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Lego construction worker having a break and going to see the Scarecrow gardens at Birmingham Botanical gardens, unfortunately the day if his visit there were no Scarecrows. He did enjoy his visit to the...
Having a Saturday night in playing monopoly, even the Birmingham version. Only just started playing so no arguments yet ☺️
While we was having a weekend away camping we went to Upton House and gardens in Edge Hill near Banbury. As we are National Trust members entrance is free though prices are Adults £10.90,...
We are National Trust members and while on a weekend away we visited Farnborough Hall after visiting Upton House which is nearby. Entrance for national trust members is free, normal entry prices for house...
A few weekends we had to drop our daughter off to Leamington Spa, so we decided on the way back we would visit Coventry, I persuaded the missus to go so could go round...
One question I am asked by my customers is the amount of water volume in their fish pond, so thought would create a calculator to work it out and also recommend size of UV...
One of main passions is walking and photography and unfortunately recently I have developed a heath problem that makes it difficult to walk and because I’m in pain I walk hunched forward which really...
Mottistone Gardens Mottistone Gardens is on the south coast of the Isle of Wight and is part owned by the National Trust, Entrance is £5.80 Adults, £2.90 Children, £14.50 Family (non gift aid prices)....
Lego figure deciding whether to go into the rain out from his nice cozy tent while he was on a weekend break camping. He had also had a very busy day seeing the sights...
While on holiday on the Isle of Wight we had to visit Godshill Model village, as I love visiting model villages. Godshill model village it tucked away on the high street of Godshill village...
As we are new to camping we just like to go away after work on Friday and come back on the sunday, so we don’t like to travel that far on the Friday as...
While we was having a short break away in Brean, Somerset we visited Weston Super Mare, unfortunately the day we visited the weather wasn’t on our side, so only looked around the shops, but...
UPDATE 2017 Sky produced a mandatory update earlier this year which removed the facility to sideload any app, this includes the plex app. After the update it also removed plex from the now tv...
Lego policeman on his visit to the seaside and having second thoughts about going on the Big wheel he decided to go to Seaquarium in Western Super Mare instead. He really enjoyed looking at the the...
Policeman just deciding if he wants to go on the big wheel at Western Super Mare. Though he is afraid of heights, so not sure why he is smiling. In the end he decided...
Lego spaceman settling in for the night in his tent, just brewing a nice cup of hot chocolate. He should be nice and cosy in his nice new blow up bed, though the wind...
Just out on a stroll on the beach at Brean in Somerset, on a very sunny afternoon. I gave now got the large torch Lego figures, so going to be a lot more of...
We had to pick some furniture up from Knowle and as we are National Trust member we decided to visit two local attractions which were Baddesley Clinton & Packwood house, so here are quick...
This photo was taken when we visited the national trust property Packwood House near Lapworth. Around the grounds are the Packwood follies and this is the InsideOutHouse set in the bluebell wood. This cottage...
Our recent visit to the national trust Kinver Edge and rock houses, lovely place and a very nice walk , my review and photos
Lego city worker enjoying his break from the construction site, relaxing in the sun on flower petals. This is the adventures of Lego mini figures in the real world, from just the mundane to...
We was visiting Kinver Rock houses and while in the area we visited another national trust property nearby in Bewdley which was Knowles mill, which dates back to the 18th century, it is a...
Lego lady minifigure visiting the zoo and really like seeing the alpaca. She had a great day out.
Lego Workman using his pickaxe to break open a snail shell, he was happy as it was a nice a sunny day at work. Note no animals were harmed in taking this photo lol...
This photo was taken of a small glass chandelier from underneat in the national trust property Upton House, Warwickshire, the effect was direct from my Nikon camera which was old sepia. The reflection pattern...
A very eager lego builder ready to get working to repair the large pond at Upton House, Warwickshire @uptonhousent.
Recent visit to the touring exhibition of Warren Elsmore’s Brick Wonders, over 70 Lego models on display from small models to full scenes at Wolverhampton Art Gallery
The information in this article, has been taken from a Facebook page I set back up in 2009, but didn’t really update the page after that year. I had uploaded a few videos and...
We went to Tamworth shopping the other weeks, not normally a place we go, but thought it would be a change and we was on our way back from Coalville in Leicestershire. I was...
I was just messing around with an photo editing app on my tablet called Photostudio Pro and just choose this photo I took of Godshill Methodist Church which I took while we on holiday...
On my main Windows PC, I used to use Microsoft Outlook as my main email client, but really have moved away from Microsoft Office to Libre office as my main office suite. So I...
I was looking through some of my photos from when we visited Chirk Castle on the Isle of Wight earlier this year and this was taken just outside the castle. Though I would share...
This is a quick tip on how to make a website a web app within Windows using Google Chrome Browser. This works with Windows 7, 8, 8.1 or 10. The advantage of making a...
I brought a cheap Bluetooth headset from Home bargains, only cost £3.99 mainly for use for hands free calling when in the car, but also I thought for using for general sound from my...
As regular reader will know my late father collected all sorts of items, one was belt buckles. I am now going through these to sell on, I have had one box off my mom...
I took this photo of just a padlock on a gate while out on a walk, thought it would make a nice shot. When looked at it on tablet it just didn’t seem to...
Happy new year to all my readers, friends and family. 2016 has been a good year for me, been really busy with the business this year and the family as the missus has put up with...
Got some good Christmas decorations bargains today, we’ll needed more for next year’s Xmas display outside and inside. Got all what you see in the from one of the major bargain shops, worked it...
Homer giving Marge her Christmas present in front of the Christmas tree. Merry Christmas to to all my readers of my blog kevinsimon.co.uk , this isn’t one of the best photos I have taken,...
This is a photo I took of our Christmas tree but out of focus. The reason it has been taken out of focus is that normally I wear contact lenses but one night I...
I noticed that poundland are selling 1200mah powerbanks. I got one to test out. It takes Approx 3hrs for a full charge, there is a light in the unit it flashes red when charging...
This was taken tonight of the sky from outside the back of the house, we was just wrapping our Christmas presents and my daughter noticed the sky so had to get a quick pic....
I have noticed some new email scams going around, One of the latest is supposedly from the police at the moment seems to be from Greater Manchester police, saying that you have been caught...
The other week while I had an hour to spare and was in the area I had a quick walk around part of the kingfisher country park in Birmingham, when I got back to...
Here are a few photos from our annual Christmas house display lights. This year I haven’t put as much up as we would normally do. For the past few years as our house is...
This year to add something to my Christmas Houser lights see HERE I brought one of these laser light projectors, they go under all names like starlight, laserlight etc and can be brought from...
I’m a big fan of the Wasgij jigsaw puzzles and I put the solutions up for those HERE. I didn’t realise Ravensburger did a similar range like the wasgij range until a reader got...
This was a photo I took a few years ago to the Black country museum. Can’t remember the effect that had been added to this, but does suit this photo. The building you can...
This was a photo I took on a visit to Powis Castle in Welshpool, Wales earlier this year. I was just messing around with the picsart app on Android and only used one...
Netflix have just released the trailer for the white rabbit project and looks great. As a massive fan of Mythbusters is was sad it had to end. The new Netflix original series airs in...
