Black and White

Bridgwater High Street, Thanks to Tiabunna it dates to early 1960s and what I take to be a Scammel tractor unit, with my Triumph Herald car parked behind the man stood with his bicycle, A wide load with no signs, orange beacons or escort vehicles not even extended wing mirrors how times change, Please enlarge for details. This was the main A39 road, hard to believe when you see the amount of traffic it carries now. Found in a box of old photographs so not my image.

Kilchoman sands, Machir Bay, Islay, Reputed to be the wreck of a brig called the MARY ANN of Greenock which was wrecked on the Kilchoman strand in heavy gales, 22 May 1859, The brig was loaded with wines and spirits. folklore says there were scenes of looting, and a good number of cases of whisky were drunk in a very short time, Islay's version of Whisky Galore I guess. View large please. Sony SLT-A65V/ SIGMA 18-300. 1/320, f10.0, 150mm, ISO 100.

Taken in the 1950s with a Kodak box camera and captured on the Somerset and Dorset Railways Bridgwater North to Edington Junction Line which had by then been connected to the GWR Docks branch at Bridgwater North station, The employees in the photograph are setting the points to allow access to John Boards brick and tile works siding which sat at the start of the 1 in 72 bank that raised the line over the GWR Main Line and the A38 trunk road which was at that time the main route to the West Country. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © all rights reserved.

At Minehead on the West Somerset Railway, Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (S&DJR) Locomotives 7F 2-8-0 53808 and 53809 under repair outside the shed, The fireman waits at the points as GWR Large Prairie 2-6-2T 5199 prepares to run around the train that it has hauled from Bishops Lydeard. Enlarge for detail.

Moine House through the wind and fine driving rain of a Flow Country afternoon with Ben Loyal as a backdrop, The Moine House name derives from the Gaelic word mòine which means “moss” or “peat.” The house sits on the edge of a vast bog that covers much of Sutherland and Caithness, known as Flow Country. The long stretch of bog between the Kyle of Tongue and Loch Hope was often referred to as A’ Mòine, simply meaning “The Moss.” This area was difficult and dangerous for travelers to traverse until the 1830s when the Duke of Sutherland had a road constructed. The Mòine House was designed along the edge of this road as a shelter for travelers at the halfway point of the roadway. (www.atlasobscura.com) I prefer the image large, HFF and a lovely weekend to all !