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With the onset of Autumn the leaves and trees can have dramatic colours. But out on the moors there was little in the way of colour from the grass, while the local stone lacks the friendly warmth of, say, that found in the Cotswolds. But …

More randomery from The Cape Queen, where there’s no theme, no thread, just images from three trips out to the town and the country. Yes, two green capes, worn in the town and red, worn on a trip to the moors. OK, there might just …

 More from the Moors – yes indeed, as Clair The Cape Queen took several capes on a recent trip exploring the green, green, grass of home, as someone once sang. A grey sky, rain, some breeze – it was all there in one neat inclement …

 A big clear cape and strong blustery winds – what could possibly go wrong? Fortunately, not too much, but the risk was there as Clair decided to explore the moors. As it was raining, it was a clear cape to the fore. Or, clear cape …

As you see we haven’t ditched The Cape Queen for a selection of our favourite album covers but we have selected a few images that seem to evoke LP sleeves from yesteryear. Those images started unintentionally on an early shoot and while we never set …

A blustery damp day it was as Clair The Cape queen strode on to the moors in her part of Mercia. And as you can see, she was well protected against the elements with her old pale yellow cycle cape. How old is this cape? …

Clair The Cape Queen never misses an opportunity to get out, about and explore Mercia’s industrial past. Just driving around throws up some interesting buildings with close links to the city’s industrial past. That means parking, walking and exploring, and on a warm dry day, …

Going back from some of our shoots from the Spring and early Summer and hopefully you’ll enjoy this cape image mash-up as much as we did choosing them. Don’t forget we do have capes for sale too! …

Yes, you read that correctly: here’s a selection of previously unseen images of The Cape Queen from a variety of shoots this Summer. There’s a selection of capes, a selection of location too, but what brings them together is, as always, The Cape Queen. We …

Clair The Cape Queen loves her long red capes and she’s been keeping busy in her cellar – and what better cape to wear than her recently-acquired 1990s shiny long number. There’s not much in the way of wine of champagne in her cellar but …

Yes, you read that correctly. No links to an area, no colour theme – just a small selection of images of The Cape Queen in a variety of capes. Enjoy! …

 The Cape Queen loves grey: maybe it’s those rainy skies that often hang over her home in deepest Mercia. Or maybe it’s because grey’s off the radar. Unlike other colours, everybody seems to pass grey by. Yet… have a look at The Cape Queen’s 1970s …

…of stairs. Clair The Cape Queen donned her fine, super-long, super-heavy rubberized satin cape for a stroll out recently. Down the road, through the alleyway, across the road and then up the flight of steps – believed to be from the 1950s – and on …

The Cape Queen was on something of a mission recently and, grey cape on, she headed out and took one of her favourite shortcuts – in this case a lovely old footpath that connects the town centre to her home. This time the grey cape …

Yes it did, but The Cape Queen’s countryside exploring wasn’t marred by the wet weather. Why? Well let’s be honest, the answer’s obvious: a lovely late-1970s vinyl raincape stopped those pesky showers soaking The Cape Queen and let’s be honest again, she was giving rural …

Summer? What summer? The Cape Queen’s not entirely sure if summer’s started in her part of Mercia and when we last caught up with her it was raining, hence her voluminous green cape for a trip to the library. We’ve seen this cape a few …

It was a grey blustery day and The Cape Queen was wondering when the summer was going to start – or had those few hot days in late May been the summer? And with the clouds gathering and damp in the air – and The …

The British tradition of taking tea is upheld by The Cape Queen, who we caught up with as she was finishing off some cape-wearing housework. Tea? Yes. But what about the accompanying biscuits? They’re a definite, especially after the housework’s finished, when it’s time to …

It’s funny how dismissive people can be of the colour grey, but in the right shade it has a distinguished but subtle air. That’s the case with The Cape Queen’s shorter grey rubber cape, which she wears on nights out, even if it isn’t raining. …

Time for a caped night out, but did The Cape Queen decide that rather than socializing she’s rather stay in, pleasingly cocooned in her 1970s blue nylon cape? Certainly she was looking smart and ready to go, but what about doing that quick spot of …

Back on the delightfully clear, pure sands of Weymouth for The Cape Queen and again the blustery wind kept her cape billowing. We know what a big wheel is, but the other beach-domiciled structure was something else, being something like a 1950s interpretation of a …

Even The Cape Queen has to attend to domestic chores every now and then and here’s the proof that she keeps her home in exceptionally tidy order. From cleaning the surfaces to using a duster and the vacuum cleaner, The Cape Queen gets it all …

No, it’s not a 1980s pop new-wave band, more the location for a recent catch-up with The Cape Queen. Our walk around the town brought us to a lovely walled footpath: gently inclining it rose away from the main road to a quieter part, far …

It’s clear The Cape Queen goes beyond wearing capes outdoors to wearing hers indoors too and this almost floor-length ultra shiny red example is one that suits an evening relaxing at her private bar – entrance by invitation only. Voluminous is the word for this …

We popped in to see The Cape Queen just as she was getting ready for a night out and, in order to really make a truly memorable entrance, she opted for her early-1970s blue nylon cape. Understated and smart, certainly, but for the cape connoisseur …

Outdoors or indoors The Cape Queen does like wearing… well, a raincape. We caught up with her at home recently and were pleasantly surprised to see her in her very dark brown Bormax cape. There’s something surprisingly elegant about the way The Cape Queen swished …

The Cape Queen doesn’t mind a bit of cape-wearing indoors – it’s a frequent occurrence at her abode somewhere in deepest Mercia. And this time The Cape Queen went red, and red bigtime with her super-shiny, full-length cape which she wore when, well, simply being …

We’re more than pleased by how well these images have been received and here’s the second half from that shoot. There’s a strong film noir air to these images but there’s a 1970s rainwear magazine vibe going on – we hope you like the combination …

During the last few years we’ve seen the steady growth of our website and after receiving a good amount of feedback, we are in the process of offering a new element to Pluvmantelo. We have always wanted to delve into more classically tantalising imagery and …

It’s a double-header from The Cape Queen as Clair managed to wear two capes on a recent trip into town. The short blue one’s a recent addition, the clear one she’s had for some time. Both are useful and neither really turned weekday shoppers’ heads …

Welcome to The Cape Queen’s shortest cape, a recently bought glossy black pvc number that’s certainly decorative and arguably reasonably practical too. It’s already proved popular with some of The Cape Queen’s followers and one passer-by in this Mercia town asked where she’d bought it. …