![](thumb_2018_01_063t_London_Museum.jpg) London visit, January 2018. Natural History Museum |
![](thumb_2018_01_065.jpg) The Natural History Museum |
![](thumb_2018_01_067.jpg) Exhibits in the exhibition on Whales and Cetaceans |
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![](thumb_2018_01_081.jpg) The Hinze Hall with a blue whale skeleton |
![](thumb_2018_01_083.jpg) Full size model of a Blue Whale |
![](thumb_2018_01_087.jpg) Comparison with elephants in the Mammal Gallery |
![](thumb_2018_01_091.jpg) The single tusk of a Narwal |
![](thumb_2018_01_095.jpg) an unusual Narwal double tusk |
![](thumb_2018_01_099.jpg) The Dinosaur Gallery Tyranosaurus Rex full scale model |
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![](thumb_2018_01_107.jpg) Fossil of a Triceratops |
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![](thumb_2018_01_115.jpg) Fossil from Lyme Regius discovered by Mary Armstrong |
![](thumb_2018_01_121.jpg) Visit to a usual theatre in London |
![](thumb_2018_01_123.jpg) The London Eye from Westminster Bridge |
![](thumb_2018_01_125.jpg) Big Ben swathed in scaffolding and plastic |
![](thumb_2018_01_126.jpg) From Westminster Bridge |
![](thumb_2018_01_127.jpg) The County Hall, the venue for the play, from Westminster Bridge |
![](thumb_2018_01_128t_London_Theatre.jpg) The ticket: invitation to jury service! |
![](thumb_2018_01_131.jpg) The centre of the action in the Council Chamber |
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![](thumb_2018_01_139t_Munich_Opera.jpg) Munich Opera and Gallery Visit, January 2018 |
![](thumb_2018_01_140%20.jpg) Gabrielle Munte Exhibition: Malen ohne Schweife |
![](thumb_2018_01_141.jpg) Outside the Lenbachhaus |
![](thumb_2018_01_145.jpg) Young Girl |
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![](thumb_2018_01_149.jpg) Self Portrait |
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![](thumb_2018_01_161.jpg) Forest Path |
![](thumb_2018_01_163.jpg) Steam Shovel Building the new Olympia Road to Garmisch |
![](thumb_2018_01_164a.jpg) The Opera |
![](thumb_2018_01_164b.jpg) Colourful, unusual - but also unhelpful |
![](thumb_2018_01_167.jpg) Start of Act 3 |
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![](thumb_2018_01_171.jpg) The Chinese Turm; a cold rainy walk in the Englischer Garten |
![](thumb_2018_01_173.jpg) The refurbished Monopterous |
![](thumb_2018_01_179.jpg) Theatiner Kirche from the Hoff Garten |
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![](thumb_2018_01_189_Bouguereau_Naissance-de-Vénus.jpg) Kunsthalle Exhibition: Gut Wahr Schon; from the Orsay in Paris |
![](thumb_2018_01_190.jpg) Hofkapelle Concert |
![](thumb_2018_01_191.jpg) Mozart performed here ~250 years ago! |
![](thumb_2018_02_050t_Munich_&_Garmisch.jpg) Munich Opera and Garmisch to visit friends February 2018 |
![](thumb_2018_02_051.jpg) Wagner, Gotterdaemmerung |
![](thumb_2018_02_053.jpg) Arrival at the Hotel Quirin |
![](thumb_2018_02_055.jpg) The Wank |
![](thumb_2018_02_057.jpg) Afternoon sun over the Waxenstein |
![](thumb_2018_02_061.jpg) The Kramer |
![](thumb_2018_02_079.jpg) The Alpspitz and the Waxenstein from the Hotel Quirin |
![](thumb_2018_02_081.jpg) The Alpspitz |
![](thumb_2018_04_028t_Shrewsbury_Abbey.jpg) Shrewsbury Abbey for the St Mark's Mass Easter 2018 |
![](thumb_2018_04_029.jpg) The Abbey |
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![](thumb_2018_04_086t_Llandudno.jpg) Llandudno Opera Visit April 2018 |
![](thumb_2018_04_087.jpg) Snowdonia from Nebo |
![](thumb_2018_04_089.jpg) Trufan and the Ogwen Valley |
![](thumb_2018_04_091.jpg) Snowdon, left at the rear |
![](thumb_2018_04_093.jpg) The Little Orme, from Llandudno Pier |
![](thumb_2018_04_094a.jpg) WNO Programme |
![](thumb_2018_04_094b.jpg) Tosca and La Forza del Destino |
![](thumb_2018_04_095.jpg) Walk up the Orme. The pier from Happy Valley |
![](thumb_2018_04_097.jpg) The Pier and the Victoria Monument |
![](thumb_2018_04_101.jpg) The Little Orme from above the ski slope |
![](thumb_2018_04_103.jpg) As high as we went |
![](thumb_2018_04_111.jpg) The tram down! at the passing place. |
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![](thumb_2018_04_117.jpg) The valley station |
![](thumb_2018_04_120t_Bala_Lake_Railway.jpg) The Bala Lake Railway on the way home from Llandudno April 2018 |
