Raby Castle -August 2018 – part 1

Raby Castle was one of the highlights of Sophie & I’s outings with cameras. There’ll be a few posts as there’s lots to see, but first The History Bit ** LONG POST ALERT**. ** LONG ATTENTION SPAN REQUIRED ** ** GET A CUPPA FIRST ALERT** Raby castle has been around for about 1000 years, and […]

Stockton on Tees~ Butterfly House ~ Part 2

I thought I’d just do one more post from the Butterfly House before we move back into History and visit Raby Castle. Part 1 HERE I don’t know what make this little bird is, but he was flying about inside the butterfly house. As well as butterflies, there’s a separate section for Meerkats and […]

Stockton on Tees ~ July 2018~ The Butterfly House

A little break from history and people. Stockton -on- Tees, not a name to conjure up images of steamy jungles or cocktails on the river boat. But Sophie and I know Stockton has an amazing huge glass building full of exotic blooms, plants and butterflies we just don’t see over here in the outside world. […]

Tall Ships at Sunderland ~ July 2018 ~ Part 3

Part 1 HERE. Part 2 HERE Finishing up our day visiting the tall ships, here are a few more random pictures I took on the day. Actually the handstand man was part of a shoreside kind of play where himself and a couple of totties ran around half […]

Tall Ships at Sunderland ~ July 2018 ~ part 2

Part 1 Here Part of the joy in photographing a big event like this, is people watching, and there were plenty of interesting humans for my camera. stay tooned for more ships ahoy!

Tall Ships at Sunderland ~ July 2018~ part 1

The History Bit The Tall Ships Races are designed to encourage international friendship and training for young people in the art of sailing. The races are held annually in European waters and consists of two racing legs of several hundred nautical miles and a “cruise in company” between the legs. Over one half of the crew […]

Frontline Finale

and into battle we go! The WW2 re-enactors did a display at the end of the day and everyone piled in to do battle. I’m not sure if it was based on a historical one, but I doubt it. It was great fun to watch anyway, and everyone survived! […]

Frontline – Part 6 – June 2018

These are some more photo’s of re-enactors taking part in WW2 and their vehicles. I loved this next chap, thought he really looked like he’d stepped out of a movie and this lady was spot on with her costume and hair do mustn’t forget the Germans! channelling Clive Owen? […]

Frontline -Part 5-WW2-June 2018

The main event as far as Phil was concerned was the German armour and uniforms, and he was very impressed with the authenticity of both. The re-enactors covered the German, British,American WW2 and included some French resistance people too. Lots of renovated vehicles were also on show, and at the end of the day they […]