Arthur's Rambles

A personal blog of wandering and wondering.

My Blog and I

Wandering and wondering. Seeing, thinking about and appreciating all that's out there, whether walking by the river, along the coastline, enjoying the East Anglian countryside or travelling farther afield to heritage venues - and steam trains!

About the Author

Born and grew up in London, now retired and living in East Anglia since 2004, after a working life in the south-east and midland counties as a journalist, photographer and lecturer. I still enjoy writing and photography, much of which appears on my Delphi Forums (see links below) and elsewhere.

Readers of this blog are welcome to visit those sites to join in the discussions or start one of their own.

Blog Entries

10/28/10 - Mersey Jaunt
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10/11/10 - Nice to go travelling ..
10/6/10 - On line from Wales
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10/3/10 - May be M.I.A for a few days
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9/28/10 - Home again
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Mersey Jaunt

On my way to Liverpool early tomorrow for probably my last weekend away this year. I have long wanted to see the Gormley statues on Cosby Beach, so I 'snapped up' an advertised coach trip which also includes a visit to the Lowry Galleries at Salford Quays and of course the obligatory "Ferry Across the Mersey", so should have some new pictures to post next week.

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11/2/10 - Arthur (UKwordpixman) — Too late; it was only a weekend visit and I am home now.
10/31/10 - BilstonBird — A bit late in the year, but try to see the red squirrels at Formby.

Monday, October 11, 2010 6:04 AM

Nice to go travelling ..

... but sometimes just as nice to come home.

At the end of a good week in Wales, enjoying the scenery (and the rain and gusty wind!) I am now on my way home, and looking forward to getting back to the comfort of my desktop PC and reliable broadband so that I can unleash a torrent of holiday snaps on the Forums.. It has been a productive week and my camera is running hot!

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Wednesday, October 06, 2010 3:03 PM

On line from Wales

I managed to get on line but very slow so don't know how long it will last. Weather here is changeable - constant drizzle most of the time with frequent heavy showers and some sunny spells, but there's gold at the end of the rainbow, even if it has to be shot through the window of a bus, complete with raindrops!

Oops! the picture has shrunk to a thumbnail! Never mind, at least we are online....

AHA!

That's bettah!

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10/9/10 - BilstonBird — Nice pic.
10/6/10 - Malcolm (Malj1) — Smashing rainbow shot.

Sunday, October 03, 2010 6:59 AM

May be M.I.A for a few days

I'm off early tomorrow morning for a week in Wales, hoping to ride on some of the narrow gauge railways and revisit Portmeirion - the Italianate village that was the location for the cult tv serial 'The Prisoner'.

I'll have my netbook with me, but when I tested it this morning the wireless connection kept breaking, so I may have difficulty keeping in touch with the forums. It was fine last week in Yorkshire and I am wondering if the free Wi-Fi connection at the hotel upset the system, but I'll keep trying.

If the netbook doesn't work I'll see if I can find an Internet cafe, although they may not be very plentiful in the Welsh mountains, but I'll be home again on Tuesday week, October 12, and will no doubt have a few new pictures to share then.

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10/9/10 - BilstonBird — the granite hills often disrupt reception.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 5:34 PM

Home again

Back home after an interesting weekend in the Peak District and York. Sorry to say the hotel did not live up to its initial promise and the food was awful after the first evening meal, but all was explained later: it was a Friday when I arrived, and the menu changed for the weekend because there were no business visitors, only coach parties (the man said, with a sneer) and people on cheap holidays can't expect to eat as well as those paying full whack.

Ah well, apart from that all was well; the coach was comfortable and the driver was very good, and he took us exactly where it said on the label.

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10/9/10 - BilstonBird — I'd like to know which hotel, for future reference.
9/28/10 - Malcolm (Malj1) — There was carry on film about a hotel with a coach party, this sounds familiar.

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