Loose_Grip/Pete's photos

Houses with typical West Riding sandstone walls in an industrial scene within a beautiful Yorkshire dale setting. This is Salts Mill in Saltaire, the former woollen mill which now hosts the brilliant 1853 art Gallery & David Hockney exhibition. HWW everyone. Enjoy your day.

A rainy early morning visit to Bewdley station on the Severn Valley Railway finds Stanier 5MT 2-6-0 13268 being prepared to work trains later in the day. This former Great Western Railway station is home to many historical artefacts including this GWR platform bench. HBM to everybody. Enjoy the start of the new week.

Opened in 1878 it formed part of the GNR's Derbyshire Extension and after opening of the GCR main line trains ran from Nottingham Victoria to Derby via Bagthorpe Junction until closure. It is one of only two wrought iron railway viaducts remaining in the UK. Passenger services were withdrawn in 1964 and Bennerley Viaduct closed altogether, along with the rest of the line, in 1968 as a result of the Beeching cuts. A contractor was appointed to demolish the viaduct but wrought iron cannot be cut up using conventional metal-cutting equipment and it would therefore have to be dismantled piece by piece. The cost was deemed prohibitive and the viaduct remained in situ. HFF to everyone. Have a brilliant weekend.

The area now enclosed as Bradgate Park was one of a number of parks surrounding Charnwood Forest. The manor, along with some 100 others in and around Leicestershire, was awarded to Hugh de Grandmesnil in the eleventh century as reward for his assistance in battle to William I. The first mention of Bradgate Park is from 1241, by which time it was laid out as a hunting park. HWW to everyone. Enjoy the day.

HBM to everyone. Enjoy the week.

A cyclist on Koningsbrug with the spire of the Nieuwe Kerk in the background. HBM to everyone. Enjoy the start of the new week.

Leicester Midland station and behind the fence Cross Country Class 170 dmu 170397 waits in platform 1 with a train to Birmingham. HFF to everyone. Have a great weekend.

A classic drystone wall climbs up the hill in Bradgate Park while the ferns are starting to uncurl. HWW to everyone. Have a great day.