The Inkwell

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Born and Bred in Salford, England – I live a short distance from Old Trafford – Home to Manchester United Football Club. I volunteer at Sale Harriers athletic club and at Imperial War Museum North – where i help as a guide to visitors in the galleries. A blogger, photographer, volunteer and occasional writer.

Category: Outdoors

  • A Surrealist picture

    A Surrealist picture

    #Napowrimo An Angel waiting to get into heaven watched in the garden as the clouds came to visit, their chums – the oak trees up above – god dropped his hammer – and the trees children fell with a bump to be rescued by the keepers of knowledge and landed someplace soft

  • Be More Goat

    Be More Goat

    #Animal #Mountain #Goat #Character #Animal #Countryside #Mountain #Goat Who’d want to be a goat ? Why not? Independent in spirit they’ll happily gambol across field and moor climbing the face of the mountains around always looking for the next stretch of green green grass and laughing as they go? why? because they’re free as the…

  • Eggy Bread

    Eggy Bread

    A Foodie prompt from My Vivid Blog Fill your Boots, its Breakfast time Ready for Dipping – the loaf of fresh white bread In expectation of being immersed slice by slice in the Eggy Mix – the savoury custard that’s Devoured by cubs and scouts alike – up and down the land

  • Regular Visitors

    #Writephoto #Lockdown #Wildlife #Squirrels There were days in spring and summer when life – seem to have just stopped The advice from the professors if you can then stay indoors face to face contact severely restricted to stop the spread of the nasty bug going crazy But mother nature saw the need to help out…

  • Simple Pleasures

    #Octpowrimo #Outdoors Getting Out (Created by inky using AI Art Generator : Public Domain) There’s nothing better than a travel through the local park taking in the seasonal air and appreciating a bit of un-concreted colour get your act together and you can enjoy your lunch under the shade of a great big tree and…

  • Blown Away

    Mother Nature shook her head as the four winds squabbled over the flowers below the last of the Summer’s apples had fallen – and the north and the south wanted to play ball with them the west and the east wanted to stack them up in a spot by the local scarecrow caught up in…

  • A Kite’s Tail

    #Flying #Kite #Octpowrimo #Writeclub The Children took their fishy kite out to the open spaces of the nearby park strings unleashed, the kite captured the wind and it soared and glided in the afternoon air as they played, they attracted quite a crowd as a number of little fish followed the big fish around the…

  • Campfire Delight

    #Writephoto #Woodland #Campfire a followon from my woodlands piece Cooking away while tents were being put up a marvellous mix of Tinned Beef and vegetables merging together in a big billy can perched over the meal, the camp cook for while other meals would be made by others it’s this one – he said, they’ll…

  • Magic in the Now

    #Autumn #Horsechestnut #Conkers #octpowrimo Its already happening as the school kids were returning to English and maths The Big Deciduous were sending a Red Alert “Winters Coming!” As Lush green leaves turned Red, Yellow, Orange and Brown sending a message of change into town the colours much richer, bright and bolder the message relayed –…

  • Climbing that hill

    #Octpowrimo #Climbingthathill You could say that it wasn’t going to be the easy way up the vast hill ropes a neccessity if only for your own safety harnesses and clips Picking the right route and avoiding the sharpest edges to reach the summit