The Windypics Photo Archive

Hello and welcome to the Windypics Photo Archive. My name is Alan and I'm located in northern England and I'm a Documentary Photographer, and also what could be probably be described as a 'Crap Weather Photographer' - note# that's 'Crap Weather' Photographer, and not crap 'Weather Photographer' - or at least I hope not!:-) I do like taking pictures in what can best be described as 'atmospheric' weather, so if you see someone standing out in the pouring rain at a heritage railway or a bus event somewhere it might well be me. If 'sunny 3/4 shots' are your thing this is probably the wrong site to visit, as I prefer to make 'photo documentaries' of my boring life and my occasional days out irrespective of what the weather and conditions are like. To quote the art critic John Ruskin: "There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather!" People often ask "Why Windypics?", well it was just a pun on my surname, but it's somewhat ironic that the only type of weather that I really don't like taking photographs in is the really windy weather, as it's very hard to hold your camera steady in such conditions, so maybe I should have named it 'Wetpics' instead :-)

To view the latest 2023 updates to the site just click on the yellow links. These include some shots from my recent visits to the 'Non-event visits to the ELR in 2024', plus some shots of the 'Settle & Carlisle Circular Railtour' as it passed through Blackburn Station, plus numerous visits to see the 'ELR Santa Specials & Festive Dining Trains' running in November & December 2023, plus one short visit over to the Worth valley to see the 'KWVR's Elf Express'. Other visits include the 'ELR DMU Gala Days One & Two' on the 18th & 19th of November 2023, the 'ELR Autumn Steam Gala in October 2023', the 'GMTS Twilight Buses and Trams Event' in Manchester on the 21st of October 2023, and the 'The Mancunian Railtour' as it visited Manchester on the same day. Other events visited included the: 'Settle and Carlisle Circular Statesman Railtour' on Wednesday 27th of September 2023 as it passed through Accrington, and the 'Ribble & Fishwick Joint Bus Rally' on Sunday 24th of September 2023, the 'Elland Vintage & Car Show' and the 'Halifax Heritage Bus Running Day' both on Sunday 17th of September 2023. Also, the 'ELR Autumn Diesel Gala' on the 15th/16th of September 2023, and the 'Burnley Vintage & Performance Car Show' on Saturday 9th of September 2023. earlier visits included the 'Great Harwood Transport Festival' on the weekend of the 2nd and 3rd of September 2023, and the 'Hebden Bridge Vintage Weekend' on the weekend of 5th/6th of August 2023. Also, the 'The Rawtenstall Market Motorcycle Festival' on Sunday 20th of August 2023, the 'Bacup Classic Car Show 2023', and the 'The Bacup Fire Station Open Day', both on Saturday 12th of August 2023. There are also earlier collections from my visits to the 'Rochdale Classic Car & Bike Show 2023', the 'Tramtastic 2023 event at Heaton Park Tramway' the 'ELR Summer Diesel Extravaganza', which took place from the 29th of June to the 2nd of July 2023, and a visit to see the 'Jaguar Car Club visit to the Ellenroad Steam Museum' on Sunday 2nd of July 2023. Also the'Keighley & Worth Valley Summer Diesel Gala', which took place in late June 2023, and the 'Hoghton Tower Classic & Performance Motor Show', which took place on Sunday 25th of June 2023. Also included are images from my visits to the 'ELR Small Engines Weekend' on the weekend of 10th/11th of June 2023, the 'Great Harwood Classic & Vintage Car Display" at the Great Harwood Show on Bank Holiday Monday 29th of May 2023, the 'ELR 1940s Weekend', which took place over the late May Bank Holiday Weekend, and also the 'The Coronation Running Day' on Bank Holiday Monday 8th of May 2023. Also, Day Two of the very enjoyable 'North Western 100 Event' at the Greater Manchester Museum of Transport on Sunday 23rd of April 2023, plus some shots of the 'Northern Belle Luxury Dining Train' during its call at Hebden Bridge Station, and the 'Great Britain XV Railtour passing through Accrington' on Day 7 of its annual round Britain Tour. Also added recently were some shots from my visit to the 'Keighley & Worth Valley Railway in April 2023', and my usual 'Non-event visits to the ELR during 2023'. There is also a photo tribute to my late friend Cliff in the 'So Long Cliffy' gallery, and many other various images as well, though there are far too many of these to list individually here, but clicking on the 'Recent Albums' or Calendar' links on the sidebar should bring many of these up.

The best way to view the collections on this site is by clicking on the 'slideshow' icon (a cine camera), which you will find on the upper toolbar in each gallery, and then clicking on the two 'opposing diagonal arrows' at the top right of the screen, this will play a full screen slideshow automatically.

If you would like to register for notifications whenever the site is updated, you can do so by using the 'Register' option in the 'Identification' panel at the top left-hand corner of this page, or alternatively, if you prefer to use 'RSS' then clicking on the 'notifications' link at the bottom-right of the page in the 'Menu' section will give you that option as well. Please note that if you do register you will receive a confirmation e-mail containing a number of options, if you would like to receive e-mail notifications whenever the site is updated then be sure to click on the link option marked: "To subscribe, click on...". Please contact me via the contact link (on the left-hand menu) if you have any issues with this, or aren't receiving them.

Also back and now in html format is the essential 'A Guide to Windyspeak' page which gives a lighthearted explanation of some of the strange terms and jargon used on this site. Also, check the bottom of this page for a Piwigo referral code.

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