Pictured above is the detached property on the corner of Valentia Road and Queens Road. It's quite a unique style of house for Hoylake, off the top of my head I can't think of another house locally … [Read more...]

Well that was a bit disappointing! At 8.30 this morning the sun was shining and there was quite a lot of blue sky about. And then an hour later when the solar eclipse was due the sky had turned all … [Read more...]

The photo above (one of mine taken on a recent weekend walk) is of the turret on the corner of King's Gap and North Parade. I've walked, ran, cycled, driven past it thousands of times without giving … [Read more...]

Not too bad a day at all today; noticeably warmer than of late with a nice bit of sunshine too! My trusty garden thermometer outside the back kitchen door was showing 12c at 1 o'clock. The minimum … [Read more...]

I like this row of terraced houses in Airlie Road, attractive looking, most with traditional front doors along with nice bay windows and feature rows of bricks. Until my walk this morning I'd … [Read more...]

*click for larger version Having not had a copy for umpteen years, I asked for a Laver's Tide Tables for my birthday this year. While browsing though it last weekend I noticed that today had one … [Read more...]

This yellow buoy was outside the lifeboat station last week ...always a good subject for a photo I think. I don't know exactly why it was outside the lifeboat station, but presumably it broke away … [Read more...]

Here's a super photo of the new Hoylake RNLI lifeboat - named Edmund Hawthorn Micklewood. The photo, by Dave James, captures the new lifeboat during crew training with the new Supacat launch and … [Read more...]

Do you ever take any notice of the signage all around Hoylake, especially the typography? I can't say that I had much at all really until, by chance, I started to follow a blog that features … [Read more...]