The Great Britain comes home.

Great Britain back from the Falkland Islands in July 1970.

The new lamb next door.

 The new lamb next door.

Unsung Heroes-Poo Man Pete.

 Living in this lovely village has lots of benefits, fresh air, great views, river and waterfall at the bottom of the garden, nice neighbours and not a hoodie in sight.
But one slight snag is no main drainage, so once every three months we get a visit from Poo Man Pete, always cheerful and polite (one of the few people left in the world that calls me Sir) he quickly runs the pipes a few hundred feet to the septic tank and the contents of the tank are gone within the hour. 

 

And if you think that’s bad remember when the main sewage pipe

from Bath to Saltford sewage works split on the Lower Bristol Road.

John Major and David Cameron

John Major and David Cameron

Well that's two Prime Ministers I've photographed now.

The Avenue at Combe Hay

 The Avenue at Combe Hay, The blossoms looking good.

Singing in the Rain record in HDR

 To mark the start of the Bath International Dance Festival

there was an attempted to set a new Guinness record for 

the most people doing an umbrella dance to singing in the 

rain in Laura Place at the end of Great Pulteney Street.
They did with  232 people dancing 

Choreographer  Joanna Kucia who organised the 

dancing with the Guinness certificate

May Day in Padstow.

 May Day in Padstow, digital copy from 

30-year-old 6x7 Ektachrome

Bad taste chair of the week.

Bad taste chair of the week.

ANZAC DAY TODAY.

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Some of my pictures from the close of the day ceremony at the Australian National War Memorial in Canberra.
It is a shrine to those Australians who fought for their country, more than 102,000 dying in various conflicts, many on foreign soil. 

The South West Memorial for Road Peace in Bath.

The new Road Peace regional memorial is lowered into place in the little park in Lower Borough Walls today.

The official unveiling is at 11am on Saturday 22nd of May.

  Pat Scott directs the crane.

Easy does it Richard Sanki help guide the memorial into place.

 Bath Chronicle Head of Photography Kevin Bates 

explains where to stand.

 Local member Barbara Davies and Chairman Richard Sanki.

Famous Five Party.

It was Tabitha’s seventh birthday party today, so we organised a Famous Five event.
Loads of hidden clues to find around the village and a walk through a dark damp tunnel accompanied by a dog (Paddy not Timmy) finally finding the treasure chest filled with party bags.
At tea most of the ginger beer was drunk by the adults.

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Work underway on the Two Tunnels Scheme.

 Work is well underway to open the North end of Devonshire Tunnel that goes under the Wells road as part of the Two Tunnels scheme to make a cycle/walking path to Tucking Mill.
The North end of the tunnel was buried and a large amount of earth has been moved to give access.

The tunnel shortly after being abandoned.

 Campaigners at the Tucking Mill end of the Tunnel in 2006.

Bumblebee under attack by mites.

Bumblebee under attack by mites.

FIRST OF APRIL, AND THE HORSES MOVE FIELD

 First of April time to move fields and stand and sniff the air, chase around and roll in the fresh green grass.