Stamford - Flowers ..

A few colourful flowers to greet the visitors on their arrival in Stamford ...

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Stamford - the pub

One of Stamford's many public houses !!

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Stamford - Stamford Baron

This part of Stamford is in Northamptonshire not Lincolnshire - these small back streets are in an area known at Stamford Baron.

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Stamford - the alley ..

Quaint little alley with a few shops - including a Thai " take-away "

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Stamford - Down by the river

Start of a new week and I shall be showing the remainder of my Stamford photographs this very week ...

I think this area down by the river is usually called " The Meadows "

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Bad summer ..

It has been a bad summer - wet and wet !!

Some plants seem to have thrived in spite of this ...

The bamboo - this has doubled in size this year !

Pampas grass is just starting to flower - I'm very proud of this plant - in the past we've had problems growing pampas ..

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A repeat ......!!!!!

No apologises for repeating this photo of the River Roche in Heywood ..

And why ??

I submitted this photo to our local newspaper the Heywood Advertiser and last week it was printed in the latest edition ..

So very happy !!!

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Sad garden ..

Well summer is over and the flowers are starting to fade - next job in the garden will be to cut these down and tidy up the flower bed.

I've already started planting tulip and crocus bulbs ready for next spring ..

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From a window ..

I was quite impressed with this view of a rather pink sunset - taken from our bedroom window ..

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Robin

Here is our friendly robin in a more familiar pose ....

These seeds do not seem to last long before the birds have swallowed them all up ..

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Done at last ...

Well it's done - decorating completed and even a little time do some gardening ..

This little fellow decided to follow me around the garden - sitting virtually on my elbow until of course I decided to get the camera out and he was then suddenly very shy !!

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Decorating

No more pictures next week on Rambler - the study or more correctly the small bedroom is to be decorated - yes a fun time next week .... and the iMac will need to be packed away unless of course I want to cover it in paint !!

Anyone out there actually like decorating ??

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Stamford - What church ???

You'll find this church in the centre of Stamford

For the name of the church you'll have to enlarge the photograph and read the notice board - good luck !!

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Canterbury

Some more photographs of Canterbury centre taken during our 2006 outing to Kent -

It is quite a busy and vibrant place .

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It's been ....

It's been a busy day today - visiting banks and building societies , doctors and chemists , supermarkets and TV shops . Certainly I'm now in the need of a rest ..

Here are some shopping centres from our past travels -

Cambridge

Canterbury

Photographs taken way back in 2006 ....

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