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Some winter photos

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Bath Abbey in the early morning sun.

Milsom Street.

The Royal Crescent at dawn.

The Royal Crescent - John Cleese lives here somewhere.

The Royal Crescent in sunlight.

Richie at the annual amateur golf match.

Pete at the annual amateur golf match.

Colin at the annual amateur golf match.

Jane at the annual amateur golf match - a first timer.

Our work Christmas lunch - not subsidized by the taxpayers.

2011-12-19T19:36:00.005Z

Avon & Somerset Fire Brigade in action.

2011-12-11T17:15:00.001Z

Did the taxi driver keep the meter running?

Bruce Munro's Field of Light at The Holborne Museum, Bath.

2011-12-11T17:03:00.003Z

This is Fudge

2011-11-22T20:40:00.001Z

A Hawk Walk near Tucking Mill, Bath

2011-10-29T20:01:00.008+01:00

My wife won a raffle for a Hawk Walk with the West Of England Falconry Centre and she let me go in her place.

Charlie - a Harris Hawk.

Charley.

Me having a go.

What a pro.

A Barn Owl.

Eating a chick's leg.

Too wide?

A bit more of the chick.

An Eagle Owl.

The reservoir at Tucking Mill.

Autumnal colours just beyond the viaduct at Tucking Mill.

A birthday visit to Slimbridge

2011-10-26T18:46:00.007+01:00

My brother's Lotus JPS Coach/Mobile home

2011-10-18T20:22:00.003+01:00

It started it's life like this.

Then after a little work became this.

The coach spent it's final days as target practise for the military on Salisbury Plain.

Alan and Sue's Wedding

2011-10-09T22:01:00.005+01:00

My brother, Alan, and Sue were married on Thursday October 6th.

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Liverpool Photos

2011-09-24T21:07:00.001+01:00

The Museum of Liverpool, the Three Graces, Mann Island and the Albert Dock.

The Museum of Liverpool - opened on July 19th 2011.

The Museum of Liverpool and the Beatles Story Pier Head museum.

The Beatles Story Pier Head museum.

The White Star Line building - from the middle window on the third floor it was officially announced, in 1912, that the Titanic had sunk.

Inside the India Buildings, originally built for the Blue Funnel line, now offices and shops.

The Big Wheel with the Albert Dock in the foreground.

The Echo Arena as seen from the Big Wheel - currently the location of the Labour Conference 2012.

The Big Wheel and the Echo Arena.

A panorama from the Big Wheel.

The World War 2 amphibious landning craft user by the Yellow Duck Marine company to take visitors around the streets of Liverpool then into the docks.

The Yellow Duck Marine in the Albert Dock.

The Yellow Duck Marine leaving the Albert Dock.

HMS Albion is a Landing Platform Dock launched in 2001. She can deploy four landing craft as used by amphibious forces to transport equipment and troops to the shore and can also support helicopter operations.

The Swedish church: Gustaf Adolfs Kyrka, built in 1883-84, for Swedish seafarers and immigrants. Now use for both locals and residents Scandinavians.

The Chinese Ceremonial Archway in Liverpool's Chinatown it was imported piece by piece from Shanghai and is the largest in Europe.

St Luke's Church aka "the bombed-out church" - in 1941 it was hit and burned out by an incendiary bomb. It is occasionally used for arts events.

St John's Beacon built between 1965 and 1969 - it was once a revolving restaurant but is now run by the radio station Radio City and has a viewing gallery.

Looking from St John's Beacon west towards the Three Graces.

Looking from St John's Beacon south towards the two cathedrals.

St George's Hall containing concert halls and law courts, it has been stated that it was "one of the finest neo-Grecian buildings in the world".

The A59 heading north.

The Echo Arena and the Big Wheel.

The Three Graces, the Liverpool Museum and the Beatles Story Pier Head.

A bronze statue of Ken Dodd (who is still alive) unveiled in 2009 at Lime Street station.

UBS Head Offices in London

2011-09-15T22:31:00.000+01:00

The UBS head offices where the "rogue trader" worked.