![](thumb_2018_04_123.jpg) Bala Station |
![](thumb_2018_04_125.jpg) Waiting for the train. |
![](thumb_2018_04_127.jpg) Arrival |
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![](thumb_2018_04_133.jpg) Shunting round the train |
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![](thumb_2018_04_141.jpg) Coupling up the "Holy War" for the journey back |
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![](thumb_2018_04_146a.jpg) The other end: Llanuwchllyn station |
![](thumb_2018_04_146b.jpg) Our engine |
![](thumb_2018_04_147.jpg) Coupled up, ready to return to Bala |
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![](thumb_2018_04_155.jpg) At Bala, uncoupled |
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![](thumb_2018_04_159.jpg) Oiling, ready for the return |
![](thumb_2018_05_010t_Munich.jpg) Munich for the opera May 2018 |
![](thumb_2018_05_011.jpg) The Frauenkirche |
![](thumb_2018_05_013.jpg) Marienplatz: the Toy Museum |
![](thumb_2018_05_015.jpg) The Neue Rathaus |
![](thumb_2018_05_023.jpg) The Opera: Lucretia Borgia, with Edita Guberova |
![](thumb_2018_05_025.jpg) In the park at Schlloss Nymphenburg Badenburg |
![](thumb_2018_05_027.jpg) The Monopterous |
![](thumb_2018_05_029.jpg) The Great Cascade |
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![](thumb_2018_05_037.jpg) The Grand Canal |
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![](thumb_2018_05_043.jpg) Canada Goslings |
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![](thumb_2018_05_051.jpg) Coupled six-spot Burnets |
![](thumb_2018_05_053.jpg) Glorious Lilac |
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![](thumb_2018_05_057.jpg) Ducklings |
![](thumb_2018_05_059.jpg) The Schloss |
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![](thumb_2018_05_069.jpg) The Amalienburg Palace |
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![](thumb_2018_05_073.jpg) Within |
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![](thumb_2018_05_087.jpg) Selfie! |
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![](thumb_2018_05_103.jpg) The front of the Schloss |
![](thumb_2018_05_146t_Classics_North_Wales.jpg) North Wales with the North Staffordshire Classics Association |
![](thumb_2018_05_147.jpg) The Llangollen Railway |
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![](thumb_2018_05_157.jpg) The Penmachno Stones |
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![](thumb_2018_05_161.jpg) Andy Fear, our Guide |
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![](thumb_2018_05_163a.jpg) The group photo: Chris Wain |
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![](thumb_2018_05_171.jpg) Near Llanberis |
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![](thumb_2018_05_177.jpg) Llyn Peris |
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![](thumb_2018_05_181.jpg) with Stephen Clifford, Robert Smith and Chris Wain |
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![](thumb_2018_05_195.jpg) Llyn Padarn |
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![](thumb_2018_05_198a.jpg) Segontium |
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![](thumb_2018_05_199c.jpg) Andy in full flight, pursued by Pat photo: Chris Wain |
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![](thumb_2018_05_211.jpg) The river from the castle |
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![](thumb_2018_05_223.jpg) Carving in the Choir Stalls |
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![](thumb_2018_05_229.jpg) The Patron Saints of St Asaph's |
![](thumb_2018_05_231.jpg) The Translater's Memorial |
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![](thumb_2018_06_008t_Munich.jpg) Munich for the opera and a Diamond Celebration June 2018 |
![](thumb_2018_06_011.jpg) Biergarten, Orleansplatz |
![](thumb_2018_06_057.jpg) The Chinesisches Turm, Englisches Garten |
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![](thumb_2018_06_075.jpg) The Rose Garden |
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![](thumb_2018_06_079.jpg) The Monopteros, Englisches Garten |
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![](thumb_2018_06_083.jpg) Egyptian Geese |
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![](thumb_2018_06_087.jpg) With Paul Dutro, before the opera |
