![](thumb_2021_01_011t_first%20walk_Keele.jpg) First walkof the year to Keele Locked Down again! |
![](thumb_2021_01_013.jpg) The new Vetinary building progressing |
![](thumb_2021_01_015.jpg) The Chapel |
![](thumb_2021_01_017.jpg) The Weight of Things, by David Bethell in Springpool Woood |
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![](thumb_2021_01_021t_Jigsaw_&_flowers.jpg) Jigsaw and flowers |
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![](thumb_2021_01_032t_January_Snow.jpg) January Snow |
![](thumb_2021_01_033.jpg) From the front window |
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![](thumb_2021_01_043.jpg) The garden and the Butts |
![](thumb_2021_01_045.jpg) Sunshine |
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![](thumb_2021_01_051.jpg) Reflections in the window |
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![](thumb_2021_01_054t_Frank_funeral.jpg) Brother Frank's funeral at Bournemouth Crematorium, relayed on the internet |
![](thumb_2021_01_055.jpg) The Chapel |
![](thumb_2021_01_063.jpg) The order of service |
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![](thumb_2021_01_068t_further_snow.jpg) Further snow |
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![](thumb_2021_01_082t_Further_Keeele_%20Walk.jpg) Another walk to Keele |
![](thumb_2021_01_083.jpg) On the Butts |
![](thumb_2021_01_085.jpg) The house |
![](thumb_2021_01_087.jpg) Between our woods and Barker's wood |
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![](thumb_2021_01_093.jpg) In Barker's wood |
![](thumb_2021_01_097.jpg) The Home farm site ... |
![](thumb_2021_01_099.jpg) ... with the Vetinary College ... |
![](thumb_2021_01_101.jpg) ... & the Caldwell Building |
![](thumb_2021_01_103.jpg) The lower lake in Springpool |
![](thumb_2021_01_107.jpg) Walking up the Clock House Drive |
![](thumb_2021_01_109.jpg) Lindsay Hall, Larchwood and the Farm |
![](thumb_2021_01_119.jpg) Keele Hall in the sunshine |
![](thumb_2021_01_123.jpg) The Lawn and the upper lake |
![](thumb_2021_01_125.jpg) THe new Vetinary building |
![](thumb_2021_02_010t_February_Keele_Walk.jpg) Keele Walk, February 2021 |
![](thumb_2021_02_011.jpg) Further progress with the Vetinary School ... seen across the Home Farm ringroad |
![](thumb_2021_02_015.jpg) ... |
![](thumb_2021_02_017.jpg) ... from the Home Farm Ringroad |
![](thumb_2021_02_019.jpg) The Smart Energy Network Demonstrator in the former Boiler house |
![](thumb_2021_02_020t_Seabridge_Walk.jpg) Seabridge Walk February 2021 |
![](thumb_2021_02_021.jpg) Seabridge Hall |
![](thumb_2021_02_022t_Sunrise.jpg) Sunrise February 23rd 2021 |
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![](thumb_2021_02_025.jpg) A few minutes earlier, the red was even more intense. |
![](thumb_2021_02_027t_Early_Spring_Flowers.jpg) Early Spring Flowers February 2021 |
![](thumb_2021_02_029.jpg) Irises and Crocuses |
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![](thumb_2021_02_033.jpg) Crocuses |
![](thumb_2021_02_035.jpg) with Snowdrops |
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![](thumb_2021_02_043.jpg) A very large crocus |
![](thumb_2021_02_045.jpg) Snowdrops |
![](thumb_2021_02_047.jpg) winter heather |
![](thumb_2021_02_049.jpg) Primroses (very few this year) |
![](thumb_2021_03_011t_March.jpg) March 2021; still in lock down! |
![](thumb_2021_03_013.jpg) Jig Saw (but where did it come from and when) |
![](thumb_2021_03_014t_Walk_Keele.jpg) Walk with Pat to Keele |
![](thumb_2021_03_015.jpg) The bottom of Barker's Wood |
![](thumb_2021_03_017.jpg) Adverising the Low Carbon Energy Demonstrator |
![](thumb_2021_03_019.jpg) The Courtyard Hotel, just opened |
![](thumb_2021_03_021.jpg) The new Vetinary School, progressing |
![](thumb_2021_03_025.jpg) A gift! |
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![](thumb_2021_03_029.jpg) Frogs in the pond with lots of frog spawn |
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![](thumb_2021_03_038a.jpg) The Heron, looking forward to lunch! |
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![](thumb_2021_03_038c.jpg) Departing |