Oxford Photos

2011-09-03T21:32:00.001+01:00

A view from the top of Carfax Tower. This tower is 74 ft tall and no building in central Oxford may be constructed higher than it.

The Radcliffe Camera, completed in 1748, is the earliest example in England of a circular library.

All Souls College - it has no undergraduate members, but each year recent graduates of Oxford and other universities compete in "the hardest exam in the world" for Examination Fellowships. There are no teaching or research requirements; they can study anything for free at Oxford with room and board. Past Fellows include T. E. Lawrence and Sir Isaiah Berlin.

Helen near Hertford Bridge, aka the Bridge of Sighs, links together Old and New Quadrangles of Hertford College.

The Tower of the Five Orders at the Bodleian Library.

The courtyard of the Bodleian Library. The library is responsible for 11 million items on 117 miles of shelving, and has a staff of over 400.

Brasenose College whose alumni include Michael Palin and David Cameron.

The Turf Tavern where former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke set a Guinness World Record for consuming a yard glass of ale in 11 seconds.

Legend also has it that it was at the Turf Tavern where Bill Clinton "did not inhale".

Uffington White Horse near Wantage. This highly stylised prehistoric hill figure dates back over 3,000 years, to the Bronze Age.

The view looking north-west from the Uffington White Horse.

A day out at Avon Valley Country Park

2011-08-27T21:15:00.000+01:00

One of the goats that you can pay to feed.

One of the many donkeys.

A long-horned cow.

A long-horned cow grazing.

A goat in it's den.

A Vietnamese pot-bellied pig.

A European Eagle Owl in flight.

London Buildings

2011-08-15T21:15:00.001+01:00

The Olympic Stadium as seen from the View Tube near Pudding Mill Lane DLR station.

The top ring of the Stadium was built using surplus gas pipes.

The view tube - a good location to see the development of the Olympic park.

The Shard, or The Shard London Bridge.

Once complete (~ May 2012) it will be the tallest building in Western Europe at 1016 feet.

The top of The Shard.

Looking up the side of The Shard.

The Shard from London Bridge.

The Heron Tower near Liverpool Street, it the third tallest building in London at 755 feet.

The Heron Tower.

Strata (also known as The Razor) at 484 feet near Elephant and Castle.

It incorporates three nine-metre wind turbines, though, for all their show, they only generate 8% of the energy needs of the building.

The BT Tower in Fitzrovia at 620 feet tall.

The tower is still in use, and is the site of a major UK communications hub.

St George Wharf overshadowing the headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) - the cream and green building.

The entrance to the International Maritime Organization headquarters - a UN agency.

A building on King William Street, near London Bridge.

London Touristy Photos

2011-08-15T21:02:00.001+01:00

Tower Bridge and HMS Belfast.

Tower Bridge.

Traffic on Tower Bridge.

The Tower of London.

HMS Belfast.

The London Eye.

The Palace of Westminster.

One of the clock faces of the clock tower housing Big Ben.

Looking up to the clock face.

A nervous looking soldier of The Life Guards.

This is why he's nervous.

The amphibious London Duck Tour.

Our Holiday in Marazion

2011-07-19T20:51:00.001+01:00

The view from our cottage overlooking St. Michaels Mount.

St. Michaels Mount at dusk.

Tourists a bit too eager to get across to the mount- or too tight to pay for the boat.

The boats going to and from the mount.

The danger girls .

Another bout of rock-pooling completed.

Let's see if we can all take the same photo.

The girls ready for the rain.

An evil seagull.

A two-headed piglet at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall at Falmouth.

RFA Mounts Bay - a Bay class auxiliary landing ship dock at Falmouth.

Lottie and Tabs in their den.

Kynance Cove near The Lizard.

The Eden Project.

Checking a Biome.

The roof of the Mediterranean Biome.

A helium balloon for the gardeners to do some pruning.

The 70 ton seed.

Trying to climb the 70 ton seed.

