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	Yorkshire and Scotland Autumn Holiday, September and October 2021 In September and October 2021 we went a four week long holiday staying in Kirkby Lonsdale, Inverbervie, and Ullapool.
	Silverstone Classic, 21st and 22nd of July 2018 These photos were taken on the 21st and 22nd of July 2018 on the weekend days of the classic race meeting held at Silverstone.  The Lotus Seven Club had a display area for members cars and Robin attended with his Caterham on both the Saturday and the Sunday.
	Lanzarote These photos cover two holidays that we have had in Lanzarote, the first in March 2019 and the second in January/February 2020. On both occasions we stayed in the same rented villa in Nazaret.
	Black Forest Tour, September 2019 This was a week long tour around the Black Forest. The tour began on a Sunday evening in Böblingen and also took in stays in Freudenstadt, Titisee-Neustadt and Oberkirch.
	Duxford Air Show 2018 These photos were taken on the 27th of May 2018 at the air show held at the Imperial War Museum site at Duxford in Cambridgeshire.
	Hawk Conservancy Trust, March 2018 In March 2018 we visited the Hawk Conservancy Trust near Andover in Hampshire.
	Kingfishers In September 2017 we went to Worcestershire to spend the day in a photographic hide which had been set up to get great views of kingfishers. We made another visit in June 2018.
	Schloss Dyck Classic Days, August 2017 In August 2017 Robin travelled with a group of friends from the Lotus Seven Club to the Classic Days event held at Schloss Dyck near Dusseldorf in Germany.
	North West Scotland, Easter 2017 On the Easter weekend of 2017 we travelled to Scotland where we spent 3 weeks staying in a rented house on the north west coast in the town of Ullapool.
	Favourite photos from our south western USA holiday of 2016 This is a selection of my favourite photos from our holiday in the south-west USA in September and October 2016.
	Grand Canyon and Sedona Arizona, 15th to the 18th of October 2016 We stayed for 2 nights in Kachina Lodge a few yards from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon where we had easy access to the most spectacular of views. For the final (non-flying) night of our holiday we stayed in Oak Creek Village a few minutes south of Sedona before flying back home via Phoenix.
	Monument Valley, 13th to the 15th of October 2016 We stayed for 2 nights in a cabin in Monument Valley with a superb unobstructed view of the Mittens, the most iconic of the rock structures in the valley. The highlight of our visit was a sunrise tour with a Navajo guide into areas that are off-limits to unescorted visitors.
	Around Bryce Canyon Utah and the road to Page Arizona, 10th to the 13th of October 2016 We stayed for 3 nights in a very nice cabin in Tropic Utah which is about 20 minutes drive from Bryce Canyon National Park.
	Around Moab Utah, 7th to the 10th of October 2016 We stayed for 3 nights in a lovely cabin in Castle Valley which is about 20 minutes drive from Moab. From there we visited Dead Horse Point State Park, Canyonlands National Park, Arches National Park as well as Moab itself and we also enjoyed a jet boat ride on the Colorado River.
	Colorado Road Trip, 6th and 7th of October 2016 From Durango we headed through the Rockies to Aspen where we spent the night before departing the next day heading for Utah. These photos show parts of that journey as far as the Utah state line.
	Durango to Silverton Railroad, 5th of October 2016 From Albuquerque we moved on to Durango Colorado for 2 nights. In the full day that we had there we took the narrow gauge steam railway to Silverton which is a 45 mile trip each way climbing from 6512 ft in Durango to 9308 ft at Silverton. The track follows the Animas River for most of the route and affords spectacular views of the Rocky Mountains.
	Northern New Mexico, 2nd to the 4th of October 2016 After the balloon fiesta we took a little time to explore things around Albuquerque including driving up to Sandia Crest at over 10000 ft and also visting the historic mining town of Madrid and the state capital Santa Fe.
	Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta, 1st and 2nd of October 2016 The Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta is the largest hot air balloon event in the world with over 550 balloons taking part in 2016. We attended the balloon glow on the Saturday evening of the day that we arrived in Albuquerque and then the Dawn Patrol and Mass Ascension on the Sunday morning which meant leaving our B&B at 4:30am. For the event we purchased tickets for the Gondola Club which provided meals, drinks and somewhere to sit. The seating was especially welcome since the balloon launch area covers 47 acres with very little seating for the tens of thousands of people attending.
