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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The new playground. The moors above Marsden, West Yorkshire #photography #Yorkshire

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The remains of the Magpie lead mine in the Peak District

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

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

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Cheedale. Beautiful. Otherworldly. Like somewhere out of Tolkien - maybe Ithilien or Lothlorien #nature #peakdistrict

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

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

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

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

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

#Free what a band. Early 70s blues rock at its best

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Once upon a long ago. Way back in the 1980s. Our Airedale Jackey. Big, loud and loveable #dogs

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Yesterday's walk. The Pots and Pans walk above Uppermill. Stunning views after a steep ascent. Beautiful Pennine views. #walking #landscape #photography

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

The dramatically situated war memorial above Uppermill. Fittingly close to the heavens. #remembrance #history

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Just a few years old. A2 class 60532 Blue Peter climbing up to Esk Valley on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway #photography #steamlocomotives

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

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

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

The Huddersfield Narrow Canal near Marsden. Daffodils looking good #spring #photography

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

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

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Slight bit of ai editing - applying motion blur to a 1983 photo of Jubilee class Leander leaving Goathland

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

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

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

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

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Walked around and about home today. Blustery weather but glorious views #Yorkshire #Photography

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

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

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Just off the Cleveland Way path in North Yorkshire the remains of RAF Ravenscar a Second World War radar station #history #Yorkshire #photography

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Looking up the coast towards Robin Hood's Bay #Yorkshire #Photography

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Dramatic skies & cliff on the Yorkshire coast looking towards Ravenscar #Yorkshire #photography

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

World War 2 pillbox on the Cleveland Way path near Robin Hood's Bay. #history

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

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

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Today's walk. Getting more autumnal

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

A trip over to the dark side - building the Stuka has reminded why I don't do a lot of aeroplanes... #scalemodelling

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Talyllyn Railway no 2 Dolgoch aka "The Old Lady" Dating back to 1866 she was the loco that helped the railway preservation movement get off the ground in 1951 and the inspiration for the character Rheneas in the Reverend Awdry's railway series #history #railways

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Barden Tower - once a hunting lodge for the Clifford family #history #photography

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Sanna Bay - Ardnamurchan, North West Scotland #photography #Scotland

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

The Stevenson Lighthouse at Ardnamurchan Point - the most westerly point in mainland Scotland #Scotland #Photography

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

From a trip to Bronte country - trees at Top Withens. Top Withens is said to have been the inspiration for the setting of Wuthering Heights #EmilyBronte #WutheringHeights #Yorkshire

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Loch Ewe - mustering point for the arctic convoys in the second world war in one of the remoter parts of north west Scotland #history #scotland

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Once upon a time I came across Ike

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Evolution of passenger coaches on the Ffestiniog Railway - 4 wheel 'bug boxes" from the 1860s, iron framed bogie coaches with sumptious 1st class seating for some from the 1870s, replica/rebuild WW1 army surplus toastrack Some fool chose 1860s boneshaker rather than 1st class #traintravel #history

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Saying hello to an old friend - double Fairlie "Merddin Emrys" on the Ffestiniog Railway. Originally built in 1879, the year of Rorke's Drift, much rebuilt but still going strong, resplendent in 1960s green livery. #railways #history

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

My first love as an albeit amateur historian was the medieval era with its big characters, dramas and the legacy they left us in the chronicles and the ruined castles & abbeys. Last week's trip to Scotland was an inspiration for me #medievalhistory #castles

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

#books. Today marks 80 years since The Three Railway Engines by the Rev Awdry was published. Beautifully illustrated with many characters based on real locomotive types, some real locations & real incidents

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

A stroll round the gardens Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

#fountainsabbey part 4 - what a site. Monument to medieval monasticism & the vanity of a narcissistic tyrant

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

#fountainsabbey part 2 - the cellarium underneath the lay brothers dormitory & a norman archway

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

#fountainsabbey part 1. Some pics from yesterday. Such a magnificient site

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Edward Thorpe @edwardt.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

For the scale modellers out there. Do you just build the kits, or do you dioramas too? Here's 1 I started never finished. The kit is an Emhar British mk 5 made as a male version. Seem to recall it being a bit of a dog to put together

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