CAMERA CAPERS

It was quite a dull and chilly day for our outing to Ham House and Strawberry Hill House.  Our first stop was Ham House, which I had visited several years ago.  Situated on the banks of the Riv...

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 I had a dental appointment this morning, so left home early and took my camera to Broadwater Lake, which is more or less on the way    I only had about twenty minutes there, but managed to ca...

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 The first U3A coach outing of the year, organised by my neighbour Sheila,  took place last week.  She had arranged another outing to Canary Wharf which we visited in April 2022 - you can read...

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After our trip on the River Murray, we drove home via McLaren Vale to see the d'Arenberg cube which houses a Dahli exhibition. The Cube is on the d'Arenberg wine estate.  The building was the i...

https://camera-capers.blogspot.com/2024/03/trip-to-australia-october-2023-part-10.html

 With my two sisters. Pauline and Emma with Peter driving us, we all took a trip to the Barossa Valley and had an overnight stay in an hotel.  These are some of the places we visited, although ...

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 I had a special birthday last August, and Pauline and Peter treated me to a lunch trip on the River Murray on the Paddleboat Captain Proud.   It was a wonderful trip and a most memorable day....

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Carrick Hill is an historic house set in a 100-acre estate in the foothills of the Adelaide Hills.  There are spectacular views over the city of Adelaide and to the sea beyond.   Built in t...

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Urrbrae House is a beautiful bluestone two-story mansion that replaced a large single-story house believed to have been constructed in 1846.    The estate was owned by Robert Forsyth Mcgeor...

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 A nostalgic visit for my younger sister, Emma, visiting childhood haunts.   The port and Semaphore were places the family visited when they first moved to Adelaide as they lived not too far a...

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 Opened in 1985, the Himeji Japanese garden hidden behind a high hedge in the heart of Adelaide celebrates the sister-city relationship between Adelaide and the ancient Japanese city of Himeji.�...

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 I always love to visit indoor markets, and the indoor market in Adelaide is a particular favourite.   Adelaide Central Market was opened in 1869 and, with over 70+ traders, is one of the larg...

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  After a two-hour drive, we arrived at our destination, Anlaby Station, South Australia's oldest Merino stud.   The station was holding a Spring Festival that weekend and our first stop wa...

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 At last, 10th October 2023 arrived and I was off on my journey to visit my family in Australia.   I flew with Singapore Airlines and it was an excellent flight with a five-hour stopover i...

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 The weather has been extraordinarily mild and fairly sunny recently, so before the weather changed, so Angie, Ann, and I decided that a trip to Parham Park Gardens with our cameras would be goo...

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 The Cathedral is right next to Borough Market, so it was not far to go.  It was all very beautiful, as cathedrals are.   Oddly I cannot find any information on its history. The old ...

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 A coach trip to London by the U3A Group organised by my neighbour was a trip to Southwark and Angie and I jumped at the chance to join this trip.   Whilst the group went off to visit museums,...

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I have visited Nymans many times over the years, and written about it on this blog - see here,  here , here,  and here.    My visit a couple of weeks ago was with my camera friends - Angie ...

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 A visit to the Lavender Fields was due to take place on Saturday, arranged by the Camera Club and another photography group I belong to,  but due to the wet and windy weather forecast, it was ...

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 On the hottest day of the week, Angie, Ann, and I popped over to Wisley Gardens.  Ann wanted to photograph dragonflies at the new Hilltop Centre, so we made it our first port of call. There ...

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 For our final day in North Devon, Angie and I decided we would drive along the coast to Hartland Quay. Angie had been there before, many years ago.   After we got off the A road, the road dow...

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 Although I am no longer on the Committee of The Pelargonium & Geranium Society, I had said I would visit the show this year and, if needed, would steward for judging.  My friend Angie was goin...

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Once known as Chenies Palace, although never a royal residence, nor the seat of a Bishop, Chenies Manor House was held by the Cheney family from 1180 and passed by marriage in 1526 to the Rus...

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 The Horniman Museum is in Forest Hill, South East London.   I went with the Humanities Group of the U3A.  My neighbour is the leader of this group and as she had spaces on the coach asked if...

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 Cousin Sue and I popped over to Wisley Gardens a couple of weeks ago especially to see the Wisteria Arch.   It was very impressive.   It was started in 2019, and I am sure it will just keep...

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 We should have guessed when we saw some of the Morris Dancers at the Park and Ride bus stop,but we were not prepared for the large number of Morris Dancers gathered outside the Lynd Cross pub i...

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