Another photo competition

Barbara Johnson, Richard Laidler, David Harper, Gary Richardson, Chris Morse and Peter Phillips

Another week and another competition.
This time I made 3rd place in The Spirit of Teesdale competition held by The Morritt.
All the entries can be viewed at the link, and a calendar is also available with proceeds going to St Teresa’s Hospice.

http://themorritt.co.uk/high-force-is-spirit-of-teesdale-winning-photograph/

Return to Beamish

We went back to Beamish, making the most of our tickets that allow free return entry for 1 year.

It was midweek, so a lot quieter, which was fine as it gave me a better chance to take photos. There is still a lot to see on the 2nd visit, and a bit less of a crowd to see it.

http://www.beamish.org.uk/

Halloween

Elionwy has a Saturday job at The Moody Bakers in town: http://www.themoodybaker.co.uk/Barnard-Castle/
We were all invited to Dave's house (The Moody baker himself!) for a Halloween party last night. Great fun, a great host and my horse's head made for great visual difficulty.

Heart Of Teesdale Photography Competition

We went to the presentation evening for the Heart Of Teesdale photography competition. The top 25 photographs were on display. Elionwy had one of her photo's chosen! She took it on her iPhone. I had 2 chosen. I was a bit amazed when my name was called for 2nd place! and very pleased when my friend Nick was called as the overall winner.

Piercebridge

So, a friend at work told me about Piercebridge. How amazing it is. How there is a Roman bridge there as well as a Fort.
I was a little skeptical, because I've been to this sort of place before and only found mounds in a field and wondered where the remains were before I realised I was on them.
Anyway, we gave it a go this morning...and this is the famous Roman bridge:

I didn't even bother taking a picture of the fort.
I have to say I was disappointed. Nicky thought the history was really interesting though.

Streets Of Durham

The latest busker festival took place last week. This Australian performer was first on, and bored me so much I left before he was finished. It took about 30 mins for him to get this far in his act. It was supposed to be 'awesome' but after seeing him spent the first half of his act making awful jokes as he set up his table, which I couldn't help wondering why he couldn't have done this before he came on, I gave up.
Also, he managed to do his whole act with his flies down which was rather off putting.

The Resevoirs

Just past Cotherstone there are some signposts for reservoirs, so the last few weeks we have been ticking them off our walks. There are some spectacular sights up by these, they all have public walks around them. The top picture shows Nicky still walking up the 275 steps to get to Balderhead Reservoir. Just below it is Blackton, and then Hury Reservoir. Further up the road is Grassholme and Selset.