![](thumb_2018_06_093.jpg) With Christa |
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![](thumb_2018_06_115.jpg) Happy weekend |
![](thumb_2018_06_154t_Attingham.jpg) Attingham Park Probus Visit June 2018 |
![](thumb_2018_06_155.jpg) The rear of the Hall |
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![](thumb_2018_06_161.jpg) The Hall Kitchen |
![](thumb_2018_06_162_Shrewsbury_Probus.jpg) Shrewsbury river trip with Probus June 2018 |
![](thumb_2018_06_163.jpg) The Quantum Leap Statue |
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![](thumb_2018_06_167.jpg) The Welsh Bridge |
![](thumb_2018_06_169.jpg) With John Pedley |
![](thumb_2018_06_171.jpg) With Audrey |
![](thumb_2018_06_173.jpg) The Welsh Bridge |
![](thumb_2018_06_177.jpg) The English bridge |
![](thumb_2018_06_181.jpg) the Cruise Boat |
![](thumb_2018_06_510t_City_Museum.jpg) Stoke-on-Trent City Museum with Rebecca Warnecke, June 2018 |
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![](thumb_2018_06_512.jpg) Arnold Bennett, the Author |
![](thumb_2018_06_513.jpg) Reginald Mitchell the Designer of the Spitfire |
![](thumb_2018_06_515.jpg) Commemoration of the steel industry |
![](thumb_2018_06_521.jpg) The Cow Creamers |
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![](thumb_2018_06_525.jpg) Lowry Paintings |
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![](thumb_2018_06_533.jpg) Dressing up |
![](thumb_2018_06_535.jpg) Pat and Rebecca |
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![](thumb_2018_06_562t_CBSO_Birmingham.jpg) Palleas and Melisande CBSO Concert Performance June 2018 |
![](thumb_2018_06_563.jpg) Symphony Hall |
![](thumb_2018_06_565.jpg) The Curtain Call |
![](thumb_2018_08_150t_North_%20York_Moors_1.jpg) North York Moors August 2018 |
![](thumb_2018_08_153.jpg) On the way: Tapton Lock, Chesterfeild |
![](thumb_2018_08_155.jpg) Sevenford House, where we stayed |
![](thumb_2018_08_156_Rosedale_Show.jpg) The Rosedale Annual Show |
![](thumb_2018_08_159.jpg) Remarkable markings |
![](thumb_2018_08_161.jpg) Remarkable Guineapig |
![](thumb_2018_08_163.jpg) Colourful rabbit |
![](thumb_2018_08_165.jpg) Enormous chicken |
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![](thumb_2018_08_169.jpg) The Magic show |
![](thumb_2018_08_171.jpg) Judging the heavy horse mares |
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![](thumb_2018_08_186t_Pickering_Model_Railway.jpg) The Pickering Model Railway Exhibition |
![](thumb_2018_08_187.jpg) OO gauge |
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![](thumb_2018_08_200t_Pickering%20Castle.jpg) Pickering Castle |
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![](thumb_2018_08_205.jpg) The Outer wall |
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![](thumb_2018_08_219.jpg) The ascent to the Mound |
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![](thumb_2018_08_223.jpg) From the tower |
![](thumb_2018_08_224_Train_to_Whitby.jpg) The NYM Railway to Whitby and back |
![](thumb_2018_08_224a.jpg) The train arriving from the North in Pickering |
![](thumb_2018_08_225.jpg) On the way north across the moors |
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![](thumb_2018_08_241.jpg) Approaching Whitby |
![](thumb_2018_08_245.jpg) Our engine, going round the train for the next service |
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![](thumb_2018_08_249.jpg) Whitby with the Abbey |
![](thumb_2018_08_255.jpg) The Harbour |
![](thumb_2018_08_257.jpg) Out to sea |
![](thumb_2018_08_261.jpg) James Cook |
![](thumb_2018_08_263.jpg) The North beach - Beach Huts |
![](thumb_2018_08_267.jpg) Cook looking at the Abbey |
![](thumb_2018_08_269.jpg) The engine going round the train prior to our start south |
![](thumb_2018_08_271.jpg) For the last train - a change of engines at Grossmont |
![](thumb_2018_08_275.jpg) A B1 in the Pickering yard |
![](thumb_2018_08_280t_Ana_Cross.jpg) Walk on the Moor to Ana Cross |
![](thumb_2018_08_281.jpg) The Bank Top Ore Roasting Kilns |
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![](thumb_2018_08_285.jpg) Ana Cross |
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![](thumb_2018_08_295.jpg) The remains another cross |
