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Odd Photographs

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In May 2025, Roger and Julie completed the Wicklow Way (through the hills south of Dublin)

Here's a picture of us celebrating this event with an early evening glass in Dublin.

At the top of Fogo...

( Photograph: A fellow drinker)

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In November 2024, Roger and Julie made it to the top of Pico do Fogo (Fogo, Cape Verde Islands). At 2800m it's a good walk up! And some of the descent is a good slide (on volcanic ash) down!

Here's a picture of us at the top with our local guide ("Rosy"). If you look carefully you can see the Atlantic breakers in the far distance below the clouds.

At the top of Fogo...

( Photograph: A fellow clamberer who (conveniently) arrived at the top shortly after us)

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"The Mayflower" just happened to be passing Starcross in East Devon on september afteroon in 2024. I am indebted to my horn playing steam expert Ian for clarifying that the locomotive is the Clun Castle, Mayflower being the name of the journey (to/from Plymouth?) rather than the locomotive.

Steam train puffin...

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A celebration in Lynmouth on 21st May 2024: Julie and Roger having just completed the Two Moors Way (Devon's Coast to Coast).

Julie and Roger having done the Two Moors Way

( Photograph: A helpful waitress)

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Here's a picture of Julie and Roger taken on Barf (with Bassenthwaite Lake in the distance below) on New Year's Day 2024

Julie and Roger on Barf

( Photograph: A passing walker who turned out to be a professional photographer)

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Here's a picture of Julie and Roger at the North Cape (the most northerly point of mainland Europe) - July 2023

Julie and Roger at Norway's North Cape

( Photograph: Nicky and husband (name unknown), a friendly German couple celebrating their pearl wedding )

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Here's a picture of Julie and Roger celebrating the coronation of King Charles III - May 2023

Julie and Roger at Colyton Street Party

( Photograph: Dusan, a friendly neighbour )

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Here's a picture of Julie and Roger celebrating a birthday over breakfast on the island of El Hierro - November 2022

Julie and Roger having breakfast on El Hierro

( Photograph: Gustavo, the friendly hotel owner )

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Here's a picture of Julie and Roger on top of Ill Bell (a ridge walk N. of Windermere) - June 2022

Julie and Roger on Ill Bell, Lake District

( Photograph: a passing fellow hiker )

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Here's a picture of Julie and Roger enjoying a glass of Champagne on the "sky deck" of the Shard in London - June 2022

Julie and Roger drinking in the EU's tallest building

( Photograph: a passing fellow sightseer )

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Here's a picture of Julie and Roger enjoying an excellent lunch (including canarian potatoes!) on Tenerife - November 2021

Julie and Roger eating in the sun

( Photograph: the friendly waitor )

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Here's a picture of Roger on Dartmoor - October 2021

Roger by a stone wall

( Photograph: Julie )

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Here's a picture of Roger and Julie on Binsey (N. Cumbria) on New Years Day - 1st Jan 2020

Trig point

( Photograph: a helpful passing walker )

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Here's a picture of Roger and Julie about to enjoy a Greek Salad (and Retsina) on Tilos (Sep 2019)

Greek taverna paradise

( Photograph: Helpful waitor at taverna "Faros")

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Here's a picture of Roger proudly showing his first home grown courgette (Aug 2019)

Size is everything!

( Photograph: Julie - Aug 2019)

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Here's a picture of Roger and Julie on the way back from a superb day on Lundy Island (July 2019)

On the MS Oldenburg

( Photograph: David (from Seaton) - July 2019)

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Here's a house appropriately decked out with washing for the "hang out washing day" (1st June 2019)

Look at those pants !

( Photograph: Roger - June 2019)

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Here's Roger proudly with his newly improved waymarking post (as Colyton PC footpath monitor) (April 2019)

Note the use of stainless steel screws to attach the waymarkers (RS stock no. 483-3012)

Roger by a waymark post

( Photograph: Julie - April 2019)

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Here's a picture of a flowering cactus in Cumbria (April 2011) and also in Devon (April 2019) - "My, how you've grown!"

