KIRKBY STEPHEN to HAYDON BRIDGE – 2023

Lunch was at Kirkby Stepehen and then on to Haydon Bridge

“Mango Tree” Indian Restaurant, Market Square, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, England UK

The Cloisters, Market Square, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, England UK

This is the entrance to St Stephen’s Church

Churchyard Gate, St Stephen’s Church, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, England UK

St Stephen’s Church, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, England UK

Church of England (probably dedicated to more than one saint originally).
Rebuilt c1230 with later additions and alterations.

War Memorial, Market Square, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, England UK

Kirkby Stephen War Memorial commemorates 48 local servicemen who fell in the First World War and 12 men who fell in the Second World War. Dedicated 8 July 1920 & again 11 March 1967 following damage caused by a severe storm in 1966.

Harthope Quarry, Harthope Road, Ireshopeburn, Bishop Auckland , County Durham, England UK

The Bar, Railway Hotel, Church Street, Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, England UK

“Tyneview”, 2 Ratcliffe Road, Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, England UK

Colour Image …………… Black & White Image

The General Havelock, Ratcliffe Road, Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, England UK

Originally called The Three Tuns, an 18c building it was renamed the General Havelock Inn after the Indian Army Major General Sir Henry Havelock and is now a famous restaurant.

Alley, Ratcliffe Road, Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, England UKMr George’s Museum Of Time, Ratcliffe Road, Haydon Bridge, Northumberland England UK

Residential Block, Ratcliffe Road, Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, England UK

Read the Blue Plaque:
Old Bridge, River South Tyne, Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, England UK

The first bridge at Haydon Bridge was built in around 1309, but following the flood of 1771, it had to be rebuilt in 1776. Following structural surveys it ceased to be used by cars and converted to footbridge use only in 1970. It is listed as a Grade II building by Historic England

This now a dedicated pedestrian bridge.

River South Tyne, Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, England UK

North Bank, River South Tyne, Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, England UK

Archway, Shaftoe’s Guest House, Shaftoe Street, Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, England UK

The Anchor Hotel, John Martin Street, Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, England UK

Rear Gate, “Labuan” Cottage, John Martin Street, Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, England UK

The Railway Hotel, Church Street, Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, England UK

This is where we spent a few nights whilst in Haydon Bridge

War Memorial, Church Street, Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, England UK

Dedicated 21 September 1921

St Cuthbert’s Church, Church Street, Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, England UK

Grade II Listed Building. The church was erected by the Greenwich Hospital Commissioners in 1796. The north transept was added in 1869 to accommodate children from the Shaftoe Trust School.

South-West Weekend

We took a four day trip to the South-West of Western Australia as a “Winter Break”. We stayed in Pemberton and visited Walople, The Valley of the Giants, Manjimup and Nannup.

[see MAP here]


Pub Window, Pemberton Hotel, Brockman Street, Pemberton, Western Australia


Tree Trunk, Brockman Street, Pemberton, Western Australia


105 mm Artillery Piece from Vietnam Way 1964

War Memorial, Brockman Street, Pemberton, Western Australia


Alfresco, Brockman Street, Pemberton, Western Australia


Pemberton Artscape, Brockman Street, Pemberton, Western Australia

Pemberton Arts Group has completed the Pemberton Artscape, an 80 metre balustrade along the main street of Pemberton together with a children’s project of complementary pavers, all with the theme of the original forest landscape of the district.


“Chimneys”, Old School Building, Brockman Street, Pemberton, Western Australia

Old Timber Workers’ Cottage, Brockman Street, Pemberton, Western Australia


Water Feature, Mottram Street, Manjimup, Western Australia


War Memorial, Giblett Street, Manjimup, Western Australia


Railway Station, Pemberton Tramway Company, Railway Crescent, Pemberton, Western Australia


V Class 2-8-2 Mikado Type Steam Locomotive 1213, Pemberton Tramway, Pemberton, Western Australia

Read the full history


Abandoned Firebox, Pemberton Tramway, Railway Crescent, Pemberton, Western Australia


Derelict Rail Stock, Pemberton Tramway, Railway Crescent, Pemberton, Western Australia


“Sleepers”, Pemberton Tramway, Railway Crescent, Pemberton, Western Australia


Tree Top Walk, Valley of the Giants, Tingledale, Walpole, Western Australia


Ancient Empire Walk Trail, Valley of the Giants, Tingledale, Walpole, Western Australia

The Ancient Empire is a 450 metre walk trail that takes you around and through an ancient and unique red tingle forest. Some of the giant tingle trees including the most popular of the gnarled veterans, known as Grandma Tingle. The trail follows the story of the lost era of Gondwana.


Distance View, John Rate Lookout, South West Highway, Walpole, Western Australia


Misty Morning, Vasse Highway, Beedleup, Pemberton, Western Australia


War Memorial, Warren Road, Nannup, Western Australia


Derelict Chain-Link Fence & Gate, Warren Road, Nannup, Western Australia


Nannup Hotel, Warren Road, Nannup, Western Australia


“Cafe”, Warren Road, Nannup, Western Australia


All Saints Anglican Church, Warren Road, Nannup, Western Australia


Railway Bogie, Lions Timber Park, Brockman Highway, Nannup, Western Australia


Old Steam Engine, Lions Timber Park, Warren Road, Nannup, Western Australia


Logs on Rail Bogies, Warren Road, Nannup, Western Australia


Jarrah Burl, Lions Timber Park, Warren Road, Nannup, Western Australia


Marinko Thomas Memorial, Warren Road, Nannup, Western Australia


Footbridge, Blackwood River, Nannup, Western Australia


Flooded, Blackwood River, Nannup, Western Australia


39 Warren Road, Nannup, Western Australia

[Now the office for an Estate Agency]


Standing Alone, Vasse Highway, Nannup Mill, Nannup, Western Australia


Local Wildlife, Vasse Highway, Channybearup, Beedelup, Western Australia


Jetty, Swimming Pool, Swimming Pool Road, Pemberton, Western Australia