West Somerset Railway

Over the years I have visited and travelled on the West Somerset Railway many times. When we stayed at Butlins we would often walk down to Minehead Station and look at the stream trains. Looking back I realised the last time I had actually travelled on the railway itself was back in 2013. So last week we went to Bishops Lydeard and caught the train to Minehead.

Lynton

The last time I was in Lynton and Lynmouth was in September 2020, at the height of the pandemic. The previous visit was way back in 2011.

It was a sunny dry day and we headed to Lynton and Lynmouth.

This time I took the coast road and drove along the A39, past Minehead towards our destination. The road into Lynmouth is quite steep and narrow, but we got there in the end.

Parking was a challenge, but we did find a space. We took a walk around Lynmouth.

After popping into shops, and stopping for a disappointing cup of tea we headed up the hill to Lynton.

Lynmouth

The last time I was in Lynton and Lynmouth was in September 2020, at the height of the pandemic. The previous visit was way back in 2011.

It was a sunny dry day and we headed to Lynton and Lynmouth.

This time I took the coast road and drove along the A39, past Minehead towards our destination. The road into Lynmouth is quite steep and narrow, but we got there in the end.

Parking was a challenge, but we did find a space. We took a walk around Lynmouth, popping into shops, before stopping for a disappointing cup of tea.

We then headed up the hill towards Lynton.

University of Cambridge

I was attending a conference in Cambridge, and having arrived, I took a walk around the heart of the city centre and took some photographs. During the time in the city as I walked to and from the venue and my accommodation I took more photographs. These are some additional photographs of various university buildings.

More of Cambridge

I was attending a conference in Cambridge, and having arrived, I took a walk around the heart of the city centre and took some photographs. During the time in the city as I walked to and from the venue and my accommodation I took more photographs.

Cambridge

I was attending a conference in Cambridge, and having arrived, I took a walk around the heart of the city centre.

Portishead Marina

It was a nice sunny day, so we headed to Portishead to have a walk around the marina (and probably stop for a coffee).

It had been a while since we were last there, looking back across my old photographs, it was August 2020.

Though my first visit to the marina was only in July 2020. I had been to the Waitrose in the area a fair few times (before the branch in Weston opened), but had never noticed or even being to the marina area.

The original docks closed in 1992 and the area underwent regeneration. It is now very different to the power stations that dominated the area before then.

We walked up to the pier end of the marina.

On our recent trip, the sun was shining, but it wasn’t as warm as it might be with a chilly wind blowing in from the sea.

There are a really variety of boats and yachts in the marina.

We stopped for coffee and croissant at Mokoko Coffee and Bakery.

There are a few information signs around the marina which shows how it use to look in the 1970s and 1980s.

Cars on Marine Parade

So let’s be frank about this, I really don’t know that much about classic cars, however I have thought in the past it would be nice to own an old classic motor.

These photographs were taken at a car event in Weston-super-Mare today, I can guess what some of them are, but please add a comment if you are more confident than me in what they are (and correct me if I got it wrong as well).

1. Dodge ?

2. Pontiac?

3. Pontiac Firebird

4. Ford Consul

5. Vauxhall

6. Mini Clubman

7. Mini Pickup

8. Jaguar

9. ?

10. ?

11. ?

12. MG

13. ?

14. Morris Minor Police Car

15. Triumph Herald

16. Volkswagen Beetle

17. ?

18. Ford Torino “Starsky and Hutch”

19. Hot Rod ??

More photographs of classic cars.