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![](thumb_2018_08_300t_Castle_Howard.jpg) Castle Howard |
![](thumb_2018_08_303.jpg) The North Front of the House |
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![](thumb_2018_08_309.jpg) The North Lake |
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![](thumb_2018_08_313.jpg) The Antiques Passage |
![](thumb_2018_08_317.jpg) The Ceiling of the dome from the Great Hall beneath |
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![](thumb_2018_08_332.jpg) From the indow: the Atlas Fountain |
![](thumb_2018_08_333.jpg) A Delft Tulip Vase in the Museum Room |
![](thumb_2018_08_335.jpg) The Long Gallery |
![](thumb_2018_08_339.jpg) The Chapel |
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![](thumb_2018_08_347.jpg) The Atlas Fountain |
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![](thumb_2018_08_371.jpg) The Tower of the Winds |
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![](thumb_2018_08_379.jpg) The Mausoleum |
![](thumb_2018_08_383.jpg) The Mausoleum over the New River Bridge |
![](thumb_2018_08_387.jpg) The South Front from the South Lake |
![](thumb_2018_09_074t_Probus_Liverpool.jpg) Probus Visit to see the Terracotta Army in Liverpool |
![](thumb_2018_09_075.jpg) St George's Hall |
![](thumb_2018_09_079.jpg) Wellington |
![](thumb_2018_09_083.jpg) The City Library, looking upwards |
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![](thumb_2018_09_093.jpg) The World Museum |
![](thumb_2018_09_095.jpg) The exhibition of Terracotta Warriors |
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![](thumb_2018_09_133.jpg) Smaller Warriors |
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![](thumb_2018_09_147.jpg) The Golden Horse |
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![](thumb_2018_09_163.jpg) China's First Emperor Qin Shi Huang |
![](thumb_2018_09_165.jpg) Cheerful in the sun Photo: Diane Leopard |
![](thumb_2018_09_230t_Copenhagen.jpg) Copenhagen to visit Nicky and Mike September 2018 |
![](thumb_2018_09_231.jpg) with Mike and Nicky |
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![](thumb_2018_09_235.jpg) Heron, opposite the apartment |
![](thumb_2018_09_237.jpg) The State Museum of Art |
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![](thumb_2018_09_241.jpg) At the Copenhagen Opera House Photo: Mike |
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![](thumb_2018_09_259.jpg) The auditorium Photo: Mike |
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![](thumb_2018_09_264.jpg) Taken to Il Travatore by Mike and Nicky |
![](thumb_2018_09_265.jpg) The final curtain Photo: Mike |
![](thumb_2018_09_267.jpg) Embarkation for a Harbour Cruise aboard a self- steered electric boat |
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![](thumb_2018_09_275.jpg) The Cirkelbroen Bridge |
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![](thumb_2018_09_281.jpg) The Old Stock Exchange |
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![](thumb_2018_09_287.jpg) The Opera House |
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![](thumb_2018_09_293.jpg) The Old Stock Exchange |
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![](thumb_2018_09_299.jpg) Fredriksborg Castle |
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![](thumb_2018_09_307.jpg) Fredrik ? |
![](thumb_2018_09_309.jpg) Michael ! |
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![](thumb_2018_09_369.jpg) Evening on the Sortedams Sløe, from the Apartment |
![](thumb_2018_09_371.jpg) Later |
![](thumb_2018_09_373.jpg) The Museum of Modern Art; rear |
![](thumb_2018_09_375.jpg) The Museum of Modern Art; front |
![](thumb_2018_09_379.jpg) Marooned chairs |
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![](thumb_2018_09_383.jpg) A brave lady, sitting on a marooned chair! |
![](thumb_2018_09_385.jpg) The Heron again on the Sortedams Sløe |
![](thumb_2018_09_387.jpg) Visiting Marion and Hendrik in Ordrup Photo: Peter Wulf |
![](thumb_2018_10_010t_Pangbourne_New_Milton.jpg) Visiting Kath Glover near Pangbourne and my brother, Frank, at New Miilton |
![](thumb_2018_10_013.jpg) The Thames by Pangbourne Meadow |
![](thumb_2018_10_017.jpg) Embarking at Key Haven |
![](thumb_2018_10_023.jpg) En route to Hurst Castle |
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![](thumb_2018_10_033.jpg) The Isle of Wght from Hurst Castle |
