London - April 2019
St Augustine's Tower
Hackney
Open to the public on the last Sunday of each month, and well worth a visit.
Climb to the top for fantastic views of the surrounding area.
Time and tide wait for no man.
You can see both at Greenwich
Gardens of Eltham Palace
Between hail showers!
Great Hall
Eltham Palace
Annual visit to Battersea Power Station
Grosvenor Estate
Designed by Edwin Lutyens
Night visit to Buckingham Palace
... and Victoria Embankment
The London Eye
St Pauls Cathedral
Did the full tour
What is an iconic view,
from the top of St Paul's?
SS Great Eastern launch point
Isle of Dogs
Been on, over and under the Thames
Greenwich Foot Tunnel
Derbyshire - April 2019
Cycled around Derwent Reservoir,
humming a well known tune ♫ ✈ ♫
And learnt about training exercises
and bouncing bombs
Costa Del Sol - May 2019
Cable Car to top. Walked down.
Arroyo de los Muertos, Benalmádena
Castillo Sohail
Fuengirola
Mijas
from Ermita del Calvario
Torre Mirador, Parque de la Batería
Torremolinos
Bath & Bristol - June 2019
Stayed next to the Severn Bridge,
overnight
So cycled in to Chepstow, Wales,
for breakfast
Blaise Castle, a folly in
The Blaise Castle Estate.
Found this tucked up a side street
I should adopt it as a motto . . .
Returned to Clifton, for the Bridge,
Observatory and Giant's Cave
Climbed it! - Cabot
Tower, Brandon Hill
Cascade Steps
Bristol Harbourside
Sham Castle, a folly on the
Bath Skyline Walk
Warwick Castle - June 2019
South East Aspect
Warwick Castle
In The Stocks
The Horrible Histories Maze
Guy's Tower
Climbed as part of the wall walk
Scotland - July 2019
North Berwick Law
Prominent hill in East Lothian
View from the top over
the Firth of Forth
Took a bus to South Queensferry
to see the new Queensferry Bridge
Cycled across the old Forth Road Bridge
(and back) into North Queensferry
For a view of the Forth Rail Bridge
from the original ferry crossing point
Then cycled the estuary side path, back
to Edinburgh, crossing the River Almond
Arthur's Seat
Climbed it, of course!
Excellent views from the top - Edinburgh,
and beyond to the Forth Bridges
Travelling South
The border crossing on the A68
Bavaria - August 2019
Cablecar ride to the top of Mount Wank
The low cloud cover made it even more impressive!
Remember your German pronunciation...
Restaurant at the top
Peterskirche, Munich
Climbed it!
Schloss Neuschwanstein
The ultimate fairytale castle
Neuschwanstein Castle
from Marienbrücke
Waterfall in the Pöllat Gorge
Below the . . .
Marienbrücke
Hohenschwangau
Castle
Isle of Man - August 2019
The Liver Building, Liverpool
with Britain's largest clock face
◄ Sailed from Liverpool, on relatively calm waters (unlike coming back!).
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Travelled entirely by public transport and bicycle, so the Go-Explore travel pass is recommended, for unlimited travel on all the Manx buses, trains and trams. ►
The Electric Railway, runs on the west
coast, between Douglas and Ramsey
Change at Laxey for the
Snaefell Mountain railway
View north from the top of Snaefell
Highest peak on the island
At the bottom of the mountain tramline
is the Laxey wheel
Approach to Spanish Head
It was too foggy to go any closer
Milner Tower, Bradda Head, Port Erin
Climbed it.
Point of Ayre
Northernmost point of the island
Keayrt Dy Row
Cooill Y Ree, St John's
Marine Drive
Road to nowhere above Douglas
Other Days Out - 2019
Thomason Foss
near Goathland
Mallyan Spout
Goathland
Discovering new things thanks to
GeoCaching - Roman Walls in York
Longest railway bench
Scarborough
New River Bridge
Castle Howard
Another bridge!
Bronte Falls, near Haworth
End of year walk from Pickering
The Rocket
NRM York
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