	From home to southern New Mexico, 28th of September to 1st October 2016 These photos cover the period from our leaving home on Wednesday the 28th of September through our arrival and journey through southern Arizona into New Mexico (with a minor detour into Texas) on the way to the White Sands National Monument and part of our subsequent journey to Albuquerque.
	Duxford Air Show, 10th of September 2016 These photos were taken on the 10th of September 2016 at the air show held at the Imperial War Museum site at Duxford in Cambridgeshire. It was a very wet day which meant that the flying displays were severely curtailed hence the fewer than usual number of photos of the planes in action.
	Silverstone Classic, 29th, 30th and 31st of July 2016 These photos were taken on the 29th, 30th and 31st of July 2016 on the three days of the classic race meeting held at Silverstone.  The Lotus Seven Club had a display area for members cars and Robin attended with his Caterham on the Saturday but went in his regular car instead on the other 2 days since the journey involved mostly dull motorway travel.
	Despicable Haggis, May 2016 This was a five night tour around the north of Scotland. The tour began on a Monday morning with a meeting at the Cameron House Hotel on the shore of Loch Lomond. The first four nights were based in the Royal Marine Hotel in Brora, Sutherland with the final night of the tour at the Ballachulish Hotel near Glencoe.
	Derbyshire, May 2016 In May 2016 we visited Claire's goddaughter Lucy at her new home near Derby. During the visit we stayed at a lovely bed and breakfast in the village of Osmaston.
	Wight Blat, April 2016 This was the 10th Wight Blat event organised through the Lotus 7 Club of Great Britain, based at the Gracellie Hotel in Shanklin on the Isle of Wight.
	Canada, March 2016 In March 2016 we spent a couple of weeks visiting family in Renfrew Ontario.
	Hawk Conservancy Trust, October 2015 In October 2015 we visited the Hawk Conservancy Trust near Andover in Hampshire.
	European Tour, September 2015 In September 2015 we spent sixteen nights on a touring holiday staying near Bruges (Belgium), Grevenmacher (Luxembourg), Pont-a-Mousson (France), Zeneggen (Switzerland), Tavernerio (Italy), Davos (Switzerland) and Reims (France).
	Shoreham Airshow, August 22nd 2015 These photos were taken on Saturday the 22nd of August 2015 at the Shoreham Airshow in West Sussex which was brought to an abrupt halt by the crash of a Hawker Hunter resulting in the tragic loss of 11 lives. There are no photos relating to the crash in this collection. We attended the show as members of the Lotus 7 Club of Great Britain.
	Silverstone Classic, 25th and 26th of July 2015 These photos were taken on the 25th and 26th of July 2015 on the second and third days of the three day classic race meeting held at Silverstone.  The Lotus Seven Club had a display area for members cars and Robin attended with his Caterham on the 25th but due to the poor weather on the 26th went in his regular car instead.
	Lake District, July 2015 In July 2015 we spent a week on holiday staying in Braithwaite near Keswick in a self-catering cottage. This location encouraged us to explore more of the northern and western areas of the National Park which were not so familiar to us.
	Duxford VE Day Anniversary Airshow, Cambridgeshire, May 23rd, 2015 These photos were taken on Saturday the 23rd of May 2015 at the VE Day Anniversay Airshow at the Imperial War Museum site in Duxford, Cambridgeshire.
	Supercar Siege, Leeds Castle, 17th of May 2015 The Lotus 7 Club had an official presence at the Supercar Siege charity day held at Leeds Castle in Kent in aid of the Royal Navy & Royal Marine Children’s Fund.
	Wight Blat, April 2015 This was the 9th Wight Blat event organised through the Lotus 7 Club of Great Britain and the second occasion on which we had attended. The event was based in the Warners Bembridge Coast Hotel located in the town of Bembridge on the Isle of Wight.
	Croatia, April 2015 In April 2015 we spent eight nights in Croatia based in Opatija. We especially enjoyed our visit to the Plitvice Lakes National Park.