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![](thumb_2018_10_037.jpg) Key Haven from the shingle beach walk |
![](thumb_2018_10_039.jpg) Frank at lunch |
![](thumb_2018_10_043.jpg) With Frank |
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![](thumb_2018_10_080t_Llandudno.jpg) Llandudno Opera Visit October 2018 |
![](thumb_2018_10_081.jpg) Snowdonia from the Nebo Road |
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![](thumb_2018_10_085.jpg) Tryfan and the Ogwen Valley |
![](thumb_2018_10_090.jpg) WNO: War & Peace and La Ceneratola |
![](thumb_2018_10_091.jpg) The Great Orme |
![](thumb_2018_10_093.jpg) The Little Orme |
![](thumb_2018_10_097.jpg) Low Tide |
![](thumb_2018_10_099.jpg) Early Morning Sunshine from our room |
![](thumb_2018_10_100t_Huddersfield.jpg) Huddersfield, to visit Misbah and Rudi Deen October 2018 |
![](thumb_2018_10_101.jpg) Misbah and Rudi |
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![](thumb_2018_10_109.jpg) The Cake, baked for the Enquirers visit |
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![](thumb_2018_10_113.jpg) As the Enquirers were prevented from arriving, the cake was cut. |
![](thumb_2018_11_010t_Wexford-1.jpg) Wexford and Belfast November 2018 |
![](thumb_2018_11_011.jpg) South of Aberystwyth |
![](thumb_2018_11_017.jpg) The beach at Newport, Pembrokeshire |
![](thumb_2018_11_019.jpg) The following morning |
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![](thumb_2018_11_027.jpg) On board the ferry to Rosslare |
![](thumb_2018_11_029.jpg) Turning in Fishguard Habour |
![](thumb_2018_11_033.jpg) Within sight of the Irish Coast |
![](thumb_2018_11_035.jpg) Wexford and the River Slaney from our hotel room in White's |
![](thumb_2018_11_040t_Wexord-2.jpg) At the Opera |
![](thumb_2018_11_045.jpg) With Richard and Ian |
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![](thumb_2018_11_048.jpg) The Auditorium |
![](thumb_2018_11_050.jpg) Stage curtains for Il Bravo |
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![](thumb_2018_11_060a.jpg) Don Pasquale, an afternoon opera in the hotel from the programme |
![](thumb_2018_11_060b.jpg) Il Bravo from the programme |
![](thumb_2018_11_060c&d.jpg) Double Bill: L'Oracolo and Mala Vita from the programme |
![](thumb_2018_11_060e.jpg) The Girl from the Golden West, an afternoon perfromance in the Hotel from the programme |
![](thumb_2018_11_060f.jpg) Dinner at Eight from the programme |
![](thumb_2018_11_061.jpg) Before the last performance |
![](thumb_2018_11_062a.jpg) Selskar Abbey, Wexford |
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![](thumb_2018_11_062c.jpg) Wexford from the Bridge |
![](thumb_2018_11_062t_Wexford-3.jpg) Visiting James and Usha in Belfast |
![](thumb_2018_11_063.jpg) Visit to Castle Ward, Strangford; the Classical Front |
![](thumb_2018_11_065.jpg) With James |
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![](thumb_2018_11_073.jpg) Selfie! |
![](thumb_2018_11_077.jpg) The rear, in a quite different style |
![](thumb_2018_11_079.jpg) An inquisitive seal |
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![](thumb_2018_11_086.jpg) Portaferry, across the Lough |
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![](thumb_2018_11_089.jpg) Climbing the Hill from the Lough |
![](thumb_2018_11_091.jpg) Departure from Strangford |
![](thumb_2018_11_095.jpg) View of the weather up the Lough |
![](thumb_2018_11_099.jpg) Approaching Portaferry |
![](thumb_2018_11_105.jpg) En route from Belfast to Birkenhead |
![](thumb_2018_11_106.jpg) Liverpool in the early morning |
![](thumb_2018_12_130t_Opera_&_Nymphenburg.jpg) Munich Visit December 27th - 31st 2018 |
![](thumb_2018_12_131.jpg) Theatiner Kirche |
![](thumb_2018_12_135.jpg) Operas Posters for the Bartered Bride |
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![](thumb_2018_12_145.jpg) The Christmas Tree at the Stadt Rosenheim Hotel |
![](thumb_2018_12_151.jpg) Walk in the Nymphenburg Schloss Park ... |
![](thumb_2018_12_159.jpg) ... with a new Anorak |
![](thumb_2018_12_161.jpg) A pertly iced over lake |
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![](thumb_2018_12_167.jpg) Swans, standing on the concealed ice |
![](thumb_2018_12_171.jpg) The Schloss Nymphenburg |