![](thumb_2017_01_030t_Munich_Opera.jpg) Munich Opera January 2017 |
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![](thumb_2017_01_033.jpg) Gaestatte Brunnstein: Nicky with granddaughter |
![](thumb_2017_01_035.jpg) Walk in the Englische Garten surfers in the snow |
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![](thumb_2017_01_041.jpg) Monopterous |
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![](thumb_2017_01_051.jpg) Kunsthalle Exhibition: Spain's Golden Age |
![](thumb_2017_01_053.jpg) El Greco |
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![](thumb_2017_01_071.jpg) Bayerisches Oper: South Pole |
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![](thumb_2017_01_081.jpg) Stadt Rosenheim, staircase |
![](thumb_2017_01_085.jpg) The Goldener Engel |
![](thumb_2017_01_087.jpg) Sunset coming home |
![](thumb_2017_03_080t_Melanie_Devon.jpg) Excursion to Berry Head with Melanie March 2017 |
![](thumb_2017_03_081.jpg) Outside the Guardhouse Cafe on Berry Head |
![](thumb_2017_03_085.jpg) Illuminated by the Berry Head Light |
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![](thumb_2017_03_101.jpg) View to Durl Head |
![](thumb_2017_03_103.jpg) Cod Rock |
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![](thumb_2017_03_111.jpg) Below the Berry Head Light |
![](thumb_2017_03_113.jpg) Torquay from Berry Head |
![](thumb_2017_03_172t_Nottingham.jpg) Nottingham Opera Visit March 2017 |
![](thumb_2017_03_173.jpg) Nottingham Town Hall |
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![](thumb_2017_03_190t_Munich.jpg) Munich Opera visit Ariadne auf Naxos & The Consul March 2017 |
![](thumb_2017_03_191.jpg) The Munich Phil. in the Gasteig |
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![](thumb_2017_03_195.jpg) The Botanic Garden |
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![](thumb_2017_03_207.jpg) Spring flowers in the woods |
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![](thumb_2017_03_213.jpg) Awaiting the tulips |
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![](thumb_2017_03_221.jpg) Left: The first ornament out of its winter wrapping Right: my permanent ornament |
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![](thumb_2017_03_227.jpg) Echinocactus Grusonii |
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![](thumb_2017_03_233.jpg) Orchidae |
![](thumb_2017_03_235.jpg) Turtles |
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![](thumb_2017_03_241.jpg) Flag? |
![](thumb_2017_03_243.jpg) Rhododendrons |
![](thumb_2017_03_247.jpg) Villa Stuck Portico |
![](thumb_2017_03_249.jpg) Walk along the Isar |
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![](thumb_2017_03_259.jpg) Posters for the Consul |
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![](thumb_2017_03_267.jpg) Cuvilliés Theatre, Munich |
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![](thumb_2017_03_275.jpg) St Michael's Church, newly renovated |
![](thumb_2017_04_012t_Llandudno.jpg) Llandudno for the Welsh National Opera Spring Season |
![](thumb_2017_04_013.jpg) Lunch at Nebo with a views to Snowdonia |
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![](thumb_2017_04_017.jpg) Walk: Ascending the Great Orme with Conwy in the background |
![](thumb_2017_04_021.jpg) The summit buildings |
![](thumb_2017_04_025.jpg) Low Tide on the Conwy Estuary |
![](thumb_2017_04_029.jpg) Jackdaw |
![](thumb_2017_04_035.jpg) with Herring Gull |
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![](thumb_2017_04_051.jpg) Within a stone circle |
![](thumb_2017_04_057.jpg) For the less energetic |
![](thumb_2017_04_060t_Llangollen_%20Railway.jpg) The Llangollen Railway |
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![](thumb_2017_04_065.jpg) Off season train to Corwen |
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![](thumb_2017_06_574t_Papplewick_Pumping_Station.jpg) Papplewick Pumping Station with the NS National Trust Group |