	Hurst Castle, January 2015 In January 2015 we walked out to visit Hurst Castle on the Hampshire coast.
	Robin's Mum's birthday weekend, October 2014 For Mum's 95th birthday in October 2014 we spent a weekend staying in Christchurch in Dorset.
	Canada, October 2014 In October 2014 we spent two weeks on holiday in Ontario visiting Robin's relatives in Renfrew and also included a special three night stay at Bartlett Lodge in Algonquin Provincial Park.
	Duxford Airshow, Cambridgeshire, September 13th and 14th, 2014 These photos were taken over the weekend of the 13th and 14th of September 2014 at the Duxford Airshow at the Imperial War Museum site in Duxford, Cambridgeshire. Particular highlights were seeing two Lancasters flying together and also a spectacular display by the Vulcan.
	Llamas and a bunker, September 2014 This was a visit organised by the local branch of the Lotus 7 Club to visit a cold war bunker. Everyone gathered at a llama farm for lunch and the day was rounded off by tea, generously provided by a local club member.
	Pink Haggis, August 2014 This was a five night tour around North West Scotland, based for four nights in Ullapool with the final night in Bridge of Orchy.
	Silverstone Classic, 26th of July 2014 These photos were taken on the 26th of July 2014 on the middle day of the three day classic race meeting held at Silverstone.  The Lotus Seven Club had a display area for members cars and this was the first occasion that Robin had attended as part of the club.
	Flying Legends Airshow, Duxford, Cambridgeshire, July 12th 2014 These photos were taken on Saturday the 12th of July 2014 at the Flying Legends Airshow at the Imperial War Museum site in Duxford, Cambridgeshire.
	Supercar Siege, Leeds Castle, 18th of May 2014 The Lotus 7 Club had an official presence at the Supercar Siege charity day held at Leeds Castle in Kent in aid of the Royal Navy & Royal Marine Children’s Fund.
	Visiting cousins, April 2014 In April 2014 Robin's cousins Wanda and Yvonne visited from Canada.
	Wight Blat, April 2014 This was the 8th Wight Blat event organised through the Lotus 7 Club of Great Britain although this was the first occasion on which we had attended. The event was based in the Shanklin Hotel (unsurprisingly located in the town of Shanklin) on the Isle of Wight.
	Around Hampshire and Dorset, February 2014 Visits to various places in Hampshire and Dorset in February 2014.
	Lake District, October 2013 In October 2013 we spent one week on holiday staying just outside Grasmere in a self-catering cottage. The weather was mostly poor during our stay with persistent rain and only one bright day but the contrast between the types of weather provided good photographic opportunities.
	Cyprus, September 2013 In September 2013 we spent nine days on holiday in Cyprus staying with our friends Maria, Dave and Laura.
	Shoreham Airshow, September 1st 2013 These photos were taken on Sunday the 1st of September 2013 at the Shoreham Airshow in West Sussex.  We attended the show as members of the Lotus 7 Club of Great Britain and so there are a large number of car photos as well as ones of aircraft.
	Silverstone Classic, 27th of July 2013 These photos were taken on the 27th of July 2013 on the middle day of the three day classic race meeting held at Silverstone.  The Lotus Seven Club had a display area for members cars although Robin only decided to attend a few days before the meeting and therefore missed out on being able to park his Caterham in the club area.  In fact he went in his MX-5 and was grateful for that as at the end of the day there was a torrential downpour which would have made traveling home in the Caterham a miserable experience.
	Scotland, May and June 2013 In May and June 2013 we spent two weeks on holiday in Scotland staying one week near Drumnadrochit overlooking Loch Ness and another week just outside Oban.
	Hot Potato, May 2013 This was a three night tour around Northern Ireland, based in the Hilton Hotel in Templepatrick.
	Lake District, September 2012 In September 2012 we spent ten days on holiday in the Lake District staying in a lovely converted boat house named Pier Cottage near Coniston village.
	Haggis Galore, September 2012 This was a five night tour around the north of Scotland. The tour began on a Monday morning with a meeting at the Riverside Museum of Transport and Travel in Glasgow. The first four nights were based in the Royal Marine Hotel in Brora, Sutherland with the final night of the tour at the Ballachulish Hotel near Glencoe.
