Edward Thorpe
@edwardt.bsky.social
Independent Company malingerer, amateur historian, very amateur photographer, even more amateur modeller of tanks, trains, planes & things. Husband, Dad & Dog Lover.
August 31, 2026 at 5:55 PM
August 17, 2026 at 8:49 PM
August 2, 2026 at 12:45 PM
The remains of the Magpie lead mine in the Peak District
July 31, 2026 at 7:14 AM
The remains of the Magpie lead mine in the Peak District
Monsal Head with the old railway. Whilst it's great it's now a walking route/cycle path, to me one of the worst of the Beeching cuts was closing the old Midland Railway line between Buxton and Matlock
#beeching
#railways
#peakdistrict
#beeching
#railways
#peakdistrict
July 30, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Monsal Head with the old railway. Whilst it's great it's now a walking route/cycle path, to me one of the worst of the Beeching cuts was closing the old Midland Railway line between Buxton and Matlock
#beeching
#railways
#peakdistrict
#beeching
#railways
#peakdistrict
Cheedale. Beautiful. Otherworldly. Like somewhere out of Tolkien - maybe Ithilien or Lothlorien
#nature
#peakdistrict
#nature
#peakdistrict
July 30, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Cheedale. Beautiful. Otherworldly. Like somewhere out of Tolkien - maybe Ithilien or Lothlorien
#nature
#peakdistrict
#nature
#peakdistrict
Another one I enjoyed building. Relatively easy paint. Decals on. Another varnish and some weathering. Figures to do. (Back burner job - can kicked down the road)
#tamiya 1/35 M5A1
#tamiya 1/35 M5A1
July 23, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Another one I enjoyed building. Relatively easy paint. Decals on. Another varnish and some weathering. Figures to do. (Back burner job - can kicked down the road)
#tamiya 1/35 M5A1
#tamiya 1/35 M5A1
Back to the Tamiya Panther Ausf A in 1/35. It's an old moulding but still a nice build. The paint job is a bit of an interpretation! Still bits to go on and a couple of figures to do. I do love acTamiya kit. Not much hassle building. Instructions usually make sense
#scalemodelling
#Tamiya
#scalemodelling
#Tamiya
July 21, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Back to the Tamiya Panther Ausf A in 1/35. It's an old moulding but still a nice build. The paint job is a bit of an interpretation! Still bits to go on and a couple of figures to do. I do love acTamiya kit. Not much hassle building. Instructions usually make sense
#scalemodelling
#Tamiya
#scalemodelling
#Tamiya
Yesterday's walk. The Pots and Pans walk above Uppermill. Stunning views after a steep ascent. Beautiful Pennine views.
#walking
#landscape
#photography
#walking
#landscape
#photography
May 4, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Yesterday's walk. The Pots and Pans walk above Uppermill. Stunning views after a steep ascent. Beautiful Pennine views.
#walking
#landscape
#photography
#walking
#landscape
#photography
The dramatically situated war memorial above Uppermill. Fittingly close to the heavens.
#remembrance
#history
#remembrance
#history
May 4, 2026 at 7:28 PM
The dramatically situated war memorial above Uppermill. Fittingly close to the heavens.
#remembrance
#history
#remembrance
#history
May 4, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Just a few years old. A2 class 60532 Blue Peter climbing up to Esk Valley on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway
#photography
#steamlocomotives
#photography
#steamlocomotives
April 10, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Just a few years old. A2 class 60532 Blue Peter climbing up to Esk Valley on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway
#photography
#steamlocomotives
#photography
#steamlocomotives
From today's walk. A circular stating & finishing in Castleton. Up Cave Dale looping round to Mam Tor, Mam Tor ridge and back to Castleton for a well deserved cup of tea.
#walking
#photography
#PeakDistrict
#walking
#photography
#PeakDistrict
April 1, 2026 at 4:17 PM
From today's walk. A circular stating & finishing in Castleton. Up Cave Dale looping round to Mam Tor, Mam Tor ridge and back to Castleton for a well deserved cup of tea.
#walking
#photography
#PeakDistrict
#walking
#photography
#PeakDistrict
Today's traffic jam in the Peaks
#peakdistrict
#peakdistrict
April 1, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Today's traffic jam in the Peaks
#peakdistrict
#peakdistrict
March 28, 2026 at 8:25 PM
An absolute beast visiting the Worth Valley today. Rebuilt West Country class Braunton. Still looking good for a 90mph dash to Bournemouth if a bit out of place in Yorkshire
#railways
#steamlocos
#railways
#steamlocos
March 20, 2026 at 6:45 PM
An absolute beast visiting the Worth Valley today. Rebuilt West Country class Braunton. Still looking good for a 90mph dash to Bournemouth if a bit out of place in Yorkshire
#railways
#steamlocos
#railways
#steamlocos
Slight bit of ai editing - applying motion blur to a 1983 photo of Jubilee class Leander leaving Goathland
February 11, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Slight bit of ai editing - applying motion blur to a 1983 photo of Jubilee class Leander leaving Goathland
Where ai has a use in #photography - 2 images of my great grandfather - first from a 60 year old scuffed neg then cleaned up with ai
January 23, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Where ai has a use in #photography - 2 images of my great grandfather - first from a 60 year old scuffed neg then cleaned up with ai
Not normally a fan of ai colourised photos but this seems quite sympathetic for a change. I believe these 2 to be my 2 x great grandparents George & Sarah Thorpe
January 2, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Not normally a fan of ai colourised photos but this seems quite sympathetic for a change. I believe these 2 to be my 2 x great grandparents George & Sarah Thorpe
November 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
RAF Ravenscar a former chain low radar station from the Second World War. Slowly crumbling & going back to nature.
Not quite the back of beyond as there was a railway behind it.
#history
#photography
Not quite the back of beyond as there was a railway behind it.
#history
#photography
October 31, 2025 at 8:24 PM
RAF Ravenscar a former chain low radar station from the Second World War. Slowly crumbling & going back to nature.
Not quite the back of beyond as there was a railway behind it.
#history
#photography
Not quite the back of beyond as there was a railway behind it.
#history
#photography
Just off the Cleveland Way path in North Yorkshire the remains of RAF Ravenscar a Second World War radar station
#history
#Yorkshire
#photography
#history
#Yorkshire
#photography
October 31, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Just off the Cleveland Way path in North Yorkshire the remains of RAF Ravenscar a Second World War radar station
#history
#Yorkshire
#photography
#history
#Yorkshire
#photography
October 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM