Welcome to Breakfast in America
I’m a Brit who unexpectedly emigrated to the USA in 2008, and this is my photo journal.
It’s an eclectic mix of things; there’s no guiding theme or topic. It is whatever catches my attention, what I’ve been thinking, doing, or piques my interest. Currently that’s mainly backpacking and clearing some of the backlog on my ‘honey-do’ list.
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Memories
A dozen pictures, picked at random from my favorite memories. You can see my portfolio here.
Sunset and ripples
The Addams Family – Lanie as Morticia
Gary and Ginger at the Pole Hollow Cairn
Snow on the mountain tops
How near, how far?
Cottage Still Life
Busiek White Trail
Mist after rain
Hercules Glades Wilderness from the Pole Hollow Trail – Looking east
The light of the world
Labor Day Weekend With The Parents
Ginger enjoying the view at Pines Overlook Campsite
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Morning run at Grange-over-Sands — the return leg
Morning run at Grange-over-Sands — the return leg, with the railway station caught in a shaft of sunlight. Copyright © 2024 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. -
Morning run at Grange-over-Sands
Day Twenty-five
Morning run at Grange-over-Sands. Copyright © 2024 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. From the Netherwood Hotel along the entire length of the promenade and back was just over two and a half miles. Just right for my morning run.
Of my various morning runs, in order I enjoyed Folkestone, Grange-over-Sands, and Southsea seafronts the most. Brighton seafront was very run down, which became obvious once I reached Hove, where there seemed to be some significant investment in sprucing up the promenade.
My Farlington runs were in suburban streets, so not a lot to write home about. My only other run was at the RSPB Fairburn Ings (near Selby, Yorkshire). It was densely wooded with limited views, and it was just a bit meh. I didn’t go for a run in Glasgow — it was always raining, and anyway, we walked over forty miles while we were there, so I think I’m excused.
Morning run at Grange-over-Sands. Copyright © 2024 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. -
Netherwood Hotel & Spa, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria
Day Twenty-four
Netherwood Hotel & Spa, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria. Copyright © 2024 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. We are here for a couple of well-earned rest days before heading to Glasgow, and our final business event.
The weather cleared up over the course of the morning. Ginger spent most of the day writing, and in the evening, we went up into Grange-over-Sands to seek a real seaside fish and chip shop. Mission accomplished, we ate our fish and chips sitting on the promenade, getting back to the hotel just as it started raining again.
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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.