	Canada & USA, June 2012 In June 2012 we spent three weeks on holiday in Canada and New York State combining touring with visiting Robin's relatives in Renfrew and Barrie in Ontario.
	East Hoathly Bonfire Night Celebration, 12th November 2011 We visited East Hoathly for the Bonfire Night Celebration at the recommendation of a friend and it was an amazing spectacle.
	The Sound of Sevens, August & September 2011 This was a fortnight long tour with the furthest destination being in Austria but also spending much time in Germany. Hotel stops were Arlon (Belgium), Bregenz and Zell am See (both Austria) and Bad Aibling, Freudenstadt and Adenau (Germany). My personal tour was extended to include a further 3 nights visiting my brother in Grevenmacher in Luxembourg.
	Canada, August and September 2010 In August and September 2010 we spent three weeks on holiday in Canada visiting Robin's relatives in Renfrew Ontario.
	Cyprus, June 2010 In June 2010 we had a week-long holiday staying at the Columbia Beach Hotel in Pissouri Bay.
	Le Havre, June 2010 In June 2010 we joined Claire's brother together with family and friends to celebrate his upcoming 50th birthday by taking a short cruise from Southampton to Le Havre.  As well as enjoying relaxing aboard ship we also made an excursion to the old port of Honfleur.
	Castle Combe, May 2010 These photos were taken on the 3rd of May 2010 at the race meeting held at Castle Combe in Wiltshire.
	Yorkshire We visited the North Yorkshire Moors at Easter 2010.
	Devon These photos were taken around the Dartmouth area of Devon in March 2010.
	Durham These are from a visit to Durham in January 2010.
	Tour in Toon, September 2009 This was a long weekend tour based for two nights in Peebles in Scotland before returning to England for a final night in Durham.  The organisers were the husband and wife team of Karen and Dave Hooper.
	Canada, August 2009 In August 2009 we flew to Montreal for a ten day visit to Canada.  After stopping for our first night near Hudson Quebec we drove on to Renfrew Ontario where we spent a week visiting with Robin's aunt and cousins before returning to Montreal for the last two nights.
	Assault on the Alps, July 2009 This was a two week tour starting from Dover and transiting through France for four nights before visiting Italy for a further four nights and then returning to the UK via another four nights in France.  The weather was mostly excellent, the scenery superb, and the roads as good as you might hope for in the Alps.
	Cyprus, June 2009 In June 2009 we went with Claire's Uncle and Aunt and also her brother and his girlfriend to Cyprus where we stayed in a rented villa in Aphrodite Hills half an hour east of Paphos.
	JJ The Revival, May 2009 The first Se7ens list tour was organised around Ireland (North and South) by JJ (Johnty Lyons) in 1999 and so for the tenth anniversary of that original tour it was decided that a tour should be held again in commemoration. The tour itself was based entirely in Northern Ireland on this occasion with all three nights being spent at the Hilton Hotel in Templepatrick. Once again the weather was mixed to say the least, but the variety of fun roads and lovely scenery once again made up for the occasional dampness.
	Bluebells These photos were taken at Cowleaze Wood in Buckinghamshire.
	The Cotswolds These photos have been taken on various trips to the Cotswolds.
	Farnborough Airshow, 21st of July 2008 These photos were taken on Sunday the 21st of July 2008 at the Farnborough International Airshow in Hampshire. In contrast to the photos from 2006 these were taken from inside the airfield as a paying spectator, something that Robin had done on about ten previous occasions stretching back to his first visit in 1974.
	Greece, May 2008 Paros in Greece was the destination for our honeymoon in May 2008.  We had a wonderfully relaxing ten days on this lovely island, which remains relatively unspoilt in comparison with the most common tourist destinations in Greece.
	US & Canada, September and October 2007 At the end of September 2007 we flew to Boston for a two week holiday visiting New England and Canada.  The reasons for visiting New England were that we had not been there before and we wanted to see the renowned fall colours and the reasons for visiting Canada were twofold - to visit Robin's aunt and cousins in Renfrew Ontario and also to see where Claire's parents had lived for three years in Montreal in the 1950s.
