Trainspotting, anyone?
There’s one!
Blue skies! It’s an English Summer.
Delving deep into my archives, I’ve concluded that I don’t take many photos of benches.
But I do like to get out into the countryside
Coastal footpaths are great places for a bench or two.
Especially if you have to climb up there
Ahhh, that’s better!
In Giverny, at the Monet Garden, I tried to capture a very cute butterfly and her sister.
Got the bench, but the butterfly nearly got away!
It was such a lovely place, with just an occasional free bench
It’s not every day you find a bench for St Patrick’s!
Spring has been quite unpredictable too this year. Walking has brought a few surprises.
No sitting on this one!
Or this!
I can’t wait for those sunny days to get here so I can begin hunting for benches in earnest. Have you joined Jude’s Bench Challenge yet? Come with me! You don’t want to miss it.
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And I like riding steam trains 🙂 🙂
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That’s quite a collection Jo! The carved benches in the circular gallery are my favourites. Are those two sides of the same bench?
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No, they are two different benches on a rather nice nature trail between Grosmont and Goathland, on the York Moors railway. They are very old photos (pre-blogging) and I need to go back and do the job a bit better, Madhu 🙂
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Not surprised Jude likes ’em, Jo – they’re terrific ! 🙂
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Pull up a pew, Mrs. M 🙂
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I would definitely need to on that climb …
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There’s a lovely church at the top 🙂
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I know you mean well, but …
[grin]
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Not me! I’m evil 🙂 🙂
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Go ahead then – you can take as many digs at me as you like. I can take it ! 😀
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I don’t normally pick on the infirm. Even baddies have standards. 🙂
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[grin]
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You did it Jo, yay! Wonderful wooden benches, all! Bring on summer 🙂
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Yes, please, Sherri! 🙂 Watching Rafa in Indian Wells. Bring it on! 🙂
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love all photos, Jo! i can feel the warmth of the first few photos with the matching blue skies, benches and lamp posts! the steep hill onto the coast is quite picturesque the Monet garden is exquisite! it’s all lovely! thank you! 🙂
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Happy weekend to you, LolaWi, and many thanks 🙂
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I saw a great bench in Iceland last week – deep snow came up to the level where you sit, so it was almost hidden.
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Sounds just the job, Richard! 🙂 🙂 At least you’ll be warm(ish) this weekend.
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Very cool concept Jo – what a great collection of photographs, the scenes are beautiful and benches,. I need a rest today and any one of them would be perfect.
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Pull up a pew, Mary! 🙂 Well… maybe not…
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So funny! Happy weekend Jo!
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What a fabulous collection of benches, Jo. All that and you’re not even half trying 😏
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Too busy sitting about, Sammy 🙂 🙂
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You always have such lovely, cheerful photos. I love the emphasis on benches. Ever since I saw the movie Notting Hill, I’ve been fascinated with benches.
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So THAT’S where it all started, Linda 🙂 I do try to be cheerful. Enough misery about without me adding to it 🙂
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I always feel sad when reading commemorative plaques on benches but the views are usually good. A lovely selection of benches here Jo 🙂
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I bet you don’t have much time for sitting, Suze 🙂 Thanks, darlin’. Have a good weekend!
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And you Jo 🙂
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Well, for someone who doesn’t take many photos of benches, you seem to have quite a collection, Jo. 🙂 The one half way up the steep hill is such a great idea. I guess it must be very popular. The Monet garden is so lovely. I hope I get to go there one day. 🙂
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As I get older I need more and more benches, Ad 🙂
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*sigh* ❤️
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Lovely benches. It is amazing since starting the bench challenge that now I notice benches everywhere.
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I think it’s a conspiracy, Esther. Quite a nice one 🙂
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The older I get, the better those benches look. 🙂
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I think the bench that looks most appealing to me is the one halfway up the hill on the coastal footpath! 🙂
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That’s the most popular bench on the north east coast 🙂 Are you well again, Elaine?
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Yes, thanks, I am almost back to normal now, thank goodness. 🙂
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I am all for the warm benches in the sun, though, sometimes, a cool bench in the shade is handy. But no ice on my bench, please.
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I will most carefully remove every trace of ice or snow for you, Ann. 🙂 Come, sit awhile!
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Ah, thank you. It’s good to rest. 🙂
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I love this quirky post. I’m thinking about donating a bench to my commune, so that I can have a short rest on my daily walk. Why wait until I’m dead and can’t use it?
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Exactly, Viv! 🙂 If you sit on a bench at Grosmont you can have a ride along to Goathland, sit on a bench there and ride right back 🙂
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That’s a lovely selection of benches Jo. My favourite is the blue one at the station, in fact the whole station is rather pretty (if one can describe a station as pretty!) and I love the blue and red decor combination. 😉
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They do spend a lot of time and money on the North York Moors stations and they are all picture postcards. There’s a 4 mile walk from this station to Goathland (with the wooden carved benches on it) which is idyllic in Summer. 🙂
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Great photos and words! I always wondered if I was a bit odd when I walk along the prom and read the plaques on the benches!!
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Not at all! Somebody put them there for a reason. You’ve just reminded me of some more bench shots I have! 😦 There’s a tendency now to tie bunches of flowers to them to commemorate a death. Bit morbid!
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Jo, you do make me laugh! Oh, I don’t have many photos of benches……then you post a load, AND in the comments it turns out you have lots more….. How many is many!! 😀😀
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Just a few, Sue 🙂 🙂
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While you’re here, Sue, have a quick look at this. More your kind of thing 🙂 https://restlessjo.wordpress.com/2015/03/11/street-life-in-olhao/
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Just commented – it’s great! Now I need to go to Olhao….
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I do a tour guide service 🙂 🙂
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That would be a great idea….I drop into the Algarve when you’re in residence…..
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Love your view on this challenge …. love your view on the bench seasons. I think I may have walked in those coastal steps … if they are in Cornwall????!!! And I have been sitting on one of Monet’s benches. Lovely entry, Jo. Here comes a Friday hugs from me and my new notebook. *smile
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Whitby on the north east coast, Vivi 🙂 Are you waiting for the partial eclipse? It’s nearer you than me (that sounds silly but you know what I mean 🙂 )
Happy weekend, darlin’.
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