. Roberts in May 1880 and designed by Walter Graves. The section pictured would have been the “lesser rooms” with the nicest section facing the gardens at the back (which I didn’t think to investigate at the time). You can find the original floor plans and more details here.
Categories: England, London
Tags: architecture, courtfield road, london, photo post, st mary abbots hospital, water fountain
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London Plaques – Part 3
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Here’s another post about some of the plaques to be found around London. The first is on the site of the Westminster office of the Penny Post, on Gerrard Street, the first building to operate as a post office in Westminster in 1794. The London Penny Post itself was established in 1680 to deliver mail around London for, you guessed it, one penny. The Two Penny Post was established in 1801.
Categories: England, London
Tags: blue plaque, history, penny post, photo post, plaque, sir david low, sir osbert sitwell, sybil thorndike, william makepeace thackerey
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Wicken Fen Nature Reserve
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We enjoyed our first trip to Wicken Fen so much that we decided to make a return trip. It is one of the first properties that the National Trust took on, in 1899, and is host to over 9,000 species of wildlife.
Categories: Cambridgeshire, England
Tags: boat trip, dragonfly, photo post, wicken fen national nature reserve
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St Maurice’s Church, Ellingham
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On a recent holiday in Northumberland we based ourselves in the village of Ellingham, staying at the Pack Horse Inn (highly recommended – lovely staff, fantastic food). After checking in we decided to take a walk through the very small village and came across St Maurice’s Church.
Categories: Ellingham, England, Northumberland
Tags: church, Ellingham, Northumberland, photo post, St Maurice's Church, stained glass window
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