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Capes on tour: More from Magpie Mine

by Pluvmantelo
October 20, 2025
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Looking back to our ‘summer’ shoot there was very little difference from the weather in west Wales in mid-October. Wet and windy: ideal conditions for cape-wearing then. One of The Cape Queen’s older oilskin capes certainly came in handy for some industrial archaeology exploration and …

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Capes on tour: Stone, Staffordshire. Part 4

by Pluvmantelo
August 21, 2025
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Back to Stone and Clair The Cape Queen came across a proper car accessory shop. Once a common sight in almost any high street many have suffered as motorists go online to buy their car’s needs. Of course, that means a motorist doesn’t get that …

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Capes on Tour: Longnor

by Pluvmantelo
July 21, 2025
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A friend of Pluvmantelo told us ‘the shinier the cape, the closer to God’ and it’s certainly a sentiment we’d agree with. And The Cape Queen took that shiny and God theme further as she explored Longnor’s church. The day was bright, the cape was …

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Capes on Tour: Congleton in black and white

by Pluvmantelo
July 3, 2025
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We’ve decided there aren’t enough black and white images of The Cape Queen, so it’s time to make up for that. And here’s a selection from our recent Congleton trip. No further comment’s needed from us, but what do you think? Should there be more …

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Capes on Tour: The Cape Queen in Congleton, part 1.

by Pluvmantelo
June 16, 2025
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A few days after The Cape Queen had the biblical-like dousing in Macclesfield she set off for Congleton, accompanied by much more friendly weather. The town’s filled with fine red-brick architecture and many buildings date back a few centuries – these made a top-class backdrop …

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A vintage black oilskin cape

by Pluvmantelo
April 7, 2025
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There’s just so much to like about The Cape Queen’s old black oilskin cape. It probably dates from the 1950s or the very early 1960s and it’s certainly lasted very well. Yes, it has a cracking mellowed shine to it, and the stitching’s as good …

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Leaf it out

by Pluvmantelo
December 16, 2024
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‘All the leaves are brown’ as the song said but despite that Clair The Cape Queen added some much-needed winter cheer on her recent walk through a park. She rates this short three-tone pvc cape highly as it’s handy for shopping, gardening or visiting the …

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There’s no business like snow business

by Pluvmantelo
December 12, 2024
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Cold and bright the weather was and Clair The Cape Queen was out and about again for a stroll in the park. And the bright winter sunshine made her 1960s oilskin cycle cape look absolutely stunning – so much so that several dog-walkers said how …

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Green’s good t’go

by Pluvmantelo
December 10, 2024
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It certainly was on a cold, slightly snowy day in Clair The Cape Queen’s part of the world. This was the first outing for her Rukka cape in quite some time and she appreciates both its rain and wind resistance, courtesy of its waxed cotton …

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Bormax ‘n’ snow

by Pluvmantelo
November 28, 2024
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Down came the snow the night before Clair The Cape Queen’s shopping trip, but with her trademark bobble hat and red Bormax cape she was thoroughly protected against the elements. The Cape Queen enjoys the enclosure her capes offer and when she’s warm and dry …

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