Mouse & Muse Blog
by Trevor Millum
An occasional series which I hope is of interest to friends and family. Feedback always welcome.
Northumberland
All kinds of weather up along the Northumberland coast, from silvery calm to misty and bleak. Atmospheric Holy Island and Dunstanburgh Castle jostle for a place in our album with the wave lashed Farne Islands... Top of the inland attractions must be Barter...
Southern Comfort: Bristol, Brighton and beyond
Our sweep across the Southern Counties took in Bristol, Southampton, Brighton, Overton and Staines. From Southampton we visited the New Forest (not new and mainly not forest but heathland) and Beaulieu, where donkeys guard the entrance to the pub/hotel:...
Helmsley and Hampton Court
Helmsley Castle as seen from the Walled Garden. Even in October, the garden is great to explore and has come on a long way since our previous visit a few years ago. The cafe there is another attraction - so good we came back the next day for more! In...
All the way to America
And here we are, minus photographer Joe, at the Ships, Clocks and Stars exhibition in Mystic, along with two of the key organisers, Jeff and Elysa. Nice to see John Harrison celebrated all the way across the Atlantic. Mystic Seaport is a big heritage site...
Burgundy
Guedelon - the making of a castle. Having seen it on TV, we happened on the site almost by chance - it was a few miles from La Catanque campsite at St Fargeau. What an amazing place: the castle is slowly and painstakingly being constructed using medieval...
Picardy
Here's a nice peaceful picture from a nice peaceful garden near Montreuil, visited after we found that our intended garden in St Valery was closed on Mondays. So, this newly discovered gem was a delightful surprise. Just a private garden that...
Amsterdam Open Gardens
Looking across the canal towards our apartment - somewhere behind the trees. Two flights of steep stairs but worth it when you get there! The open gardens also included a lot of art, especially sculptures, and sometimes something unexpected: The...
Bempton Cliffs
Swoop, swirl, glide, dive... Sweeping over the waves or clinging on the cliffs, seabirds are everywhere! This is Bempton Cliffs on the coast of Yorkshire just north of Bridlington. Gulls, gannets and guillemots; razorbills, fulars and kittiwakes all...
Wentworth
Even a grand mansion benefits from a little bit of careful framing. The house is now the Northern College but the gardens, from where this is taken, are open to the public. Some nice variation from parkland to 'Union Jack' beds and then the slope up to a...
Conwy
Conwy Castle on a misty morning, seen from the walls which encircle the town, giving excellent views not only of the castle but of the estuary and the hills and everyone's back gardens. It's a lovely town - compact enough to walk around in a short while...
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