Edward Thorpe
@edwardt
Independent Company malingerer, amateur historian, very amateur photographer, even more amateur modeller of tanks, trains, planes & things. Husband, Dad & Dog Lover.
Monsal Head with the old railway. Whilst it's great it's now a walking route/cycle path, to me one of the worst of the Beeching cuts was closing the old Midland Railway line between Buxton and Matlock #beeching #railways #peakdistrict
Cheedale. Beautiful. Otherworldly. Like somewhere out of Tolkien - maybe Ithilien or Lothlorien #nature #peakdistrict
Another one I enjoyed building. Relatively easy paint. Decals on. Another varnish and some weathering. Figures to do. (Back burner job - can kicked down the road) #tamiya 1/35 M5A1
Back to the Tamiya Panther Ausf A in 1/35. It's an old moulding but still a nice build. The paint job is a bit of an interpretation! Still bits to go on and a couple of figures to do. I do love acTamiya kit. Not much hassle building. Instructions usually make sense #scalemodelling #Tamiya
Once upon a long ago. Way back in the 1980s. Our Airedale Jackey. Big, loud and loveable #dogs
Yesterday's walk. The Pots and Pans walk above Uppermill. Stunning views after a steep ascent. Beautiful Pennine views. #walking #landscape #photography
The dramatically situated war memorial above Uppermill. Fittingly close to the heavens. #remembrance #history
Just a few years old. A2 class 60532 Blue Peter climbing up to Esk Valley on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway #photography #steamlocomotives
From today's walk. A circular stating & finishing in Castleton. Up Cave Dale looping round to Mam Tor, Mam Tor ridge and back to Castleton for a well deserved cup of tea. #walking #photography #PeakDistrict
The Huddersfield Narrow Canal near Marsden. Daffodils looking good #spring #photography
An absolute beast visiting the Worth Valley today. Rebuilt West Country class Braunton. Still looking good for a 90mph dash to Bournemouth if a bit out of place in Yorkshire #railways #steamlocos
Slight bit of ai editing - applying motion blur to a 1983 photo of Jubilee class Leander leaving Goathland
Where ai has a use in #photography - 2 images of my great grandfather - first from a 60 year old scuffed neg then cleaned up with ai
Not normally a fan of ai colourised photos but this seems quite sympathetic for a change. I believe these 2 to be my 2 x great grandparents George & Sarah Thorpe
Walked around and about home today. Blustery weather but glorious views #Yorkshire #Photography
RAF Ravenscar a former chain low radar station from the Second World War. Slowly crumbling & going back to nature. Not quite the back of beyond as there was a railway behind it. #history #photography
Just off the Cleveland Way path in North Yorkshire the remains of RAF Ravenscar a Second World War radar station #history #Yorkshire #photography
Dramatic skies & cliff on the Yorkshire coast looking towards Ravenscar #Yorkshire #photography
World War 2 pillbox on the Cleveland Way path near Robin Hood's Bay. #history
Kicked my way through autumn's golden gown this morning, hands & face well & truly scoured by an icy wind & even icier rain showers. Autumn in the pennines never felt so good #autumn
A trip over to the dark side - building the Stuka has reminded why I don't do a lot of aeroplanes... #scalemodelling
Barden Tower - once a hunting lodge for the Clifford family #history #photography