Poppies near Welton, East Riding

Week 26 Poppies on 'The Wolds Way'

Completed another section of the Wolds Way from Hessle to South Cave. A pleasant 13 miles in good weather and great views. The two fields of poppies were a fantastic sight.

Bamburgh Castle and Farne Islands

Week 25 Bamburgh

A return visit to Northumberland tinged with sadness. I just had to go to Bamburgh and see what I am missing!

Goole Docks

Week 24 Goole Docks

A Sunday morning visit to Goole and Goole Docks, visited the Waterways museum and discovered that Goole was created because of a strategic position serving the rivers Humber, Ouse, Trent and the canal network. The largest inland port in the country, but shades of its former self. Some of the barge traffic lost to road transport recently, the future of the port looks grim.

The fishing village of Staithes

Week 23 Staithes

Another first. This is the first time I have been to Staithes to take photographs. I visited Tuesday morning when it was misty and sunny, then again at tea-time when I took this photograph. A delightful village, but like so many of these romantic villages, now with a lot of holiday cottages.

Jacksons Corner

Week 22  Jackson's Corner, Reading

Finding myself in Reading for the first time, I took a walk around the centre, which now comprises the huge 'Oracle' shopping centre. It was so sad to see what once was 'the department store' in Reading derelict. Jackson's was founded by Edward Jackson in 1875 and remained a family business until December 2013 when it finally succumbed to the new age of shopping.

Yellow Poppy

Week 21 Flowers

I did not get out and about this week to take a landscape of some description, so had to settle for a poppy in the garden.

Whitby West Pier Lighthouse

Week 20 Whitby West Pier

First time I have been to the end of the west pier in Whitby. Intrigued by the odd looking lighthouse I had to take a closer look. It is a 'Lighthouse' by definition and was erected on the spot in 1914. It shows a steady green light to guide ships into the mouth of the river Esk, the east pier light shows a steady red.