The Circus Leaves Town.

Russells International Circus visits Cleethorpes every year at this time and I'm always surprised to see that, after their last show on Sunday night, the field they use is completely empty by first thing on Monday morning without so much as a piece of litter to show they had ever been there.
So this year I decided to go after the last performance to see the tent come down.  I was almost too late, but took these pictures before the light went completely.

Only the 4 support towers left.

The crew load the tent onto it's trailer.

A happy circus lad.

Starting to lower 2 of the towers.

A couple of the circus people.

Two more of the staff.

Two towers almost down.

The last 2 towers.

These pictures taken on my Olympus EM10 Mk2 camera with 14 - 42 EZ lens.

Doddington Hall Sculpture Exhibition 2016. (Set 1 of 5)

The Sculpture Exhibition at Doddington is a biennial event.

I took quite a few pictures and I'll post some in between other items.

The first few images were taken on my new camera, an Olympus EM10 Mk2, which is a

compact system camera, using the Olympus 14 - 42mm PZ lens.

I'm really pleased with this camera as it is light, small and very "retro" being based on the

same design as the old Olympus OM series film cameras that I once used.

The Dragon is made of Willow and has been decorated, by the public, with strips of coloured

fabric from the basket by the tree.

There were quite a few modern sculptures, not really to my taste.

I liked this one as it "echoed" the church tower.

These topiary Unicorns are a permanent feature at Doddington and were perfectly

suited to the event. 

The next few, though modern, had pleasing shapes and textures.

As a keen gardener I enjoyed these Allium sculptures which were "planted" in the flower borders.

These are the real thing, I found these dried Allium heads hung up in the gardeners store.

They'll be used at the hall for their fabulous Christmas decorations.

I had to laugh at this with the sculpture of the girl apparently watching the decorator!

This is a "found" exhibit I came across in the gardeners' storage area.

I was really impressed by this exhibit.  It was large, almost as tall as an adult person.  Maybe

I should have had someone in the picture for scale but I think that would be a distraction.

The texture/colouring was striking.

Please don't be offended by this, it made me and many others

laugh.  It's mounted on a plinth and is about 2 feet high.

I call him "The Show-off" 1

Cleethorpes Seafront.

The school holidays are over, we have very few visitors and now we residents can enjoy our town at our leisure.

These few pictures were taken 2 days ago on a lovely sunny morning, although there was a slight chill in the air which told me that autumn is almost here.

The first few images were taken from our Pier.

The "Beach Rake" goes out most mornings to riddle any litter out of the sand

and keep it looking fresh and clean.

The Ferris wheel has been here since I was a child.

Wherever I go taking pictures, if there's a dog I have to have a picture. 

Reinforcements coming for the donkeys.

Well, it's a dog!!