Category Archives: Winter

Busy Busy Busy…

Posted on December 27, 2024 by Guthlac

Hope you had a great Christmas. With my leg getting a lot better I took the opportunity to do some walking in the and around the area. However, as this at Christmas I found myself out and about before everyone … Continue reading →

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It’s Looking a Lot Like Christmas…

Posted on December 23, 2024 by Guthlac

Sunrise in this part of the world is around about 08:00 hrs at this time of year. That is thankfully moving in the right direction as the winter solstice was a couple of days ago. Yet the car park at … Continue reading →

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Let it Snow, Let it Snow…

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Guthlac

Snow at Christmas? There was a time when this seemed a possibility. Nowaday, well not so sure. Evidence of a warming world? A bit too anecdotal – maybe but that is the thing with global warming. It creeps up on … Continue reading →

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Every Now and Then….

Posted on December 14, 2024 by Guthlac

I am not an art critic. I have a working knowledge of western art history. However, I do know quite a bit about the history of Leicestershire. (Note: Over the years I have thought I knew a lot about a … Continue reading →

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No More…

Posted on September 30, 2024 by Guthlac

So that is that. Britain no longer generates electricity by burning coal. No more getting up before dawn on frosty mornings to capture the dawn through the steam of the cooling towers. No more looking to the north and seeing … Continue reading →

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Something Dumb to Do…

Posted on August 18, 2024 by Guthlac

It’s Sunday afternoon and I’ve got nothing to do so hay why not remastered some images from 2006 and 2009? Why not indeed. Nearly 20 years on and so many new ways to make the image that I wanted in … Continue reading →

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I’m not on TikTok…

Posted on August 9, 2024 by Guthlac

I don’t use Spotify and now I barely use Twitter, FaceBook Instagram etc. What does that make me? Well I suspect fairly unusual – better? I doubt that. One consequences of this digital hermit lifestyle is I don’t follow the … Continue reading →

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Falling Far Behind…

Posted on August 2, 2024 by Guthlac

So in just over a month’s time it will never be possible to capture such an image again. Ratcliffe upon Trent power station, the final coal powered power station in Britain, will be slowly powered down and the fires steadily … Continue reading →

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In Search of the Gartree…

Posted on February 24, 2024 by Guthlac

Some days it is just great to be alive. I know the world at the moment appears to be going to hell but this afternoon travelling along the Gartree Road over the hills of Leicestershire was a moment of peace … Continue reading →

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Sometime the Clothes…

Posted on February 4, 2024 by Guthlac

It was a dry but damp day yesterday (I think might have to be British to understand this nonsensical statement). So I went out for a walk through the local park. Apart from being accosted by a wonderfully friendly puppy called Walter … Continue reading →

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