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A walk in the park (and down a weird ginnel)

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Catching up with some more pictures today, from a couple of morning walks on different days. I haven't been taking quite as many photos this week because I slipped on some ice, bashed up my arm pretty badly - not ideal. It didn't hurt much in the moment but once I got home and sat down with a cup of tea, then it started absolutely hurting like hell, it's been a bastard ever since and fiddling with the camera just exacerbates it. Ugh . Anyway, here are some pictures from the sunnier of the days... And now, onto the pictures from the moodier morning. And that's that for today, down a ginnel that leads to a grass verge with some houses at a 90 degree angle from the rest and a little garden cordoned off by a drystone wall across the way from said houses, there's this wheelbarrow here. Not quite a spiritual successor to the Wheelbarrow of the Beast but I'll take what I can get at this point.
'Ave a gander 'ere

Lunar New Year parade, more nooks and crannies, gargoyles!

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Slightly early but happy Year of the Horse, everyone! To mark the occasion, there was a parade through the town centre today, with a vibrant performance by Conundrum , this big, zesty dragon and various zodiac animal floats. We finally got some proper sunshine as well - it's been my favourite kind of day, bright but cold, top job all 'round. There was a big energetic horse float accompanying this banner, but it was partly obscured and I couldn't get a decent picture of it. This snake though, just so precious. Loving the appropriately elegant fabric to support this majestic tiger. After the parade had gone by, I decided to wander 'round town and soak up the atmosphere for a bit; there was a bloke playing some tunes on a steel drum, which was very pleasant, but the lure of the back streets was strong, so I went round there for a bit, to have a bit more of a play around with Icaras, my new camera. By 'new', I mean a vibrant pink Fujifilm JV-100 from 2010, that I b...
'Ave a gander 'ere