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St Chad’s Cathedral welcomes IgersbirminghamUK
St Chad’s Cathedral was the setting for an IgersbirminghamUK Instameet on a wet Saturday morning. Storm Antoni was passing through and the rain was non-stop. I joked with the photographers that we had made the decision to go for the inside walkabout rather than taking pictures outside. The interior of the building is beautiful, and we … Continue reading Blog
Following the colour walls at the Cheltenham Paint Festival
Cheltenham Paint Festival 2023 was on my radar when it was first announced earlier this year. Having photographed the street art in Digbeth, I have ventured further afield to Bristol and Leamington Spa to look at their street art. The Paint Festival in Cheltenham has a reputation of being well organised and attracting some of the top … Continue reading Blog
Bostin day at a propa Black Country Folk Festival
I have loved the Black Country ever since I worked at Wordsley General Hospital in the late eighties. Arriving in the West Midlands from Manchester, I was amazed to find the Black Country full of warm, kindhearted people that reminded me of home. Sadly Wordsley hospital is no longer there but I still retain a deep-rooted love … Continue reading Blog
Memories of the Colmore Food Festival 2023
The Colmore Food Festival provides a great opportunity to sample food from some of the best restaurants in Birmingham. I was determined to visit and sample the food at the festival. There was one drawback, the rain. Waking up on Saturday, the forecast was not good with the prospect of a soggy day ahead. Motivating the family to go … Continue reading Blog
Good morning from Eastside and Digbeth.
I enjoy a photographic walk with my Fujifilm x100v camera around the streets of Birmingham. The early hours are best when few people are around and about. This series of photographs begins at Eastside where the HS2 works are taking place. Digbeth was next and I returned to Birmingham along the canal exiting again near to the HS2 … Continue reading Blog
The colour purple – a visit to Warwickshire Lavender Farm
A new Lavender field to visit. Warwickshire Lavender Fields is behind Coventry airport nestled in the beautiful countryside that remains between Coventry and Leamington Spa. The fields are relatively young and started out in 2016. Several photographic friends has told me about the fields and having done the Cotswolds Lavender fields, the family thought a fields closer to … Continue reading Blog
Ozzy on the final road to a new home, the bull is back
Since the Bull was unveiled in a spectacular showpiece at the Commonwealth Games in the summer of 2022, the Birmingham public haven fallen in love with him. As soon as the opening ceremony was over, the Bull was brought to Centenary Square where thousands of people came to view him. His popularity was immense, and this soon … Continue reading Blog
IgersbirminghamUK invited by Friends of Edgbaston Reservoir to hold an Instameet.
Edgbaston reservoir started life in 1827 as a water supply to top up the local canal network around Birmingham and the Black Country. Originally called “Roach Pool”, it was enlarged by Thomas Telford, the influential engineer between 1824 –1829, to become the large expanse of water that it is now. Whilst the place still does this important function for … Continue reading Blog
Please put the sails back on Chesterton windmill
Chesterton windmill has featured in my blog over the years. The windmill is a popular structure sitting on top of a prominent hill in Warwickshire just outside Leamington Spa. You can just see the windmill from the M40 motorway, but you need to be a passenger as your eyes have to search for it in the landscape. During … Continue reading Blog