The restaurant where you choose you food and put it on a piece of wood which you then eat off. Then you wander to a till, tell them what you had and then pay.

Trustworthy but from the price I think the 'payers' subsidise the 'forgetters' considerably.

WEEE Man - at 7 meters and 3.3 tons - representing the amount of electrical and electronic products that each one of us throws away in a lifetime.

Cotswold Air Show (Kemble) - 2011

2011-06-21T21:20:00.001+01:00

A Red Arrows BAE Hawk trainer

Remote control 'model' aircraft

The world's only airworthy Vulcan - flown by the same pilot who flew it from the UK to bomb the Falklands main runway and back.

The Royal Navy Black Cats Lynxs

A Douglas DC-3 Dakota

A Supermarine Spitfire and Dakota

A Hawker Sea Fury

A DeHavilland Vixen gets ready to taxi

Team Viper - the only Hunter display team in the world

Third attempt to land on a moving runway

Just about made it

VW Splitscreen Camper van

Don't mess with Colin

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

2011-05-29T22:17:00.000+01:00

The set of "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" performed by The Lord Chamberlain’s Men at Prior Park, Bath.

A visit to Tir-Y-Cwm - May 2011

2011-05-17T22:11:00.000+01:00

Looking towards the Geidd Forest.

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Easter break in Beer, Devon

2011-04-26T21:24:00.001+01:00

Beer

Beer beach from the cliffs

Beer Head Caravan Park

Our caravan - Thanks Chris and Pat

Exmouth

Lottie in her wet suit

Tabs in her wet suit

Lottie leaping

Tabs leaping

A hare or rabbit . . .

Charmouth - popular for fossil hunting

Tabs looking for fossils

In the sea at Charmouth

Tabs testing out her wet suit

Lottie waiting for a wave

Bicton Park

On the train in Bicton Park

Tabs blowing out her 8th birthday candles

Tabs next to info about the donkey she's adopted with her birthday money at The Donkey Sanctuary

The shelter for the blind donkeys

Exmouth beach from the Lifeboat house

Lottie being a monkey

Tab's relaxing at Branscombe

Sunset towards Branscombe

A panorama from the top of Cley Hill, Warminster

2011-04-06T20:44:00.001+01:00

Cley Hill

Russian U-Boat U-461 Surfaces at Pulteney Wier, Bath

2011-04-04T20:53:00.000+01:00

The Bath Half Marathon 2011

2011-03-06T18:58:00.001Z

The start of the race - No 2 (Edwin Kipkorir) up near the front.

The rest of the field.

and more . . . .

The Coneheads from The Bath Natural Theatre Company were out.

A formal photo of the Coneheads.

Still more runner - 12,000 were running this year.

Four of the hundred runners running for CoppaFeel!

Before the main runners return to the centre there was a family fun run.

The winner, Edwin Kipkorir, approaching the tape along Great Pulteney Street.

He wins - another Kenyan win at the Bath Half.

Look at those calf muscles.

A bit sweaty?

Nicky Higby (8888) about to get a personal best of 2 hours 3 minutes and a few seconds - well done!!

Visiting the SS Great Britain, Bristol

2011-02-23T19:05:00.001Z

It's a wet day in Bristol, as usual.

The SS Great Britain - the first ever iron-built, screw-propeller driven ship.

The multi-coloured houses at Hotwells, Bristol.

The girls besides on of the bells.

An incomplete stitch 'underwater'.

The girls next to the propeller and rudder.

Time to wear a funny hat.

More time to wear a funny hat.

One of the masts in the museum.

The Matthew - A replica of John Cabot's 1497 ship that he used to discover Newfoundland.

Bristol waterfront.

The Girls

2011-02-14T21:33:00.001Z

Some photos from a holiday in Egypt 1997

2011-02-14T21:21:00.000Z

The view from my room - Cairo Zoo .

The pyramids at Giza near Cairo.

The chalk-based White Desert, in the Western Desert.

Great Step Pyramid of Djoser, which dominates the complex at Saqqara.

