Something To See Here

06Dec09

Some time ago I wrote : “I’ve been waiting to post this for a while now because it may be appearing elsewhere on the internet, however as a couple of people have asked me about my visit I thought I’d put it here at digyourfins for the moment as well. If it does appear elsewhere […]

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Tags: Altostratus, Anderby Cloud Bar, Anderby Creek, Bathing Beauties, Cloud Appreciation Society, Gavin Pretor-Piney, Heath Robinson, I Like, Lincolnshire, Michael Trainor, Nothing To See Here, Official Cloudspotting Area

Keep Watching The Skies

05Nov09

I’ve been waiting to post this for a while now because it may be appearing elsewhere on the internet, however as a couple of people have asked me about my visit I thought I’d put it here at digyourfins for the moment as well. If it does appear elsewhere I’ll be sure to say . […]

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Tags: Altostratus, Anderby Cloud Bar, Anderby Creek, Bathing Beauties, Cloud Appreciation Society, Gavin Pretor-Piney, Heath Robinson, Lincolnshire, Michael Trainor, Official Cloudspotting Area

A Long And Winding Road (day2)

21Sep09

Starting the day in Carlisle we decided to investigate further before returning to life on the road. So I ended up at Tullies House Museum & Art Gallery (via the Cathedral and a quick recce of the Castle) to see the ‘Bathing Beauties – Re-imagining the Beach Hut for the 21st Century’exhibition, although to be […]

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Tags: Anderby Creek, Bathing Beauties, Beach Hut, Benderloch, Carlisle, Cloud Appreciation Society, Cloud Bar, Isle Of Mull, Mablethorpe, Tullies House, Tullies House Museum & Art Gallery

Silver Linings

17Aug09

A Sunday afternoon spent in the quintessentially English pursuit of discussing the weather. We travelled to Tattershall Castle in the heart of Lincolnshire to attend a Cloud Appreciation Society event, where Ian Loxley (the Photo Gallery Editor for the Society) was to take ‘us on an informal tour of the afternoon sky’. Rather perversely (given […]

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Tags: Cloud Appreciation Society, Clouds, Ian Loxley, Spitfire, Tattershall Castle

Head In The Clouds

03Aug09

We’re off work for a week, in a fortnight or so, and the first thing planned is a cloud spotting event on Sunday 16th August at the National Trust’s Tattershall Castle with Ian Loxley of the Cloud Appreciation Society. Ian Loxley is known for his many fine cloud based photographs including the legendary ‘Cumulopiggussextoleggus’. Lincolnshire […]

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Tags: Anderby Creek, Cloud Appreciation Society, Cloud Bar, Clouds, Ian Loxley, John Shuttleworth, Lincolnshire, Louth, National Trust, Observer, Robert Wyatt, Tattershall Castle

“How Sweet To Be A Cloud” *

14Jun09

I spent most of yesterday at a football tournament out in the flatlands of Cambridgeshire. As ever there was a lot of waiting around (and Charlie Watt’s thinks he’s had it bad) however that did leave an awful lot of time for cloud watching – an activity I recommend to you. For the keen amongst […]

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Tags: Charlie Watts, Cloud Appreciation Society, Clouds