![](thumb_2017_06_575.jpg) The Pond |
![](thumb_2017_06_577.jpg) The stack and the group |
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![](thumb_2017_06_583.jpg) The pond with a model of the Bismark |
![](thumb_2017_06_585.jpg) The main entrance to the pumping house |
![](thumb_2017_06_587.jpg) The Pumping House |
![](thumb_2017_06_588.jpg) The engines and pumps |
![](thumb_2017_06_589.jpg) The boilers |
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![](thumb_2017_06_599.jpg) The ornamentation |
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![](thumb_2017_06_611.jpg) The main cylinders |
![](thumb_2017_06_612a.jpg) Connecting rods |
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![](thumb_2017_06_617.jpg) The big end |
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![](thumb_2017_06_630a.jpg) The flywheel |
![](thumb_2017_06_630b.jpg) The governor |
![](thumb_2017_06_632.jpg) James Watt co., the Builder |
![](thumb_2017_06_633.jpg) An exhibited steam driven electrical generator |
![](thumb_2017_06_640t_Staunton_Harold.jpg) Staunton Harold with the NS National Trust Group |
![](thumb_2017_06_641.jpg) The Church and Hall |
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![](thumb_2017_06_655.jpg) The painted ceiling |
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![](thumb_2017_06_662.jpg) The Hall |
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![](thumb_2017_06_671.jpg) The Lake |
![](thumb_2017_06_673.jpg) The Library |
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![](thumb_2017_06_679.jpg) Utility Room, formerly the Chapel |
![](thumb_2017_06_685.jpg) The Dining Room |
![](thumb_2017_06_687.jpg) The Garden |
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![](thumb_2017_07_050t_Cambridge.jpg) Lunch at Emmanuel College, Cambridge July 2017 |
![](thumb_2017_07_050w.jpg) St John's College, where we stayed |
![](thumb_2017_07_051.jpg) The Round Church The view from Pat's room |
![](thumb_2017_07_055.jpg) St John's tower being repaired The view from Peter's room |
![](thumb_2017_07_057.jpg) Red hot pokers |
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![](thumb_2017_07_063.jpg) The Library Lantern |
![](thumb_2017_07_071.jpg) Night view |
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![](thumb_2017_07_075.jpg) The Bridge of Sighs |
![](thumb_2017_07_077.jpg) New Court |
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![](thumb_2017_07_085.jpg) Second Court |
![](thumb_2017_07_087.jpg) School of Pythagoras |
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![](thumb_2017_07_091.jpg) The Round Church Holy Sepulchre |
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![](thumb_2017_07_098_menu.jpg) Emmanuel College Lunch with the Master |
![](thumb_2017_07_099.jpg) Lunch at Emmanuel College |
![](thumb_2017_07_103.jpg) Petricia and Christine Aukland |
![](thumb_2017_07_107.jpg) Brian Thrush |
![](thumb_2017_07_109.jpg) Sally Williams |
![](thumb_2017_07_111.jpg) With Mike & Christine Aukland |
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![](thumb_2017_07_129.jpg) Emmanuel College Chapel |
![](thumb_2017_07_131.jpg) The John Harvard Window |
![](thumb_2017_07_133.jpg) Thomas Cranmer |
![](thumb_2017_07_162t_Buxton_Opera.jpg) Buxton, for the Opera Festival, July 2017 |
![](thumb_2017_07_163.jpg) The refurbished spa bath |
![](thumb_2017_07_167.jpg) Lady Morris Dancers |
![](thumb_2017_07_168t_Solomon's_Temple.jpg) Walk to Solomon's Temple |
![](thumb_2017_07_169.jpg) A lime worker |
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![](thumb_2017_07_211.jpg) Buxton from the tower |
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![](thumb_2017_07_216t_Goyt_Valley.jpg) Walk from Buxton to the Goyt Valley |
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![](thumb_2017_07_219.jpg) Roadside shrine |
![](thumb_2017_07_225.jpg) The old CHPR track |