Photos on my walk home from work

2010-12-20T14:30:00.001Z

Sledging at Combe Hay

2010-12-19T14:57:00.000Z

Another snowy day in Bath

2010-12-18T13:54:00.001Z

The frozen and drained Kennet and Avon Canal

2010-12-14T20:31:00.000Z

Laura Place, Bath

2010-12-13T19:30:00.001Z

The Work Christmas Lunch 2010

2010-12-13T19:19:00.000Z

Snow has come to Bath

2010-12-02T21:10:00.000Z

Fireworks at Bath Rec - November 4th

2010-11-06T22:47:00.001Z

The Cat

The Jellyfish

The Galaxies

The Puffer Fish

Skoobs second-hand book shop in the Guildhall market, Bath

2010-10-29T19:32:00.001+01:00

Tabs, Lottie and Helen looking for a bargain at Skoobs.

A week in Spain

2010-10-15T20:10:00.001+01:00

A view from the Canalobre caves (Cuevas de Canelobre) near Busot, with the villa to the right.

Four Go Camping at Combe Hay (for one night)

2010-09-05T19:09:00.001+01:00

We had a borrowed 8-man tent - you could probably get two cars inside it.

The camp fire.

We spent a night at the Bannatyne (yeh, Duncan from Dragon's Den) Charlton House Spa Hotel

2010-09-02T17:57:00.000+01:00

Helen outside the hotel - our room was the window above Helen and the next two to the right.

Our Deluxe room - it's great to be upgraded, though not so good when they try to charge you the extra.

Wells Cathedral.

"Oliver" at Storm on the Lawn, Prior Park College, Bath

2010-08-22T11:35:00.000+01:00

View across part of Prior Park College.

The Ball Court where "Oliver" was performed.

Mattock/Farr Annual Pilgrimage to Swanage 2010

2010-08-02T21:27:00.001+01:00

If you don't monitor how many photos are left on the camera's card you will miss the shots of the equipment being parachuted out of the back of a Hercules . . . .

Six-spot Burnet moth on ragwort.

The Great Globe at Durlston Country Park, Swanage is one of the largest stone spheres in the world.

It is 10 feet in diameter and weighs 40 tons and was constructed of Portland stone in 1887.

Tabs practising for the long jump.

Aunt Dorothy is 100 today

2010-07-05T21:33:00.000+01:00

Dot was born in 1910 - before The Great War and before the Titanic was even built.

Dot with her card from the Queen.

She might even receive another one in the future - no not when she's 200, but 105 - then every year afterwards.

One of many presents she received.

Dot cuts her birthday cake.

Some of the staff who have been great in caring for her at The Paddocks, Trowbridge.

Some of her family at her party.

Dot many years ago.

Wimbledon 2010

2010-07-02T21:15:00.000+01:00

Behind the large screen opposite "Murray Mound"/"Henman Hill".

The view from the top of "Murray Mound"/"Henman Hill".

Number One Court (left) and Centre Court (right).

Rafael Nadal warming up on the "outside courts" before his Quarter Final.

The spectators in Number One Court.

John McEnroe commenting ion the Quarter Finals on Number One Court.

Djokovic serving during his winning match.

Djokovic is "pleased" to have won the match.

Rafael Nadal has won his Quarter final match.

Clothilde De Bernardi serving against Irina Khromacheva.

Irina Khromacheva serving in her winning match.

Not sure who she is . . .

and I'm not sure who he is . . .

Julia Goerges & Agnes Szavay vs Gisela Dulko & Flavia Pennetta.

Gisela Dulko & Flavia Pennetta win the Ladies Doubles quarter Finals.

Number One Court.

The poor people without good tickets.

Picnic at Prior Park, Bath

2010-06-26T21:48:00.000+01:00

Prior Park College and the Palladian Bridge.

The Fathers and Grand Fathers were over for lunch

2010-06-20T19:53:00.000+01:00

No sensible, easy to park car for these rockers.