	Norway, July 2007 The Norway tour had been a long time in the planning with the idea originally being considered several years earlier. The main organisation was by Andrew "Vinnie" Barriskell, ably assisted by a variety of others including several Norwegian Se7en owners. For the UK contingent the departure point was Newcastle, on a ferry that called in at Stavanger (and somewhere else that I have forgotten) before we finally disembarked at Bergen. From there we enjoyed a weeks touring with the most northerly overnight at Geiranger and we encountered weather ranging from beautiful sunshine to torrential rain - apparently this is all part of the standard Norwegian experience.  The scenery was stunning and the roads very entertaining, if occasionally rather too crowded with towing caravans.  A wonderful place for Se7ens to visit, hopefully a return trip will be made one day although the ferry service that we used from the UK no longer runs so it might be a touch more difficult to get there another time.
	Norwegian Cruise, June 2007 In June 2007 we went on a week long cruise accompanying Claire's father and brother to the Norwegian fjords aboard the P&O ship Oceana.  The cruise departed from Southampton and called at Stavanger, Flåm, Olden and Bergen.
	Wales, Easter 2007 Over the Easter weekend in 2007 we drove to South Wales, briefly visiting the Gower Peninsula before continuing on to Tenby where we stayed for three nights.
	Cyprus, September 2006 In September 2006 we travelled to Cyprus for a week long holiday where we stayed with friends in Anogyra.
	Le Blat de Bretagne, September 2006 This was a long weekend tour to Brittany in France in the middle of September 2006. The tour was organised by Ian Helmschrott-Bowden and Gavin Tarrant and was based on staying at a different hotel each night. The weather was variable over the weekend but there was plenty of nice sunny conditions to compensate for the bad ones. As usual the rural French roads were a delight to drive and the food also lived up to our expectations of quality.
	Farnborough Airshow, July 2006 These photos were taken from the back garden of where we were then living and show aircraft from the Farnborough International Airshow in July 2006. The house was about one mile from the airfield but on the opposite side of the airfield from the main display area so the photo opportunities were generally either from large aircraft that needed a lot of space to manoeuvre or otherwise from aircraft coming into land.
	Switzerland, June 2006 In June 2006 we flew to Zurich and stayed for nine nights split between the Hotel Giessbach above Lake Brienz and the Hotel Victoria Ritter in Kandersteg.  We enjoyed taking the boat service around Lake Brienz, but most of all we enjoyed our trips up into the mountains, especially the four cable car rides from Stechelberg up to the Piz Gloria at the summit of the Schilthorn.
	Leeks, Pies and Puddings, May 2006 This tour was organised by Martin and Vivian Richards and was based in Chester and took place over a weekend in May 2006. Unfortunately the weather was generally poor for the weekend, which did not prevent us from enjoying ourselves but it certainly limited my enthusiasm for taking photographs.
	How the West was Driven, September and October 2005 This tour was, unsurprisingly, one that was long in the making. The original idea had been conceived a number of years before but had never really got off the ground until Steve Blair came to hear of it on the Lynch the Leprechaun tour in Ireland in 2003 and being a true Texan he decided that it must be doable and so he (and his good lady wife) set about it. Clearly they needed assistance along the way from a large number of other volunteers and so the tour became a reality. The starting point was Houston Texas and the end point was about 3300 miles away (by the recommended tour routes) in San Francisco California. Along the way we would see deserts, mountains, gorges, canyons, rivers and many meals of dauntingly large size. What we also found was also (almost total) support from the American people that we met and of course especially those US Se7eners who joined in with their cars or provided support vehicles along the way - a huge thanks to them all
	English Countryside Photos taken around general countryside (including rivers and canals) in England.
	English Coastal Scenes These photos have been taken around the coast of southern and eastern England.
	Garden Photos These photos have been taken from time to time in the garden of our home - The Jays.
	Birds in our garden These photos have all been taken within the garden of our home - The Jays. The birds were especially appreciative that we kept the food supplies well stocked during the winter snow although the Pied Wagtail seemed to believe that all the food belonged to him.