There was a small selection of stationary engines. Taken out of their original context and put onto wheels, some of these machine gain a bizarre twitchiness when working.
Neil Hopcroft
A digital misfit
Steam day at Audley End Miniature Railway
We went for a steam day at the Audley End Miniature Railway
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Things you find in the shed
I noticed a wasp caught in a spider web while trying to escape through the keyhole to get out of our shed.
How we live
A picture of our house taken from the middle of the wheat field beyond our garden.
Trains at Colne Valley Railway
They have some trains running on the short line at Colne Valley Railway, we went on both of these and Nils loved it when he got to sit in the cab with the driver of the Diesel Multiple Unit.
Colne Valley Railway
We went to the Colne Valley Railway, where they make the most of a small section of track and single station.
Storm in St Ives
On our last evening in St Ives the town was hit by a storm coming in from the Atlantic. Sadly I couldn’t capture in a photograph the beauty of the sun setting over the mountainous waves.
The studio at Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Garden
Artists studios are always photogenic.
Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Garden
We visited the Barbara Hepworth sculpture garden, tucked away behind some nondescript buildings in the middle of the town. These places now always make me think of MillesgÄrden, although it was a good deal more intimate here and less columny.
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Art at the Eden Project
One of the things I love about the Eden Project is their sense of art, everywhere you look there is something both beautiful and thought provoking.