3. Neuro-Disco-Corn
It is situated on the Clifton Suspension Bridge.
27. Guardian of the Forest
It is situated on the Clifton Suspension Bridge.
52. Butterfly Concerto
Unicornfest is a fantastic public art trail of over 60 large unicorns and 40 smaller foals bringing magic to the streets of Bristol.
Butterfly Concerto is next to St Mary Redcliffe.
Bristol in the sun
Over the last couple of weeks I have been working in our office in Bristol, and now and again I take a walk at lunchtime. I have taken a few photographs of views from my work.
Mendip Hills (again)
For Christmas I got a National Trust membership. It’s being a few years since I was last a member, but now looking forward to visiting new places and going back to places we have been to before.
Back in 2016 I did start to keep a note of how much we saved with the membership, but looking back over the blog, I never kept up to date with that, but with this membership I am intending to blog about the visits we do this year and the savings we made.
You don’t need a membership though to visit the Mendip Hills. We walked up Crook Peak, before walking back to where we had parked the car.
Only clocked on the trip that it is Crook Peak and not as I have been calling it for years Crooks Peak.
Crook Peak has been important as a landmark and boundary from very early times, and the origins of the name are unclear. The local parish council state that ‘Crook’ comes from the Old English ‘Cruc’ meaning ‘peak’ or ‘pointed hill’.
Mendip Hills
Dramatic gorges and ancient woodland rising above the Somerset Levels.
Current saving £188.85
No admission fee or parking costs
Total saving £0
Cumulative saving £365.15
Membership cost £133.80
Net cumulative saving £231.35 Continue reading “Mendip Hills (again)”
Killerton
For Christmas I got a National Trust membership. It’s being a few years since I was last a member, but now looking forward to visiting new places and going back to places we have been to before.
Back in 2016 I did start to keep a note of how much we saved with the membership, but looking back over the blog, I never kept up to date with that, but with this membership I am intending to blog about the visits we do this year and the savings we made.
Killerton
A family home and a great estate. Glorious landscape garden surrounded by parkland with fine 18th-century house.
Current saving £188.85
Family ticket £38.50
Parking £4.00
Total saving £42.50
Cumulative saving £365.15
Membership cost £133.80
Net cumulative saving £231.35
Polesden Lacey
For Christmas I got a National Trust membership. It’s being a few years since I was last a member, but now looking forward to visiting new places and going back to places we have been to before.
Back in 2016 I did start to keep a note of how much we saved with the membership, but looking back over the blog, I never kept up to date with that, but with this membership I am intending to blog about the visits we do this year and the savings we made.
Polesden Lacey
Edwardian country retreat of socialite, Margaret Greville. Home to her extensive collection of paintings, ceramics and fine French furniture.
Current saving £169.85
One adult £15.00
Parking £4.00
Total saving £19.00
Cumulative saving £322.65
Membership cost £133.80
Net cumulative saving £188.85
Then and Now – Brentford Railway Station
This is a regular series of blogs about photographs of the same place taken years apart. I quite like those Then and Now comparison photographs that you see in books or on the Twitter or Facebook. The first of the posts in this series was of a council building in Manchester.
I always thought I should give then and now photographs a go. However what I have started to notice is that I have been doing Then and Now photographs unintentionally over the years and have been taking photographs of the same thing or place from the same view or perspective years apart.
Now this has come to my attention I have started to intentionally take photographs of the same place. However sometimes even though I have intentionally taken a photograph, I have found that I had also unintentionally taken a photograph of the same view before.
Back in August 2021 I was staying in Brentford and I caught the train from Brentford Station to Waterloo.
I uploaded this photograph to Google Maps and at the time of writing is my third most popular photograph I have submitted to Google Maps.
So when I was at Brentford Railway Station in June 2023, I took this photograph, with the intention that this would be the same view as the above photograph.
Also I was searching my images for the 2021 image I found this photograph I had taken at the same time with a train in the station.
So there is an intentional and an unintentional photograph of the station.
Back in September 2021 I was staying in Brentford and I caught the train from Brentford Station to Waterloo. I took a similar shot, not quite the same though.
Mendip Hills
For Christmas I got a National Trust membership. It’s being a few years since I was last a member, but now looking forward to visiting new places and going back to places we have been to before.
Back in 2016 I did start to keep a note of how much we saved with the membership, but looking back over the blog, I never kept up to date with that, but with this membership I am intending to blog about the visits we do this year and the savings we made.
You don’t need a membership though to visit the Mendip Hills. We walked up Crooks Peak, before walking towards Wavering Down, we then walked back to where we had parked the car.
Mendip Hills
Dramatic gorges and ancient woodland rising above the Somerset Levels.
Current saving £169.85
No admission fee
Total saving £0
Cumulative saving £303.65
Membership cost £133.80
Cumulative saving £169.85
Continue reading “Mendip Hills”