Stone is a grand town for puns. As well as this hair salon next to the canal (geddit), another barber's was called Set In Stone. Magnificent.
Showing posts with label canal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label canal. Show all posts
Monday, 20 June 2011
Getting Stoned
Sorry to tease you: I merely visited the pretty town of Stone, Staffordshire yesterday. A wander along the canal, and a decent meal. A few pictures are here.
Monday, 6 June 2011
Of badger-stroking and other activities…
You already know that I like to take photographs. But when I see sets like this, I feel like giving up: here's someone with a fantastic eye for composition and lighting. I'd love to go on an urban decay photography tour.
Talking of weird exploration, Cynical Ben has yet another website to which you're invited to contribute. It's called wehatewords. Authors and sentences are hated too. Try it. I'm going to.
Anyway, back down at my level, I had a very busy weekend. Spent a day in a Sheffield hotel's seminar room preparing for the UK School Games 2011. Mostly efficient and matter-of-fact, though one individual's speech resulted in a quite good doodle and a list of phrases which I may well donate to We Hate Words: 'empower', 'baggage', 'key learnings', 'in a good place', 'operational delivery', 'dynamic' and 'interactive'.
Then it was off to see a not-very-good play supposedly about maths called Proof: it turned out to be sickeningly soapy. Finally, the Map Twats visited the Etruria Museum's Canal/Steam/Random Stuff fair in the town Prince Philip called 'ghastly'. Truly, there was a child lost in the Tunnel of Goats.* So I took some pictures and we had a great time.
*Father Ted reference for the uninitiated.
Talking of weird exploration, Cynical Ben has yet another website to which you're invited to contribute. It's called wehatewords. Authors and sentences are hated too. Try it. I'm going to.
Anyway, back down at my level, I had a very busy weekend. Spent a day in a Sheffield hotel's seminar room preparing for the UK School Games 2011. Mostly efficient and matter-of-fact, though one individual's speech resulted in a quite good doodle and a list of phrases which I may well donate to We Hate Words: 'empower', 'baggage', 'key learnings', 'in a good place', 'operational delivery', 'dynamic' and 'interactive'.
Then it was off to see a not-very-good play supposedly about maths called Proof: it turned out to be sickeningly soapy. Finally, the Map Twats visited the Etruria Museum's Canal/Steam/Random Stuff fair in the town Prince Philip called 'ghastly'. Truly, there was a child lost in the Tunnel of Goats.* So I took some pictures and we had a great time.
Stoke-on-Trent always seems monochrome to me
Portrait of a stoker-engineer with the saturation reduced
Mill engine detail
Ripping Yarns: textiles volunteer group
Rag rug detail
McCormick Farmall tractor. Lovely typography
*Father Ted reference for the uninitiated.
Monday, 9 May 2011
Weekend wonderland
Imaginary Friend and I went wandering in Cheshire this weekend - a stroll along the canal near Nantwich and a visit to stunning Capesthorne Hall, largely to play with our cameras. Amongst the delights - insects, bluebells and a cat being bullied by 200 sheep. The little coward ended up cowering between my feet before being chased into the woods.
The whole set is here - click on these samples for larger versions.
The whole set is here - click on these samples for larger versions.
There wasn't time to reset the camera for flight, but the empty background makes it a useful shot.
Yuck.
Stand By Me.
Capesthorne Hall chapel
Bluebell wood
Sheep/Cat Face-off
The hunt begins
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