![](thumb_2021_03_040t_Springpool%20&%20the%20Village.jpg) Walk to the woods and the village |
![](thumb_2021_03_041.jpg) The lowest lake |
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![](thumb_2021_03_049.jpg) Entrance from Lymes Lane |
![](thumb_2021_03_053.jpg) Lymes Lane; the village end |
![](thumb_2021_03_059.jpg) The Willow Tree at home |
![](thumb_2021_03_065.jpg) April visit from Michael |
![](thumb_2021_04_010t_April.jpg) April 2021, still locked down |
![](thumb_2021_04_011.jpg) Singapore Orchids |
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![](thumb_2021_04_015.jpg) The Home Farm development with the Harper-Keele Vetinary School and the Courtyard Hotel |
![](thumb_2021_04_017.jpg) Walk to the Uni and Keele Village |
![](thumb_2021_04_019.jpg) Walking with Michael on a May visit |
![](thumb_2021_04_027.jpg) Tulips and primulae |
![](thumb_2021_04_029.jpg) Primulae |
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![](thumb_2021_04_037.jpg) Enjoying the evening sunshine with the Andertons |
![](thumb_2021_05_010t_May.jpg) May 2021 the final lock down? |
![](thumb_2021_05_011.jpg) Tulips |
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![](thumb_2021_05_015.jpg) May walk to the Uni and back. bluebells in Barker's Wood |
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![](thumb_2021_05_021.jpg) Hail on the path following an unexpected storm |
![](thumb_2021_05_025.jpg) Rhododendrons by Keele Hall |
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![](thumb_2021_05_029.jpg) Map of the present campus |
![](thumb_2021_05_031.jpg) Tulips |
![](thumb_2021_05_035.jpg) The Cherry Tree, just outside the house |
![](thumb_2021_05_037.jpg) Bluebells, still in the woods behind the house |
![](thumb_2021_05_039.jpg) Splendid Amaryllis |
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![](thumb_2021_05_055.jpg) The orchids; leaf cuttings from Singapore |
![](thumb_2021_05_063.jpg) The Rhododendron in the hedge |
![](thumb_2021_05_065.jpg) The lilac |
![](thumb_2021_06_010t_June_2021.jpg) June Flowers Lock Down still on |
![](thumb_2021_06_011.jpg) Pansy |
![](thumb_2021_06_029.jpg) Cutting the hedge |
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![](thumb_2021_06_049.jpg) With the rhododendron ... |
![](thumb_2021_06_053.jpg) and the lilac |
![](thumb_2021_06_056t_Bletchley_trip.jpg) Holiday trip to Bletchley June 2021 |
![](thumb_2021_06_057.jpg) Bletchley station, en route to Bletchley Park |
![](thumb_2021_06_063.jpg) The Mansion at Bletchley Park |
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![](thumb_2021_06_067.jpg) One of the admin. rooms |
![](thumb_2021_06_071.jpg) The former ball room |
![](thumb_2021_06_073.jpg) A lete visit to the National Computer Muesum |
![](thumb_2021_06_074.jpg) Bletchley Houses Church Green Road, September (evacuation) - October 1939 |
![](thumb_2021_06_076.jpg) Bletchley Houses Water Eaton Village (October 1939 - February 1940) |
![](thumb_2021_06_077.jpg) Bletchley Houses Saffron Street Peter: 1940 to 1951; Peter's Mum : 1940 to approx 1970 |
![](thumb_2021_06_081.jpg) Peter's Infant school from the Leon Recreation Ground (1940) |
![](thumb_2021_06_085.jpg) Peter's junior school (1940 to 1951) through the school fence |
![](thumb_2021_06_089.jpg) Bletchley Houses Baisley House (Peter's mother in the 1950's and 60s) |
![](thumb_2021_06_091.jpg) The former Wolverton Grammar school. (Peter from 1945 to 1951) |
![](thumb_2021_06_093.jpg) Chipping Norton, the Guild Hall |
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![](thumb_2021_06_103.jpg) Home again with blossoming lupins ... |
![](thumb_2021_06_105.jpg) ... |
![](thumb_2021_06_107.jpg) ... and the beginning of the roses |
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![](thumb_2021_06_111.jpg) Climbing roses on the side of the house |
![](thumb_2021_06_113.jpg) Poppy |
![](thumb_2021_06_115.jpg) Peonies |
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![](thumb_2021_06_121.jpg) Belle Epoque |
![](thumb_2021_06_123.jpg) Pat Austin |
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![](thumb_2021_06_125.jpg) Climbers at the side of the house |
![](thumb_2021_06_127.jpg) Choisia, re-growing, and Geraniums |
