 First walkof the year to Keele Locked Down again! |
 The new Vetinary building progressing |
 The Chapel |
 The Weight of Things, by David Bethell in Springpool Woood |
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 Jigsaw and flowers |
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 January Snow |
 From the front window |
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 The garden and the Butts |
 Sunshine |
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 Reflections in the window |
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 Brother Frank's funeral at Bournemouth Crematorium, relayed on the internet |
 The Chapel |
 The order of service |
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 Further snow |
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 Another walk to Keele |
 On the Butts |
 The house |
 Between our woods and Barker's wood |
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 In Barker's wood |
 The Home farm site ... |
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 ... & the Caldwell Building |
 The lower lake in Springpool |
 Walking up the Clock House Drive |
 Lindsay Hall, Larchwood and the Farm |
 Keele Hall in the sunshine |
 The Lawn and the upper lake |
 THe new Vetinary building |
 Keele Walk, February 2021 |
 Further progress with the Vetinary School ... seen across the Home Farm ringroad |
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 ... from the Home Farm Ringroad |
 The Smart Energy Network Demonstrator in the former Boiler house |
 Seabridge Walk February 2021 |
 Seabridge Hall |
 Sunrise February 23rd 2021 |
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 A few minutes earlier, the red was even more intense. |
 Early Spring Flowers February 2021 |
 Irises and Crocuses |
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 Crocuses |
 with Snowdrops |
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 A very large crocus |
 Snowdrops |
 winter heather |
 Primroses (very few this year) |
 March 2021; still in lock down! |
 Jig Saw (but where did it come from and when) |
 Walk with Pat to Keele |
 The bottom of Barker's Wood |
 Adverising the Low Carbon Energy Demonstrator |
 The Courtyard Hotel, just opened |
 The new Vetinary School, progressing |
 A gift! |
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 Frogs in the pond with lots of frog spawn |
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 The Heron, looking forward to lunch! |
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 Departing |
 Walk to the woods and the village |
 The lowest lake |
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 Entrance from Lymes Lane |
 Lymes Lane; the village end |
 The Willow Tree at home |
 April visit from Michael |
 April 2021, still locked down |
 Singapore Orchids |
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 The Home Farm development with the Harper-Keele Vetinary School and the Courtyard Hotel |
 Walk to the Uni and Keele Village |
 Walking with Michael on a May visit |
 Tulips and primulae |
 Primulae |
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 Enjoying the evening sunshine with the Andertons |
 May 2021 the final lock down? |
 Tulips |
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 May walk to the Uni and back. bluebells in Barker's Wood |
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 Hail on the path following an unexpected storm |
 Rhododendrons by Keele Hall |
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 Map of the present campus |
 Tulips |
 The Cherry Tree, just outside the house |
 Bluebells, still in the woods behind the house |
 Splendid Amaryllis |
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 The orchids; leaf cuttings from Singapore |
 The Rhododendron in the hedge |
 The lilac |
 June Flowers Lock Down still on |
 Pansy |
 Cutting the hedge |
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 With the rhododendron ... |
 and the lilac |
 Holiday trip to Bletchley June 2021 |
 Bletchley station, en route to Bletchley Park |
 The Mansion at Bletchley Park |
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 One of the admin. rooms |
 The former ball room |
 A lete visit to the National Computer Muesum |
 Bletchley Houses Church Green Road, September (evacuation) - October 1939 |
 Bletchley Houses Water Eaton Village (October 1939 - February 1940) |
 Bletchley Houses Saffron Street Peter: 1940 to 1951; Peter's Mum : 1940 to approx 1970 |
 Peter's Infant school from the Leon Recreation Ground (1940) |
 Peter's junior school (1940 to 1951) through the school fence |
 Bletchley Houses Baisley House (Peter's mother in the 1950's and 60s) |
 The former Wolverton Grammar school. (Peter from 1945 to 1951) |
 Chipping Norton, the Guild Hall |
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 Home again with blossoming lupins ... |
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 ... and the beginning of the roses |
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 Climbing roses on the side of the house |
 Poppy |
 Peonies |
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 Belle Epoque |
 Pat Austin |
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 Climbers at the side of the house |
 Choisia, re-growing, and Geraniums |
