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Not being a `petrolhead` normally, for some reason I was attracted to the Hot Car show at Trinity Park in Ipswich. It was quite an eye opener to see the fantastic machines that were on show and below are a few of them. Unfortunately I didn't gather much technical info, but they were just good to see and photograph. Huge exhausts and exposed engines, are part of the kit. .... as are large tyres. Another one of the things usually associated with these hot cars is the amazing paintwork. Definitely  part of the `scene`. A dull day, weather wise, but great to see and admire. Home

Here we are in mid August and somehow it feels that we are on the cusp of  changing seasons! On the one hand we have farmers still reaping the corn from their fields, and then we have a hint of change in the colour of the trees and hedgerows, plus the hedgerows are full of fruit and the roadsides and woodlands seem to have a lot of fungi.  Local farmer kicks up the dust as he `combines` his crops. Summer sky and parched ground says `Summer`. Sudbury Victorian bathing pool Hints of autumn in the trees around Sudbury old Victorian bathing pool. The Old Bathing Place was opened on the river in 1898 and was in use until the late 1930s when it was closed after an outbreak of diphtheria in the town. There are steps for the bathers to descend into a semi-circular section for non-swimmers which divided by an iron rails from the deep water. Once they could swim they could go out further - there are also steps on the opposite bank. Wild Plum...

We have been to Brighton previously to see a couple of concerts but had not stayed in the daytime to explore. So, a trip to Brighton, and a visit to those White Cliff just along the coast. Accomodation for the trip was absolute rubbish!. Definitely not staying there again! Enough of that, some images of the seafront. The Brighton West Pier On 28th March 2003 the Pavilion was destroyed in an arson attack, and then on 11th May the Concert Hall, already seriously damaged in a huge storm the previous December, was also deliberately set on fire. English Heritage was commissioned to report on whether after such damage, the restoration was still viable. It concluded that despite the significant damage, given the wealth of salvaged material from the pier and the considerable photographic and video archive, repair and reconstruction of the pier was still viable. It was therefore bitterly disappointing that at its meeting on 28th January, the Heritage Lottery Fund decided to ...

Norfolk is a county that we have not explored to any great degree, and this was a very cursory look around the area we were staying in. We stayed in Clippesby, a small village within the Great Yarmouth Borough Council area, and located on the B1152 and surrounded by the Norfolk Broads. Besides water everywhere, the other thing you become aware of is the huge number of windmills / windpumps, which seem to be everywhere. They do make a great photo at times. Here a couple of evening images of windmills beside the Broads. Very peaceful, and what a place to spend the night in your barge. These windmills come in a range of shapes and sizes. This one reminding me of a skeleton windmill. Then there are boats of all shapes and sizes. The Broads attracts more than 7 million visitors a year. All sorts of activities such as boating, cycling, canoeing, fishing, walking and wildlife-watching are ways visitors, and those living here, enjoy the area. As fo...

Nature is amazing, just as you think it won't happen - it does! Along came this amazing baby - Emily.  Just a few days old and using her lungs, Emily starts to make her mark in the world. One very proud mum looking adoringly at the little bundle she has brought into this world.. Proud Nana has a chance to hold her first granddaughter. Home