![](thumb_2021_06_135.jpg) Boscobel |
![](thumb_2021_06_137.jpg) Queen of Sweden |
![](thumb_2021_06_138t_Keele_Walk.jpg) Walk to the Uni |
![](thumb_2021_06_139.jpg) The new Harper/ Keele Vetinary School progressing |
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![](thumb_2021_06_143.jpg) The Home Farm sustainability hub |
![](thumb_2021_06_145.jpg) The lower lake |
![](thumb_2021_06_149.jpg) Lymes Lane |
![](thumb_2021_06_150t_June_Garden.jpg) The June Garden |
![](thumb_2021_06_151.jpg) Rugosa Roses |
![](thumb_2021_06_153.jpg) Broad beans and onions in the first bed |
![](thumb_2021_06_155.jpg) Potatoes in the near bed |
![](thumb_2021_06_157.jpg) Climbing Rose |
![](thumb_2021_06_159.jpg) A further climbing rose |
![](thumb_2021_06_161.jpg) Prolific roses at the front |
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![](thumb_2021_06_168t_Bristol%20and%20Bath.jpg) Visting Michael & Nicky in Bristol and Bath |
![](thumb_2021_06_174.jpg) Tintern Abbey |
![](thumb_2021_06_181.jpg) On the Clifton Suspension Bridge |
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![](thumb_2021_06_193.jpg) The Avon Gorge |
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![](thumb_2021_06_196.jpg) The Look Out |
![](thumb_2021_06_199.jpg) The Bridge and the Gorge |
![](thumb_2021_06_201.jpg) With Michael, Nicky and James |
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![](thumb_2021_06_205.jpg) Bath Abbey |
![](thumb_2021_06_211.jpg) The Avon in Bath |
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![](thumb_2021_07_011t_Chew%20Magna%20House.jpg) Michael's newly bought house in Chew Magna: viewing the garden |
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![](thumb_2021_07_023.jpg) Chew Magna Church from the garden |
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![](thumb_2021_07_026t_Paignton.jpg) Visiting Melanie in Kingskerswell, and visiting Paignton together |
![](thumb_2021_07_027.jpg) Paignton Pier |
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![](thumb_2021_07_033.jpg) Idle Cruise ship, during the lock down |
![](thumb_2021_07_037.jpg) Attenuated picture of Melanie |
![](thumb_2021_07_043.jpg) Paignton Beach |
![](thumb_2021_07_050t_Stokesay_Castle.jpg) Stokesay Castle, on the way back from Paignton and Bristol |
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![](thumb_2021_07_068t_Buxton.jpg) Buxton, for the opera and book festival |
![](thumb_2021_07_069.jpg) The minature train in the gardens |
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![](thumb_2021_07_115.jpg) Poly Toynbee being interviewed |
![](thumb_2021_07_117.jpg) Canada Geese in the Gardens in front of the Roseleigh |
![](thumb_2021_07_119.jpg) In the Buxton conservatory |
![](thumb_2021_07_123.jpg) The newly re-furbished Buxton Crescent |
![](thumb_2021_07_127.jpg) Construction work still in progress |
![](thumb_2021_07_129.jpg) The Buxton Dome |
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![](thumb_2021_07_134u_Garden_at_Home.jpg) The Garden at Home |
![](thumb_2021_07_135.jpg) Kohl Rabbi |
![](thumb_2021_07_139.jpg) Picking Raspberries in Susan's Garden near Alsager |
![](thumb_2021_08_013.jpg) More Cacti flowers |
![](thumb_2021_08_025.jpg) Ouside for display |
![](thumb_2021_08_029.jpg) A present from Ann Anderton |
![](thumb_2021_08_031.jpg) Blackcurrants |
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![](thumb_2021_08_036t_Moseley_Old_Hall.jpg) Moseley Old Hall, near Wolverhampton |
![](thumb_2021_08_037.jpg) The knot garden |
![](thumb_2021_08_041.jpg) The Hall |
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![](thumb_2021_08_048t_Home.jpg) Home again! |
![](thumb_2021_08_049.jpg) Gifts for Pat's birthday |
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![](thumb_2021_08_057.jpg) Seabridge Hall on a walk from home |
![](thumb_2021_08_059.jpg) Roses: Munstead Wood |
![](thumb_2021_08_061.jpg) Roses: Belle Epoque |
![](thumb_2021_08_065.jpg) Roses: Boscobel |
![](thumb_2021_08_069.jpg) Late flowering of the red Amaryllis |
![](thumb_2021_08_071.jpg) Further progress at the Harper - Keele Vetinary School |