 Boscobel |
 Queen of Sweden |
 Walk to the Uni |
 The new Harper/ Keele Vetinary School progressing |
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 The Home Farm sustainability hub |
 The lower lake |
 Lymes Lane |
 The June Garden |
 Rugosa Roses |
 Broad beans and onions in the first bed |
 Potatoes in the near bed |
 Climbing Rose |
 A further climbing rose |
 Prolific roses at the front |
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 Visting Michael & Nicky in Bristol and Bath |
 Tintern Abbey |
 On the Clifton Suspension Bridge |
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 The Avon Gorge |
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 The Look Out |
 The Bridge and the Gorge |
 With Michael, Nicky and James |
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 Bath Abbey |
 The Avon in Bath |
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 Michael's newly bought house in Chew Magna: viewing the garden |
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 Chew Magna Church from the garden |
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 Visiting Melanie in Kingskerswell, and visiting Paignton together |
 Paignton Pier |
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 Idle Cruise ship, during the lock down |
 Attenuated picture of Melanie |
 Paignton Beach |
 Stokesay Castle, on the way back from Paignton and Bristol |
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 Buxton, for the opera and book festival |
 The minature train in the gardens |
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 Poly Toynbee being interviewed |
 Canada Geese in the Gardens in front of the Roseleigh |
 In the Buxton conservatory |
 The newly re-furbished Buxton Crescent |
 Construction work still in progress |
 The Buxton Dome |
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 The Garden at Home |
 Kohl Rabbi |
 Picking Raspberries in Susan's Garden near Alsager |
 More Cacti flowers |
 Ouside for display |
 A present from Ann Anderton |
 Blackcurrants |
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 Moseley Old Hall, near Wolverhampton |
 The knot garden |
 The Hall |
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 Home again! |
 Gifts for Pat's birthday |
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 Seabridge Hall on a walk from home |
 Roses: Munstead Wood |
 Roses: Belle Epoque |
 Roses: Boscobel |
 Late flowering of the red Amaryllis |
 Further progress at the Harper - Keele Vetinary School |
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 Near the lower lake in the woods |
 Keele Hall |
 Trip to North Wales |
 Llyn Gwynant |
 Empty train backing down from the Cob engine shed |
 Double Fairlie engine |
 Set to go to Blaenau Ffestiniog |
 The Afon Glaslyn |
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 Setting off for the "woods" |
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 Our B&B near Dolbenmaen |
 Trip on the Welsh Highland Line to Beddgelert |
 Ready to start at Portmadog |
 Beyer-Garrat locomotive |
 Hills in Snowdonia |
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 Snowdon |
 Station seat |
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 At Beddgelert |
 Our first class observstion car |
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 Afon Glaslyn |
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 Trip on the Ffestiniog Railway as far as the Loop. |
 "Our engine" arriving from the Cob |
 Coal and water |
 Tanked up and ready to go |
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 Setting off along the Cob |
 Pat in our "private" compartment |
 On the Cob; the Afon Glaslynn |
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 Tanybwlch Station, just before the loop |
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 Changing engines at Tanybwlch |
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 The banking engine which had taken us to the loop |
 Pat going to rejoin the train |
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 Ready for off |
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 The Cob and Porthmadog |
 On the Cob |
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 Lake Vrynwy |
 Climbing to Moel-Y-Geifr |
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 The dam at Lake Vrynwy |
 The upper side of the dam |
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 Erecting the first wind turbine |
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 Wightwick Manor near Wolverhampton |
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 Pumpkins in the garden of Wightwick Manor |
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 Progress with the wind farm |
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 Stephen's visit, October 2021 |
 Pat with Stephen |
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 Arley Hall for the "Save the Children" Lunch |
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 Visit to Michael & family in Chew Magna |
 Pat with James and Charliie, at Chewton House |
 Pat with Charlie |
 Pat, Charlie, Nicky, James, M.J and Michael at Chewton House, 29th December 2021 |
 Chewton House, a view of the Ancilliary Buildings |
 Our spectacular Christmas Cactus |
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