Pink flowering cactus

Pink flowering cactus

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Here's Roger incapacitated with a broken radial head bone in the right elbow (March 2019)

Roger nursing broken arm

( Photograph: Julie - March 2019)

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Here's a picture of Roger and Julie on the top of Haystacks (near Buttermere, Cumbria) in January 2019

Julie and Roger on top of Haystacks in the clouds

( Photograph: a passing hill walker)

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Here's a picture of Roger and Julie at the Leicester Caribbean Carnival, Aug 2018

Julie and Roger at Leicester Caribbean Carnival

( Photograph: Lauren Haslam)

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Here's a picture of Roger and Julie at the Aaskeagh Falls in Co. Galway, Ireland, June 2018

Julie and Roger in western Ireland

( Photograph: Helpful passing french tourist)

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Here's a picture of Roger and Julie on the ridge of Blencathra (Cumbria) in April 2018

Julie and Roger on Blencathra

( Photograph: Helpful passing walker)

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Here's a picture of Roger and Julie enjoying a lunch time break, whilst walking in the Yorkshire Dales in Nov 2017

Roger and Julie in a pub

( Photograph: Helpful waitor)

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Here's a picture of Roger and Julie enjoying a good dinner after an afternoon exploring lead mines to the west of Llanrwst in September 2017

Roger and Julie in a restaurant

( Photograph: Helpful waitress)

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Here's a picture of Roger on Kinderscout (Derbyshire) in February 2017 - Look at that blue sky!

Roger by a gate

( Photograph: Julie)

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Here's a picture of Roger and Julie celebrating good times in Azores in Sept 2016

Roger and Julie in the Azores

( Photograph: a fellow diner on the next table)

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Here's a picture of Roger and Julie on the south coast of Devon in April 2016

Roger and Julie in Devon on the cliff tops

( Photograph: a passing walker called Tony who was celebrating his 88th birthday! )

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Here's a picture of Roger enjoying a tough walking holiday in Greece. In September Skopelos is close to paradise!

In a cafe in Skopelos, sept 2015

( Photograph: Julie)

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Here's a picture of Julie and Roger leaving Skopelos, starting the journey home, Sept 2015

On the ferry leaving Skopelos

( Photograph: a helpful passing tourist)

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Here's a picture of Roger and Julie next to one of the remaining guns at the Old Battery at The Needles on the Isle of Wight (July 2015)

By a cannon at The Needles

( Photograph: a helpful passing tourist)

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Here's a picture of Roger and Julie enjoying a beer after a long beach stroll on the Isle da Tavira, Eastern Algarve, May 2015

Enjoying a beer on Isle da Tavira

( Photograph: a helpful bar waitor)

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Here's a picture of Roger and Julie enjoying a wonderfully warm day at Whitby in February 2015!

At Whitby Abbey

( Photograph: a helpful fellow walker)

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Here's a picture of Roger and Julie on the top of Cadair Idris enjoying a bottle of Bordeaux (July 2014)

By the trig point on Cadair Idris

( Photograph: a helpful fellow walker)

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Here's a picture of Roger on Scafell Pike celebrating his 55th birthdaywith his head in the clouds but his hand on an excellent bottle of Californian Pinot Noir (Cuvaison 2008)

On scafell pike in the clouds

( Photograph: a helpful fellow walker)

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This one dates from 2010 and is posted here to record the presence of hair

Roger with his Alex 103

( Photograph: David Calow - CalowCraddock Ltd david@calow2craddock.co.uk Tel: 07825 537647 )

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You can down load a poster for the performance of the SchumannKonzertstuke that took place on 14th Nov 2014 (650kb pdf) from here: Download Schumann Konzertstucke Poster

You can down load a poster for the performance of the Andy Evans hornconcerto that took place on 28th Jan 2012 (620kb pdf) from here: Download Andy Evans Concerto Poster

Click Here for a pdf copy ofthe A4 Poster about the Franz Strauss Op 8 Horn Concerto Concert on 9th Oct 2010

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Click here for some pretty uninteresting pictures taken in 2014 and earlier

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Click here for some pictures from the not so recent 50th Birthday celebrations

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For some reviews of selected concerts you might like to visit www.cigol.com/review

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