![](thumb_2017_07_227.jpg) looking back ... |
![](thumb_2017_07_229.jpg) ... round the hillside |
![](thumb_2017_07_231.jpg) The blocked up tunnel mouth |
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![](thumb_2017_07_237.jpg) The minature railway in Buxton Park |
![](thumb_2017_07_243.jpg) Rather dwarfed by Richard and Ian |
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![](thumb_2017_09_034t_Sonning.jpg) Staying at Sonning while visiting Kath Glover in Caversham September 2017 |
![](thumb_2017_09_035.jpg) Sonning Lock |
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![](thumb_2017_09_043.jpg) Sunset |
![](thumb_2017_09_045.jpg) Sonning bridge |
![](thumb_2017_09_051.jpg) The Thames |
![](thumb_2017_09_052t_Milford_on_Sea.jpg) Milford on Sea to visit Frank September 2017 |
![](thumb_2017_09_053.jpg) The Needles and the Isle of Wight |
![](thumb_2017_09_057.jpg) Sanderling |
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![](thumb_2017_09_103.jpg) From the Hurst Castle Ferry |
![](thumb_2017_09_105.jpg) Hurst Castle |
![](thumb_2017_09_109.jpg) The Lighthouse |
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![](thumb_2017_09_119.jpg) From the ramparts |
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![](thumb_2017_09_125.jpg) Sturt Pool Swans |
![](thumb_2017_09_127.jpg) Black Swans |
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![](thumb_2017_09_139.jpg) The walk, including the ferry. |
![](thumb_2017_09_141.jpg) With Frank at Barton on Sea |
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![](thumb_2017_09_153.jpg) The Needles from Barton |
![](thumb_2017_09_157.jpg) Thundershower |
![](thumb_2017_09_161.jpg) Harvest House; our B&B |
![](thumb_2017_10_072_Torquay.jpg) Torquay to visit Melanie October 2017 |
![](thumb_2017_10_077.jpg) After sunset |
![](thumb_2017_10_079.jpg) Brixham, he Golden Hind |
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![](thumb_2017_10_087.jpg) After sunset |
![](thumb_2017_10_098t_Buxton_Ducks.jpg) Ducks accompanying an opera at Buxton |
![](thumb_2017_10_105.jpg) Mandarin Duck |
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![](thumb_2017_10_108t_Llandudno.jpg) Llandudno for the opera October 2017 |
![](thumb_2017_10_113.jpg) Gret Orme from the promenade |
![](thumb_2017_10_115.jpg) The Little Orme |
![](thumb_2017_10_119.jpg) Sunshine from the pier |
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![](thumb_2017_10_125.jpg) The Pier |
![](thumb_2017_10_131.jpg) The Green Buoy, opposite our hotel |
![](thumb_2017_10_133.jpg) Snowdonia from the Nemo road |
![](thumb_2017_10_135.jpg) Llangollen after plenty of rain |
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![](thumb_2017_11_042t_Edinburgh.jpg) Edinburgh, for the Designed Mind Symposium November 2017 |
![](thumb_2017_11_047.jpg) The Castle |
![](thumb_2017_11_049.jpg) The Scottish Parliament |
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![](thumb_2017_11_059.jpg) Holyrood House |
![](thumb_2017_11_071.jpg) Daniel Dennett, keynote speaker |
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![](thumb_2017_11_075.jpg) Two authors: Andy Clark and Dan Dennett |
![](thumb_2017_11_076a.jpg) Re-read before the Symposium |
![](thumb_2017_11_076b.jpg) To read after the Symposium |
![](thumb_2017_11_077.jpg) The Scott Monument |
![](thumb_2017_11_084t_Salford_Opera.jpg) Salford: Opera North at the Lowry November 2017 |
![](thumb_2017_11_085.jpg) Our hotel on the Quays |
![](thumb_2017_11_087.jpg) The Lowry Outlet Mall |
![](thumb_2017_11_089.jpg) Salford in the early morning |
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![](thumb_2017_11_093.jpg) The Lowry Bridge and the Imperial War Museum |
![](thumb_2017_11_095.jpg) The Lowry Theatre and Gallery |
![](thumb_2017_11_097.jpg) The Imperial War Museum from the bridge |
![](thumb_2017_11_099.jpg) The poster of the six "little great" operas |
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