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![Picture of the Day: Winch – Porth Ysgo, North Wales [2019]](https://i0.wp.com/stegzy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/1e5d7454-6f09-4e5a-ba5e-4700bd8ed360.jpeg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1 "Picture of the Day: Winch – Porth Ysgo, North Wales [2019]")
100 years ago the coast around the Llyn Peninsula in North Wales was a hive of industry. Parts of the area was dotted with manganese mines and associated shipping docks and winch houses. It’s hard to imagine what it was like as these days it is an area of serenity and eerie beauty peppered with
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![Picture of the Day – Missis Mop, Brierley [2009]](https://i0.wp.com/stegzy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/44537e0c-23cd-46b5-857b-3689d0875346_1_105_c.jpeg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1 "Picture of the Day – Missis Mop, Brierley [2009]")
The timid and much loved moggy Missis Mop, here seen on my bed in Brierley, South Yorkshire, could be ever so affectionate.
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In a hedge, by a gate, in Radford Semele near Leamington Spa, lived some sparrows. Maddy always thought that sparrows were very interesting.
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![Picture of the Day – Sundial, Farnborough Hall, UK [2017]](https://i0.wp.com/stegzy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/5a33bf65-0546-4068-8a54-05f002d7ece1.jpeg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1 "Picture of the Day – Sundial, Farnborough Hall, UK [2017]")
A great thing to do in the UK when you’re absolutely stinking rich and still living in the massive family home but you don’t want to spend money on maintainence, is to gift the home to the National Trust on the condition that you only open to the public for the minimum amount of days
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![Picture of the day – Cleethorpes [2018]](https://i0.wp.com/stegzy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/a1fa285b-1fcf-4cd4-a3ef-996765e31d75.jpeg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1 "Picture of the day – Cleethorpes [2018]")
It was a splendid day today in 2018, the sun was out, the sky was blue and Prince Harry was getting married to an American. What more could a British person want? A trip to the seaside for Fish and Chips you say? Perfect! And so that is what we did. You can read about
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![Picture of the Day: Royal Oak – Langstone [2008]](https://i0.wp.com/stegzy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/de198fd0-0c0c-4c03-bf4c-be1c0d22952b_1_105_c.jpeg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1 "Picture of the Day: Royal Oak – Langstone [2008]")
As a child I was gifted the book Haunted Inns by Marc Alexander (1973) which is a kind of gazetteer of reputedly haunted inns around the UK. Indeed, during the early days of the internet (you know, when it was fun and not full of fascism and capitalism) I had a site on Geocities called
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![Picture of the Day: Ty Coch (Red House) – Nefyn [2004]](https://i0.wp.com/stegzy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/708b63bf-9283-40a7-a72a-8b58d5bbc4ea_1_105_c.jpeg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1 "Picture of the Day: Ty Coch (Red House) – Nefyn [2004]")
One of my favourite walks starts by parking in the National Trust Car Park on Lon Golff in Morfa Nefyn and, depending on the tide, walking along the beach toward the distant Porth Dinllaen then, after a bite to eat and a pint at Ty Coch (http://www.tycoch.co.uk/), a leisurly stroll up the cliff road and
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![Picture of the Day: Uncle Nat’s Cottage – Rhiw [2004]](https://i0.wp.com/stegzy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/5cc2f60f-7b0e-4e2b-af76-3c33a4c9fa43_1_105_c.jpeg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1 "Picture of the Day: Uncle Nat’s Cottage – Rhiw [2004]")
When I was a young badger, my Uncle had a lovely cottage in Wales that my dad would help do up in return for being able to spend occasional weekends and holidays there. Slap bang in the middle of acres and acres of grazing land on the side of a mountain in most rural, rugged
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![Picture of the Day: Give Us a Kiss [2006]](https://stegzy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/5c71a37e-15db-45f6-96f8-298bc1297aa0_1_105_c.jpeg?w=450&h=450&crop=1 "Picture of the Day: Give Us a Kiss [2006]")
The band was Dressed to Kill and so was I. Tribute acts were and are still a surprisingly popular thing. Indeed, I have a fondness for acts like the Kiss tribute act Dressed to Kill such as Polka Floyd, Beatallica, Iron Horse and Hayseed Dixie. In fact Zoe and I recently went to see Yes
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![Picture of the Day – Abandoned Farmhouse – Langsett [2010]](https://i0.wp.com/stegzy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/2ee62039-bf86-488e-93ea-d2ca8dcc744e.jpeg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1 "Picture of the Day – Abandoned Farmhouse – Langsett [2010]")
Ten years ago, I went on a long walk to clear my mind and have an adventure. I took my Walkman/Creative Jukebox MP3 player, my denim jacket and a packet of crisps. Intending on only being a couple of hours, I went on a long 4 hour walk through the rugged Yorkshire countryside (which you
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