Loose_Grip/Pete's photos

Waiting for a train back to Den Haag at Rotterdam Centraal station. HBM to everyone. Enjoy the start of the new week.

The Prince's Dock footbridge on the riverfront of the Mersey in central Liverpool. The dock was named for the Prince Regent. Still unfinished, it opened on the day of the Prince Regent's coronation as George IV in July 1821. Ferry services from Prince's Dock finally ended in November 1981 when P&O Ferries closed their Liverpool - Belfast overnight service. The dock subsequently closed to shipping and was partly filled and since 2007 has been redeveloped with office blocks, a hotel and flats plus this bridge. HFF to everyone. Have a great weekend!

The beautiful gold and silver of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway on the locomotives and baggage car contrasts with the light covering of snow on the approach to Glenwood Canyon in the Rocky Mountains west of Denver. The conductor allowed me to take this view from the open door of our passenger train travelling from Denver to Salt Lake City (where we changed in the middle of the night to an Amtrak train to San Francisco). The lead locomotive is F9 diesel 5771. This was the last private long distance passenger train in the USA but it has long since been taken over by Amtrak. We were moving homes via San Francisco & Australia after a 2 year assignment in New Orleans to live in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

Great Central Street Leicester with All Saints Church on the left. HWW to everyone. Have a great day.

Class 31 diesel 31108 sits beneath Loughborough Central station's glass and metal platform awning. HBM to everyone. Enjoy the start of the new week!

Leicester Market is around 800 years old and was moved to the current site around 700 years ago. It is the largest outdoor covered market in Europe. It's looking a bit sad at the moment because it is in the middle of a total revamp. Temporarily moved to the other side of the Corn Exchange building the stalls will be relocated back on completion. HFF to everyone. Have a great weekend.

Safdarjung Tomb is a sandstone and marble mausoleum built in 1754 in the late Mughal Empire style for Nawab Safdarjung.

Another image from Kirby Muxloe Castle. The brickwork on the spiral staircase is pretty complex and with the modern repairs the textures are interesting. It is a ruined, fortified manor house in Kirby Muxloe, just outside Leicester. William, Lord Hastings, began work on the castle in 1480, founding it on the site of a pre-existing manor house. It was never finished because in the cut-throat politics of the Middle Ages he was on the wrong side and the Duke of Gloucester, later King Richard III had him beheaded. HWW to everyone. Enjoy your day!

New Walk back in the brief lull between Covid lock downs! HBM to everyone. Enjoy the start to the new week.