My round trip August 2011-part 6-North and North East Lincs

My journey north on the M5,M42 and M1 was a doddle compared to my last section up to Cheltenham.

I'm visiting my eldest daughters and their families.

I'm granddad to these lovely young people.

I won't be uploading many pictures of them on this post since I've already put lots of them on the top social networking site.

An interesting sky above Keadby.

Spending a little time with the youngsters and visiting old friends took priority over taking pictures but a visit to the Peoples Park in Grimsby saw us visit the Floral Hall and Animal House.

Here I took a few pictures

It's well worth a visit.

There's a good look at it's refurbishment on this link 

Peoples Park

(The spider's real by the way)

Here's an interesting front garden.

Another old classic

Back in Keadby

Keadby Canal was adjacent to my place of work on Keadby Wharf for a number of years.

I can't believe how clogged up with algae it is.

With dusk coming earlier as Autumn approaches we did a little bat spotting and evading them.

That was fun.

A friendly looking moggy

Scunthorpe steel on rail wagons is the view this young cyclist (who just happens to be my granddaughter) is seeing.

Guinea Fowl near Keadby

And it's goodbye to Lincolnshire, I'm heading back to Galloway after my whistle stop round trip.

It was great to see you all.
I've done some mileage.I calculate about 1200 with all the extra running around.

Bye bye till next time.

My round trip August 2011-part 5-Cheltenham

I picked Saturday the 13th of August to leave Cornwall.Just how stupid is that ?
Here at home in South West Scotland when listening to the radio traffic reports,I think how can people take their cars on to the roads when they know they'll be joining ten and twenty mile queues of bumper to bumper traffic.I'll never fall into that trap ! HA

A reasonable drive through St Austell got me to the A30 to Exeter,the main dual carriageway out of Cornwall.
As I came down the ramp as far as I could see was two lanes of bumper to bumper traffic.I'd fallen into the trap.
As well as the A30,I also had hold ups on the M5 resulting in a 3 hour journey taking 7.
Aggggggghhhhhh!  It won't happen again,honest.

Anyway I eventually make it and get to Cheltenham.
I'm staying until Monday,so after getting my luggage up to my top floor flat close to the town centre,I find a prime car parking spot close by and that's where the car will stay till I leave.(Good car parking spots in Cheltenham are like gold dust)

I took no more pictures that day and dined with my other twin daughter that night in Wetherspoons.
Good value eh ! Wish we had one close by in South West Scotland.
Of course that would mean we'd have a Tesco's Extra and that would be the beginning of the end of Galloway's individuality.Forget I said it.

So Sunday the 14th see's me taking a good long walk around the town and suburbs.
I took lots of pictures,mostly of buildings but one or two other subjects as well.
There now follows 44 photographs with no description but an odd comment.I thought these would perhaps be of interest to my architect followers.(I have one who occasionally drops in)

This is the railway station

I love the dial up phone in this Merc

I spotted four owls altogether

Clever window designs for an Italian Restaurant

This was in a shopping arcade

Ask Italian of the photo with the engraved cooks and chefs shown earlier

Nice one Cyril Squirrel

Most intriguing 

Translation of Motto

This fella had a few people bedazzled with his mathematical patter

I'm chuffed with this shot

Panorama of Imperial Gardens Cheltenham on CleVR.com

I'm not sure why CleVR wouldn't  make me a 360 degree,but the above panorama can be seen in full screen on Panogio here

A rose concludes my visit to Cheltenham

Thanks for the bacon butty Phil

Next stop North Lincolnshire