Category Archives: Architecture

The Mushroom (las setas) in Seville…….weird and wonderful

Posted on October 3, 2018 by kindadukish

On our third day in Seville we decided to take a “free walking tour” of the city and were told to meet our guide outside “The Mushroom”. We arrived at the due time and were quite taken aback by this … Continue reading →

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Toledo, Corpus Christie and the Hanging Lights

Posted on May 31, 2018 by kindadukish

Last week I made my third trip to Madrid for a short visit and took the opportunity of revisiting Toledo which is about thirty minutes away by train. I had visited the city last year but on arrival found that … Continue reading →

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A Visit to Lyme Hall……………..

Posted on April 29, 2018 by kindadukish

As I continue my wanderings and exploration of Cheshire (and continue to get lost on a regular basis as all the lanes in rural Cheshire look exactly the same) I decided to visit Lyme Hall, just off the A6 south … Continue reading →

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Stroud and surrounding valleys…….ee!, it could be West Yorkshire

Posted on March 3, 2018 by kindadukish

A week ago I was down visiting a friend in Stroud, Gloucestershire for a well earned break after the stresses of the last nine months, buying and selling a house does nothing for personal stress levels. The weather was glorious, … Continue reading →

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Manchester………….lost its style!

Posted on January 16, 2018 by kindadukish

  Last week I took a trip into Manchester by train from Cuddington in Cheshire, a journey time of just over one hour and ten minutes (I could probably have walked there quicker!). It is quite a pleasant journey through … Continue reading →

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Port Sunlight……..one philanthropic industrialists vision

Posted on December 24, 2017 by kindadukish

William Hesketh Lever (later Viscount Leverhulme) built Port Sunlight to house the workers at his soap factory, Lever Brothers, which eventually became the global giant, Unilever. The village holds a unique place in the history of urban planning and represents … Continue reading →

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Madrid Revisited…………….

Posted on September 30, 2017 by kindadukish

After visiting over thirty major cities in Europe, twenty of these were capital cities, I had always held the view that top of my list would be Vienna for its architectural and cultural history, closely followed by Lisbon with its … Continue reading →

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What did you do in Madrid……….oh; I went to visit Cementerio de La Almudina

Posted on June 26, 2017 by kindadukish

On the trip from the airport to the centre of Madrid recently, I spotted an enormous cemetery (bigger than anything I have ever seen before) and thought that it might be worth a visit. I know that may sound a … Continue reading →

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A quiet day in Toledo………….or so we thought!

Posted on June 26, 2017 by kindadukish

  Before our trip to Madrid numerous friends had said, “you must visit Toledo but go during the week when there are less tourists and it is easier to move around.” So heeding this advice we decided to go on … Continue reading →

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Fog comes to the Colne Valley

Posted on November 27, 2016 by kindadukish

Yesterday I drove the thirty five miles to Manchester with the specific aim of getting my Pentax camera repaired. It was only on arriving in the city and parking up I realised I had put the wrong camera in my … Continue reading →

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