Welcome to Breakfast in America
My photo journal is an eclectic mix of things; there’s no guiding theme or topic. It is whatever happens to catch my attention, what I’ve been thinking, doing, and whatever my current obsessions are. At the moment, they are clearing some of the backlog on my ‘honey-do’ list, backpacking and hammock camping.
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Another hotel sea view, this time of Morecambe Bay
Another hotel sea view, this time of Morecambe Bay. Copyright © 2024 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. As predicted, the weather here was not the fine late summer weather we had been enjoying on the South Coast. It was raining and blowing a gale. Overnight, a tree was blown down across the footpath to the seafront, and a big limb fell in the hotel car park (fortunately between two vehicles). I found out about the tree across the footpath when I went for my morning run. I had to climb over a wall to get around it and on to the promenade.
Netherwood Hotel & Spa, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria.
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Fort Purbrook from Farlington
Day Twenty-three
Fort Purbrook from Farlington — or to be more accurate, Fort Purbrook (on the top of Portsdown Hill) seen from our bedroom in Farlington. Copyright © 2024 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. If things go as planned this afternoon, we’ll be in our hotel in Cumbria (The Lake District), with a sea view over Morecambe Bay. Unfortunately, I don’t think the fair weather will accompany us.
Fort Purbrook from Farlington — or to be more accurate, Fort Purbrook (on the top of Portsdown Hill) seen from our bedroom in Farlington. Copyright © 2024 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. -
Langstone Harbour and Portsmouth from Portsdown Hill
Langstone Harbour and Portsmouth from Portsdown Hill. Copyright © 2024 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. -
Farlington, Farlington Marshes, Langstone Harbour and Hayling Island from Portsdown Hill.
Farlington, Farlington Marshes, Langstone Harbour and Hayling Island from Portsdown Hill. Copyright © 2024 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. -
Langstone Harbour and Portsmouth from Portsdown Hill
Day Twenty-two
Langstone Harbour and Portsmouth from Portsdown Hill. Copyright © 2024 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. Portsmouth, the city where I was born. This view, or more accurately the view of Portsmouth at night from the ‘old’ A3 as it crested the top of Portsdown Hill, is an enduring memory from my childhood. As is the neon sign saying ‘Welcome to Portsmouth and Sunny Southsea’ on Portsbridge, back when Portsmouth truly was an island.
Enough reminiscing, back to reality…
We’ve spent the past week with family and babysitting our second grandson. There’s a family meal tonight, and tomorrow, we head north for a couple of day’s R&R, followed by our third and final work event in Glasgow this coming weekend.
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Lizzi & Ginger Outside 78 Derngate
Lizzi & Ginger — Lizzi was our host and one of the event organizers for our visit. Outside 78 Derngate, Northampton. Copyright © 2024 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. -
Entrance & wallpaper detail
Entrance, 78 Derngate, Northampton — Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Copyright © 2024 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. Even the owners found this too dark, and it was lightened up — but has now been restored to the original color.
Wallpaper detail, 78 Derngate, Northampton — Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Copyright © 2024 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. -
Bedroom
Bedroom, 78 Derngate, Northampton — Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Copyright © 2024 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. -
Bathroom
Bathroom, 78 Derngate, Northampton — Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Copyright © 2024 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. The mosaic tiles aren’t. It’s custom wallpaper.
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Clock — Mackintosh style
Clock. 78 Derngate, Northampton — Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Copyright © 2024 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.
