A Selection of Photographs
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Various Views and Scenes
Over the New Year period, 2007, we travelled to Mallorca and spent a total of 9 days there, most of which was spent in Magalluf as most of the rest of the Island, apart from Palma, tends to be closed at this time of the year, and this year was about the quietest time for many a year with many establishments having decided to close with business being down during November. It appears that the council and the business owners are in dispute as to whether the numbers of visitors are up or down, with the council saying tourism is up but businesses saying takings are down!
Our stay was at the 3* Sol Magalluf Park Hotel, where the staff are friendly and one is made to feel at home on arrival. We tend to book direct with the Hotel and arrange our own cheap flights, usually with BMI Baby. To book the hotel direct then it's best to contact either Kathy Middleton or Bart Vanmarsnille, via email - just click on their name.
Whilst there I did take a few photos both locally in Magalluf and in Palma where we went on the City Tour Bus, which I would thoroughly recommend to anyone visiting Palma and wishing to see the historical sights the city has to offer. You can jump on and off as you want, it costs 13 Euros at the time of writing and comes with an English commentary, and runs at 20min intervals, and lasts for approx 1h 30m if you stay on for the full duration.
Further information on many of the buildings, etc., can be found on various web sites, like the Almudaina Palace, The Cathedral, Bellver Castle, etc. If you do decide to visit the Island, then why not do your homework on the City of Palma before you go, try the Official Palma website for further details.
Here's a selection of the photos I took and they have been optimised for web use to keep their size down. Higher quality versions are available by request. Hover over a photo for information on the item. My thanks to Bart Vanmarsnille for helping with some of the photo information.
In 2006 we embarked on a trip to the Lake District, walking round one of lakes, Rydal, which was a 4 mile trek, up and down hills and along various terrains. Later we went on a 45 minute boat trip on Windermere, when the inevitable happened. It rained! Albeit for a short time whilst we were on the boat trip. The initial photos were taken on the walk and the latter two from the boat on Windermere.
This picture was taken in the Park at Leyland where we were in the centre of the Maze and the surprise on the ladies' faces when they saw that we'd beaten them - fair and square!
Note! This cannot be repeated as the wheel has long since gone to pastures new!
A selection of Views of and from the Birmingham Wheel as taken on the
morning of 8th December 2003 - very cold, bright, but hazy! For
those wishing to see the wheel in action, check out this video (.avi
format) file (1.5Mb).
Westonbirt Arboretum - a selection of photos taken on the 19th October 2003, as Autumn marches on, courtesy of Gary & Claire Lewis.
Here we have several photos taken whilst on Holiday in Mallorca over new year of 2003/4. Hover over the photo for a short description and then click for a larger version of the photo.
Whilst walking along the towpath of the canal in Armitage in March this year I took this photo of the sun setting behind a tree; with one of the River Anker in flood in town during Jan 2003; Conway castle from a walk on the wall and finally one from the river bridge in Llangollen en route for home from a day in North Wales.
We have here some photos taken whilst in Burma of the famous, or infamous, railway and bridge and surrounding area, built by POW's in WWII, and where 16,000 allied troops along with 100,000 asians, all prisoners of war, died in the construction.
Historical Buildings
From Left to right we have Tamworth Castle & Grounds; Tamworth Town Hall; Gt Malvern Abbey; Upton upon Severn Church; Abbey Bakery in Ledbury; Restored Moor St GWR Station in Birmingham; An old GWR loco in Moor St station.
Miscellaneous
For
those of us that worked at, or even remember, Lucas "in the old days", how
many of you remember the old Lady of the Lamp pictures that used to adorn
the old billboards etc.
If you know the name of the poster, then please let me know.
I can then add it to the title of the pictures here.
The Spitfires Memorial Sculpture at Castle Bromwich is situated adjacent to the
site where they were originally made, currently home to the Jaguar Cars plant,
and then taken over the road to the aerodrome, now Castle Vale housing
estate, where they were flown off to their destination airports.
The Percy Wiseman rhododendron - as grown by my father and bearing the name of his father!
This is a very nice rhododendron with light pink blooms. It reaches four feet in 10 years and prefers full sun or half-shade/half sun.
