http://www.alanrolfe.com/blog A selection of random thoughts and photos from my life. Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:26:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.alanrolfe.com/blog/2008/11/14/ironbridge/ The Moors Valley Railway is a super little miniature railway that does a lop of around 1 mile in the Moors Valley Country Park near Ringwood, just on the Hampshire/Dorset border. It's 7¼ gauge track includes a spiral and several short tunnels. Both these locomotives were built on site ... http://www.alanrolfe.com/blog/2008/11/01/moors-valley-railway/ A trip to the Lake District to capture some glorious autumn colours in the early autumn sunshine was the idea. In reality, it was very grey and sometimes wet! Here are two views from the car park at Southampton Airport. Apparently, unseen by me, there is a sign on the ... http://www.alanrolfe.com/blog/2008/10/20/lake-district-photographic-weekend/ After a day and half of heavy rain, I was surprised to see the sun break through, albeit for a few brief hours this afternoon. I'd taken three members of my "Fan Club"to Bournemouth Airport for their flight to Spain for a long girlie weekend in Spain and I had ... http://www.alanrolfe.com/blog/2008/09/07/afternoon-at-the-quay/ Seen on a recent walk in the Hawkley, Hamsphire, area. Visitors to the countryside ("townies") are often accused if leaving a mess in the countryside, often with good reason. However, those who make a living for the countryside, farmers, for example, are often responsible, as this scerne shows! This is ... http://www.alanrolfe.com/blog/2008/09/05/abandoned/