OK, so I’ve bought a new camera. I like buying new cameras like some ladies like buying shoes, coats, frocks etc., but I like buying new cameras. In fairness I got a good deal by part exchanging and old camera I’ve not been using and that pleases me no end. It means is that I…
Regular readers will be aware that Maude and I like a walk in Royal Victoria Park in Bath. This park is a large, beautiful open space right in the middle of Bath and is a real benefit to residents and visitors. There was a problem that people were using the park to leave their cars…
The beautiful city of Bath has many historic buildings which are one of the main attractions for visitors. There are also some parts that are not so scenic but our sensibilities are protected by a local council and by local pressure groups. Some of these pressure groups appear to take a firm stance of DO…
Some days it is proving to be a real struggle taking a photograph for this project. The weather really isn’t helping and the time of year is making everything very dull indeed. Today however I actually took twenty one photos; some showing the rain and threatening clouds and some this evening as I was in…
I do like a good trompe l’oeil, from the French (obviously) meaning “deceive the eye”. These are paintings on buildings in a lifelike style to create an impression of something that is not actually there. They are very popular in France,I’ve seen them on visits to Paris and when I used to make business trips…
The streets of Bath are notoriously busy, there are the locals, the tourists, people coming for the shopping, people coming for the rugby, or the university, or the other university or the Jane Austen Society and so it goes on. With such crowded streets there are also people attracted by the fact that the streets…
Once again it has been a fine and sunny day in the beautiful city of Bath. As usual on a Saturday we went to the Farmers’ Market at Green Park Station which was much busier this week but still not up to full strength in the post New Year period. As it was such a…
Today did not look at all inspiring and once again I got soaked just going to the shops; frankly I’m getting a bit fed up with all this rain. However as the morning went on the sun came out and Mrs Sixwheeler and I decided to grab the opportunity to take the dog for a…
It has almost become a ritual for us to go every Saturday morning to the Bath Farmers’ Market. This is believed to be the oldest farmers’ market in the country and is held at Green Park Station; this used to be a railway station but the lines are gone and it provides a wonderful space…
Last night we had been promised rain, high winds, floods and the first day’s play in the final cricket test match against Australia from Sydney. It certainly rained and blew but in our part of Bath (beautiful city of) but thankfully we are sheltered. I watched the news this morning and my thoughts go out…
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