Widcombe Rising, Bath

2010-06-13T17:11:00.001+01:00

Tabitha make her "Brownie" promise

2010-06-10T19:11:00.001+01:00

A spider with it's egg sac

2010-06-10T10:12:00.000+01:00

Another Visit to Longleat

2010-06-06T11:23:00.001+01:00

The poor Gorilla stuck on his island all alone.

Sea lions - they have ears (seals don't)

Tir-Y-Cwm

2010-05-29T13:49:00.001+01:00

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Parallelephant auction at The Paragon School

2010-05-22T18:51:00.001+01:00

A Slow Worm at the top of our garden

2010-05-14T08:36:00.000+01:00

Bath City 2 - Chelmsford City 0

2010-04-28T21:28:00.000+01:00

After 44 years in Bath I eventually saw Bath City play.

Cheers 'Steve Rose - Electrical Contractor' for inviting me along.

Longleat - April 2010

2010-04-10T22:02:00.001+01:00

Tucking Mill, Bath

2010-03-27T21:10:00.000Z

The end, or the start, of the "Two Tunnels" cycle path.

No wonder it'll cost several million to get up and running.

William Smith's lived near to Tucking Mill.

The Tucking Mill Viaduct.

Crocuses in March

2010-03-14T10:37:00.001Z

Amy Williams' Open Top Parade Around Bath

2010-03-03T15:27:00.000Z

Some Recent Photos

2010-02-19T17:11:00.001Z

Celebrating the Chinese New Year

Celebrating the Chinese New Year

View from the Dundas Aquaduct

The Dundas Aquaduct

Lottie pretty in pink

Making Waves

The girls skipping . . . .

Tabs

When looking for a new desk at the Monkton Combe Mill we came across an old fire engine from Birnbeck Island, Weston-Super-Mare.

Then we found this army vehicle outside . . .

A view from North Road across Bath

2010-01-07T21:21:00.000Z

Snow at last

2010-01-06T10:12:00.000Z

London Night Shots

2009-11-19T15:16:00.001Z

St Martin-in-the Field church in Trafalgar Square.

The National Gallery.

St Martin-in-the Field church in Trafalgar Square.

Regent Street Christmas lights.

Carnaby Street lights.

Offices near the Thames.

Tower Bridge.

The headquarters of the Mayor of London.

The Tower of London.

Beneath the headquarters of the Mayor of London.

HMS Belfast.

On the South Bank.

County Hall.

The Houses of Parliament.

Jack Higby's Pirate Party

2009-11-19T15:12:00.000Z

A visit to Imber, Warminster.

2009-10-15T21:22:00.000+01:00

A Mastiff.

Inside the Mastiff.

The driver's area.

A Panther Command and Liaison Vehicle.

A Titan - it can lay a bridge crossing gaps of upto 60m.

An Apache helicopter.

An L118 Light Gun - it can fire a 15Kg shell over 10 miles.

The Rapier air defence system.

The Fuchs armoured personnel carrier .

The Chinese State Circus is in Bath

2009-09-30T21:38:00.000+01:00

You can't take photos during the performances of the Chinese State Circus so, before it started I took some of the girls with their new lights - they were very handy for annoying children in the row in front.

The Combe Down Stone Mines Project is nearly finished

2009-09-26T21:00:00.000+01:00

There was once many miles of mines under Combe Down, Bath. These were the result of mining for Bath stone - which only came from Combe Down. This stone was used for houses in Bath, Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace and many other buildings.

It took many years before gaping holes started to appear in gardens, houses started to subside and roads become potentially dangerous. So, around 10 years ago, the funding of several hundred million pounds became available to fill in the mine chambers and work started.

Now the work is nearly complete so to celebrate the organisations involved in doing the work (extensively Hydrock) arranged a party today for Combe Down, in the Firs field where they had their main plant. It's not often that school children sing a song that includes "Hurray For Hydrock" .

You can take this Granny home with you for a week if you like - she can't do much except for knitting.

The 'High Street Bowling Club' from Bath's Natural Theatre Company.
Combe Down School and Ralph Allen School perform a history of Combe Down on the main stage.

