Photos – Media categories – Tony Giles, Blind Author and World Traveller

Australia, September 2022

Terrigal Beach, Central Coast, New South Wales

12th September 2022

Tony with his surfing instructor on Terrigal Beach. There are a row of surfboards and Tony is lying on one of them.

Tony practising positioning himself on the surfboard. He is using his arms to raise himself up on to his knees.

Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway, England, July 2022

The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway is a heritage railway line which runs through parts of Gloucestershire and Worcestershire on the edge of the Cotswolds, England. About 14 miles (23 km) of track have currently been restored between Cheltenham Race Course and Broadway.

The line was originally built between 1900 and 1906. It was then operated by Great Western Railway and ran from Cheltenham to Stratford-upon-Avon and then on to Birmingham. The line closed to passengers in 1960 and to freight in 1976 and the track was lifted from 1979.

Manchester, June 2022

Manchester is a large city in the north-west of England. The city itself had a population of 552,000 in 2021, while the wider urban area, including Salford to the west, had a population of 2.87 million. Manchester grew rapidly at the turn of the 19th Century due to a boom in textile manufacturing as part of the Industrial Revolution. The Manchester Ship Canal opened in 1894, creating the Port of Manchester and linked the city to the Irish Sea.

Segedunum Roman Fort and Museum, Wallsend, near Newcastle, northeast England

Monday, 26 June 2022

Looking from inside the 35-metre-high viewing tower at Segedunum Roman Fort and Museum. The tower provides views of the excavated remains of Segedunum, which was a Roman fort at the easternmost end of Hadrian's Wall, located close to the River Tyne at Wallsend. The fort was in use for approximately 300 years from about 122 AD up to around 400AD. — Looking from inside the 35-metre-high viewing tower at Segedunum Roman Fort and Museum. The tower provides views of the excavated remains of Segedunum, which was a Roman fort at the easternmost end of Hadrian’s Wall, located close to the River Tyne at Wallsend, near Newcastle upon Tyne. The fort was in use for approximately 300 years from about 122 AD up to around 400AD.

Head of Steam Railway Museum, Darlington, northeast England, June 2022

The Head of Steam Railway Museum was established in 1975, on the route of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, which was the world’s first steam-powered passenger railway. It is located in Darlington, County Durham, England.

Sunday, 26th June 2022.

The front of a steam locomotive at the Head of Steam railway museum. An adjoining platform can be seen opposite along with a historic wooden footbridge linking the platforms. The museum is situated inside the original station building belonging to North Road railway station in Darlington. This building opened in 1842 and is today Grade II* listed. This site was originally Darlington's main railway station. Today a functioning Network Rail station still operates next to the museum. — The front of a steam locomotive at the Head of Steam railway museum. An adjoining platform can be seen opposite along with a historic wooden footbridge linking the platforms.