.and then of course I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left hand side...
I mean I've asked for them to be replaced but no one ever listens

#h2hg #dayout

Visit to West Horsley Place, inherited by Bamber Gascoigne and the location of Button House where the British version of the comedy show 'Ghosts' was filmed.

#ghosts #ghoststvshow #westhorsleyplace #tvlocation #buttonhouse #filminglocation #dayout #insta360

A lovely morning was had visiting both the Clifton Park Museum and Catcliffe Glass Cone.

#LazySunday #sunday #dayout

🇫🇷 Lors de mon escapade à Leuven, mardi dernier, j'avais aussi au programme une visite au musée M où se tenaient plusieurs expositions temporaires dont une consacrée aux 600 ans de la KULeuven et consacrée à la poursuite du savoir. Les deux autres étaient de l'art contemporain et j'ai pu constater une fois encore combien j'étais imperméable à l'art moderne...

Dans une des exposition d'art moderne, il y avait des oeuvres anciennes mélangées aux oeuvres de l'artiste et notamment cette collection de clés de voûte qui comme leur nom l'indique servent à maintenir l'ensemble d'une voûte, gothique souvent.

Sinon, la partie sur la recherche et le savoir à travers l'histoire de la KULeuven, on pouvait admirer quelques exemplaires tiré de la gypsothèque et un squelette de cerf géant! La gypsothèque contient les reproductions de statues obtenues par moulage, ce fût très longtemps jusqu'à l'avènement de l'internet, le seul moyen pour ainsi dire d'avoir accès à ces oeuvres anciennes.

🇬🇧 During my excursion in Leuven last Tuesday, on the program stood a visit to the M museum where several temporary exhibitions were held, including one dedicated to the 600 years of KULeuven (University of Leuven) about the pursuit of knowledge. The other two were contemporary art and I could see once again how insensible I was to modern art...

In one of the modern art exhibitions, there were old pieces mixed with the artist's works and in particular this collection of keystones which, as their name suggests, are used to maintain an entire vault, often Gothic.

Otherwise, the part on research and knowledge through the history of the university, I could admire some examples taken from the plaster collection and a giant deer skeleton! The plaster collection contains reproductions of statues obtained by molding, this was for a very long time until the apparition of the Internet, the only way, so to speak, to have access to these ancient works.

#excursionSansAuto #excursion #dayout #musee #museum #expositions #exhibitions

Maria Laach (1/3)

🇫🇷 Ce fut une belle journée sur le site de Maria Laach (DE). Le grand lac, calme en apparence est en fait un cratère de volcan à peine endormi! L'imposante église abbatiale sous le soleil et juste avant de repartir sous un ciel menaçant donnant une note presqu'irréelle au lieu. Il n'y a pas trop de monde en cette saison et cela renforce la sérénité des lieux.

🇬🇧 It was a very nice day out in Maria Laach (DE). The large lake, apparently calm, is in fact a barely dormant volcano crater! The imposing abbey church under the sun and just before leaving under a threatening sky giving an almost unreal note to the place. There are not too many people in this time of year and this reinforces the serenity of the place.

#landscape #paysage #landscapephotography #photographiePaysage #eglises #churches #abbey #abbaye #patrimoine #heritage #architecture #architecturephotography #dayOut #excursionSansAuto

The bustling day out in Regent Street gave me the time to produce photography work as I strolled around London Town.

#Busy #RegentStreet #DayOut #Photography #London

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A Bustling Day Out Down Regent Street!

The bustling day out in Regent Street gave me the time to produce photography work as I strolled around London Town.

Mother Nature
I am at the circus
#dayout #cirquedusoleil
I’ve had quite a lovely day today. After my granddaughter arrived we headed down & got those eyelashes dealt with, then off to the indoor pool. There was an aqua aerobics class in session & a couple of ladies I know were in there doing the exercises & I had a little catch up chat before they left. Miss 8 said to me that she’d love to be able to swim like a mermaid, so I showed her how she could manage it. She is unafraid of the deep end, as happy under the water as she is just being in it. Kind of like her grandma 👵🏻😂.
We didn’t leave there until nearly lunch time & headed to an Albury mall & the food court. She chose very well, a ham & cheese croissant with a berry frappe to drink, which she couldn’t finish. I had rice paper rolls - delicious & I finished the frappe 😁. We had a look in Kmart & she was interested in a lovely book published by WIRES about Australian animals, full of informative bits & pieces & the last two pages was dark with pictures of natives that are now extinct. So I bought it for her because loves learning & reading.
We weren’t long home & I’d just given her an ice block when her Dad turned up. He’d finished work early, so he also had an ice block & after that they went off home. It was an easy day & a fun one. I’m tired though. #Granddaughter #DayOut