Earth From The Air Project in Bath

2009-09-23T21:34:00.000+01:00

Tabs and Lottie doing a bit of world travel - the world map is part of the 'Earth From The Air Project' being displayed in Bath.

Schools Back - Lottie has now started in Reception

2009-09-12T21:31:00.000+01:00

You Should Be In Bed

2009-09-12T21:28:00.000+01:00

The following creatures were taken on/near our house - during the day.

New York - the World Trade Center, Feb 2001

2009-09-12T21:13:00.000+01:00

The following are some pictures (copied from my slides) of the World Trade Center in Feb 2001 when Helen and I visited New York.
It was the first time Helen had flown - she flew out my girlfriend and returned my fiancée.

Our Holiday in Swanage

2009-08-25T22:09:00.000+01:00

The painted wall of a derelict bulding near to Swanage Pier .

A view from the jetty on Swanage beach.

Lottie with her Peppa Pig camera.

Tabs about to get her toes wet.

Lottie with her feet wet.

Searching for crabs.

There are fireworks every Saturday in August at Swanage.

More fireworks.

And more fireworks.

The Farr-Mattocks head to the beach.

Morning over the bay.

A smiley Tabs.

Lottie collecting water.

There was a coastguard demonstration one afternoon - but too far out to see to get any decent photos.

Tabs with her favourite treat.

Same for Lottie.

Lottie doing her crazy dance.

The crowded beach.

Corfe village from Corfe Castle.

The girls on a 'Wishing chair'.

Siesta time.

Tabs thinking.

Me and the girls.

They're all out today.

Swanage Bay taken on a walk to Old Harry Rocks.

Old Harry Rocks.

Swanage Bay at dusk.

Helen.

Wendy.

Lottie.

Tabs.

Last on the beach.

The Dukes of Swanage.

The 40 ton, 122 year old globe near Durlston Castle.

A good attempt to stop the globe being vandalised.

Old Wardour Castle near Shaftesbury.

Tabs and the castle.

Helen and the girls in the grotto near the castle.

Me and the girls in the grotto near the castle.

A few days in London

2009-08-01T20:33:00.000+01:00

Whilst taking some photos along London Wall, including the above, the City of London police stopped and questioned me as to what I was doing and why I was doing it. I also had to show them all the photos I had taken.

They were concerned about the threat of terrorism.

Silly me, taking photos in London, what was I thinking.

UBS in Finsbury Avenue.

A building in Finsbury Circus.

A building off Moorgate.

A view from The Monument which has recently been restored.

Freddie Mercury.

A tube train!

Trafalgar Square panorama.

Nelson's Column.

St Martin-in-the-Fields church, Trafalgar Square.

A fighting hare in front of Admiralty Arch.

The London Eye and Horse Guards Parade.

Clouds gathering above Horse Guards Parade.

Guards outside Buckingham Palace.

Traditional and Modern guards outside Buckingham Palace.

Buckingham Palace.

St Stephen's Tower.

Fleet Air Arm Museum, RNAS Yeovilton

2009-06-21T21:52:00.000+01:00

We had a Father's Day visit to the Fleet Air Arm Museum outside Yeovil.

The museum is located with the grounds of RNAS Yeovilton.

The Concorde pictured is '002' was was used solely for testing and development. It was flown between 1969 and 1976.

Wing marking on the Concorde.

Tabitha standing between it's wheels.

Lottie standing between it's wheels.

I think this is where the Ram Air Turbine is. It is deployed if there has been a power failure and generates electrical power.

Lottie and Tabitha in Concorde's fuselage.

Concorde's cockpit.

A Hawker Siddeley Sea Harrier.

Various aircraft.

The Westland-Sikorsky WS-51 Dragonfly.

WW2 planes on a models aircraft carrier.

A mock up of the 'island' of HMS Ark Royal.

Lottie sitting in a De Havilland Vampire T22.

Me sitting in a De Havilland Vampire T22.

Bath Abbey

2009-06-07T20:49:00.000+01:00

Looking towards the main altar.

The ceiling with the symble of Bath in the middle.