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![](thumb_2021_09_011.jpg) Near the lower lake in the woods |
![](thumb_2021_09_013.jpg) Keele Hall |
![](thumb_2021_09_024t_North_Wales.jpg) Trip to North Wales |
![](thumb_2021_09_025.jpg) Llyn Gwynant |
![](thumb_2021_09_027.jpg) Empty train backing down from the Cob engine shed |
![](thumb_2021_09_031.jpg) Double Fairlie engine |
![](thumb_2021_09_035.jpg) Set to go to Blaenau Ffestiniog |
![](thumb_2021_09_039.jpg) The Afon Glaslyn |
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![](thumb_2021_09_047.jpg) Setting off for the "woods" |
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![](thumb_2021_09_055.jpg) Our B&B near Dolbenmaen |
![](thumb_2021_09_056t_Welsh_Highland.jpg) Trip on the Welsh Highland Line to Beddgelert |
![](thumb_2021_09_057.jpg) Ready to start at Portmadog |
![](thumb_2021_09_061.jpg) Beyer-Garrat locomotive |
![](thumb_2021_09_069.jpg) Hills in Snowdonia |
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![](thumb_2021_09_081.jpg) Snowdon |
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![](thumb_2021_09_093.jpg) At Beddgelert |
![](thumb_2021_09_097.jpg) Our first class observstion car |
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![](thumb_2021_09_101.jpg) Afon Glaslyn |
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![](thumb_2021_09_108t_Ffestiniog_Railway.jpg) Trip on the Ffestiniog Railway as far as the Loop. |
![](thumb_2021_09_109.jpg) "Our engine" arriving from the Cob |
![](thumb_2021_09_111.jpg) Coal and water |
![](thumb_2021_09_117.jpg) Tanked up and ready to go |
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![](thumb_2021_09_123.jpg) Setting off along the Cob |
![](thumb_2021_09_127.jpg) Pat in our "private" compartment |
![](thumb_2021_09_129.jpg) On the Cob; the Afon Glaslynn |
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![](thumb_2021_09_133.jpg) Tanybwlch Station, just before the loop |
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![](thumb_2021_09_143.jpg) Changing engines at Tanybwlch |
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![](thumb_2021_09_147.jpg) The banking engine which had taken us to the loop |
![](thumb_2021_09_149.jpg) Pat going to rejoin the train |
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![](thumb_2021_09_157.jpg) Ready for off |
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![](thumb_2021_09_163.jpg) The Cob and Porthmadog |
![](thumb_2021_09_165.jpg) On the Cob |
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![](thumb_2021_09_170t_Lake%20Vyrnwy.jpg) Lake Vrynwy |
![](thumb_2021_09_171.jpg) Climbing to Moel-Y-Geifr |
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![](thumb_2021_09_177.jpg) The dam at Lake Vrynwy |
![](thumb_2021_09_179.jpg) The upper side of the dam |
![](thumb_2021_09_186t_Erecting_the_Windturbine.jpg) Erecting the first wind turbine |
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![](thumb_2021_09_190t_Wightwick_Manor.jpg) Wightwick Manor near Wolverhampton |
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![](thumb_2021_09_209.jpg) Pumpkins in the garden of Wightwick Manor |
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![](thumb_2021_10_010t_Windfarm.jpg) Progress with the wind farm |
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![](thumb_2021_10_034t_Stephen_Visit.jpg) Stephen's visit, October 2021 |
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![](thumb_2021_10_050t_Arley_Hall.jpg) Arley Hall for the "Save the Children" Lunch |
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![](thumb_2021_12_28_Chewton_Ho_08.jpg) Visit to Michael & family in Chew Magna |
![](thumb_2021_12_28_Chewton_Ho_10.jpg) Pat with James and Charliie, at Chewton House |
![](thumb_2021_12_28_Chewton_Ho_12.jpg) Pat with Charlie |
![](thumb_2021_12_28_Chewton_Ho_16.jpg) Pat, Charlie, Nicky, James, M.J and Michael at Chewton House, 29th December 2021 |
![](thumb_2021_12_28_Chewton_Ho_22.jpg) Chewton House, a view of the Ancilliary Buildings |
![](thumb_2022_01_21.jpg) Our spectacular Christmas Cactus |
Images: :Samsung Galaxy S7 Phone Camera; scanned negatives; reduction: Photothumb