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 […]

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 […]

Frontline~ Part 3~ June 2018

As well as the medeival lot, we also found some Tudors (at least I think this chap is) and some (not very convincing) Romans Some of the people who came to see the show also dressed up in style my favourites were this couple I saw walk […]

Frontline Event- Hardwick Park – June 2018

The Frontline event is a 3 Day event, Friday being a free Living History event for the local community, and Saturday – Sunday a full Living History multiperiod event with arena battles/displays throughout the day. Phil and I went on the Saturday and it was a great day out. Lots of daft buggers dressed up in […]

Farne Island – July 2018- Part 2- Puffin-fest

Puffins!! This is the main reason we go to the Farne Islands, to see the huge colony of puffins that come here to breed and we try to get some in-flight shots, which are SO difficult because the buggers fly at supersonic speed! There are 3 types of Puffins but here in the UK we […]