Looking towards the west.

The organ.

A sculptor by Sophie Ryder made from wire.

Two more sculptors by Sophie Ryder in the Abbey Churchyard.

A view from the Abbey Tower of the Roman baths

Parade Gardens, Bath.

The Bath council offices.

Looking across Bath to the west.

The hugely expensive-to-build (£40+million) Thermae Bath complex.

Behind the Abbey clock face.

The Royal Bath and West Show 2009

2009-05-29T22:16:00.000+01:00

Lottie ready to watch 'Punch and Judy'.

Tabs and Lottie still waiting.

The man behind 'Punch and Judy'

Where did he get that hat?

The start of the annual face painting.

Tabs meditating.

The race is on.

Serious concentration needed.

Tabs as a black and white Tabby cat.

Lottie as something else . . .

Prince Charles visited the show . . .

. . . with Camilla.

He's been collecting his badges from the stands.

Looking for something.

A view from the £3.00 a ride Helter-Skelter.

The Red Devils parachute display team breaking away.

Despite being a military team, they are surprisingly self-financing and the public can pay to do tandem jumps with them.

What the show used to be all about - hmm looks a bit quiet in here.

Colours in our garden in May

2009-05-22T21:38:00.000+01:00

Bulgaricum (Alliums) in the sun.

Bulgaricum (Alliums) in the sun.

A fly on an oriental poppy.

Not sure what plant - some kind of weed perhaps?

Should know what plant this is . . .

No Not doing well, some weed?

One day I will be a raspberry.

Mahonia "Winter Sun" berries.

One day we will be blackcurrants.

Allium aflatunense.

Allium aflatunense with a couple of eggs.

Two Allium Caeruleum.

Allium Caeruleum.

Allium Caeruleum looks tasty.

In The Garden

2009-05-13T20:31:00.001+01:00

Honeysuckle.

A Peacock butterfly in a Lilac tree.

Oriental Poppy.

Tabitha's 6th birthday party at Monkton Combe Village Hall

2009-04-18T20:42:00.000+01:00

Sam-the-badgemaker with his badge making machine.

His first customer.

Tabitha's friends watching Sam-the-Magician.

Tabitha with a broken egg in an upside down mug on her head.

Tabitha and Lottie playing parachute games.

Parachute games.

More parachute games.

Time for food.

Tabitha about to blow the candles out.

Playing "What's the time Mr Croc?".

2009-04-13T20:05:00.000+01:00

A camper van at North Morte Farm.

Sunset from the cliffs at Mortehoe, North Devon.

Rockham Beach, Mortehoe at sunset.

Tabs and Lottie on a piece of sculpture at Broomhill Art Hotel.

Lottie, Helen, their new friend, Nicky and Tabitha.

Just to prove I was on holiday as well.

Me and Sam - Farr-ther-in-Law

My children have shrunk.

Lottie following the tracks of a vehicle.

The rescue helicopter leaving - (drop down two photos).

The patient loaded up.

The rescue helicopter about to land on the beach.

Tabitha.

Lottie.

The Mattock girls on the slide at 'The Big Sheep'

Bathers and Surfers at Croyde, North Devon

Lottie and Helen at Clovelly.

Lottie - a crazy girl.

Tabitha holding a hissing cockroach at Exmoor Zoo.

Ilfracombe shops.

Lottie.

Tabitha trampolining.

Lottie trampolining.

Tabitha and Lottie at the Bandstand, Ilfracombe.

Walking through the tunnel to get to . . . The Tunnel Beaches at Ilfracombe.

Tabitha at Rockham beach,Mortehoe.

Lottie has found a pebble at Rockham beach,Mortehoe.

Bath at sunset

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Bath Abbey

St John's Church and Bath Abbey

The cranes used in constructing the SouthGate development

The Bath Half Marathon - March 15th 2009

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Weston-Super-Mare pier

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A couple of photos of the pier at Weston-Super-Mare before it burnt down (obviously).
New plans have been approved for a radical new design.
Have a look here.