Hull and Hereabouts

There's a craze to paint murals in this donkey's ass of a town. You've got a few square feet of blank  Victorian or Edwardia...

I have to say if it should ever come about that I can't shave myself (not that I ever do)  or trim my own beard (again only rarely) ...

I'd seen this Wilberforce thing on Chanterlands Avenue before but never had a camera handy so today armed with a new-to-me Fuji I wa...

They say confession is good for the soul and I confess I got it wrong along with just about every other pundit (some of whom were even p...

I was going to say that today, unlike yesterday, is poets day but then I find that October 7 is Happy World Smile Day! Spread that Joy...

Fraxinus excelsior (Pendula) Coming up to June and every other tree and bush has been busy getting out the greenery whilst the ash see...

There you go; that's what's called a proper career choice: sausage or burger. Difficult and depressing when you've had your ...

Northern Cemetery Chapel, Chanterlands Avenue, Hull People, it appears, can no longer afford to die. Yes I know they keep on shuffling ...

Somehow this one didn't get posted in August when I took it. It's underneath Chanterlands Avenue rail bridge . It was at about t...

Western Cemetery, Chanterlands Avenue I always think these places look at their best in Autumn with a good scattering of leaves and the...

I read today that the UK, for its size, has more tornadoes than the US. So, whilst Chanterlands Avenue may not look much like the corn f...

In these days of safety and dullness it's hard to remember the days just a dozen or so years ago before spoilers were placed on all ...

Bonjour from sunny Hull. The Tour de France, which finished recently in Paris, this year for some reason or other had its Grand Départ ...

If you're taking a short cut through the cemetery and get that feeling of something not quite right it might just be that giant toad...

So a season with no snow, no frosts to speak of, a bit of rain and mild ...meh! I don't call that Winter. Still I'll have saved ...

Taken by Margot K Juby My thanks to Margot for this, taken while I simply wanted to get home and put my feet up after a trek to Chanter...

Chanterlands Avenue There was a time when petrol was sold by the good old imperial gallon. I remember my father moaning many, many year...

Readers who do not understand the title of today's post might like to Google 'Flower Pot Men' though on the whole I wouldn...

Behind these doors on Chanterlands Avenue there's a small garden centre. I think it's a safe bet that the same guy also decorated...

I mentioned last year about a major road works scheme in west Hull that involved laying miles of electric cable through the busiest road...