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November 20, 2025

Being outside, whatever the weather (well most of the time) is a great way to gather inspiration – clearly it’s a mantra The Cape Queen agrees with as she sat in a local park gathering ideas for some writing. Old-school Bic four-colour pen in hand, …

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A return to Macclesfield

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November 17, 2025

Back to Macclesfield and Clair the Cape Queen was given a true Derbyshire wet welcome. But did she care? No! Thanks to her recently-acquired PVC cape the rain was a mere nuisance and nothing else. And the grey cape really looked the part with The …

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Hypnotised by The Cape Queen

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November 13, 2025

On her many walks around nearby towns Clair The Cape Queen’s really looking at the architecture and her belief that you should look above you is true. She enjoys older buildings and came across this unoccupied shop, complete with show poster in the doorway. We …

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Blue cape, yellow van

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November 10, 2025

Since autumn started there’s scarcely been any sunshine, which suits The Cape Queen admirably. It gives her more opportunities to select a cape from her collection, get out and do some exploring. That was the case on a very wet day a few weeks back …

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A cape mix and match

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November 6, 2025

As the end of the year draws ever closer it’s time to have a look back at some of The Cape Queen’s shoots. We went to (among other places) Congleton, Macclesfield and Stone and, of course, to Magpie Mine, a location that’s so good we’ll …

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Back at Lytham

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November 3, 2025

There’s so much of Britain’s coast that isn’t cheap and tacky and that’s the case with Lytham which, while close to Blackpool, lacks its neighbour’s in-your-face good-time-gal image. But, like Blackpool, Lytham has wonderful sands: Clair The Cape Queen loves this part of the North …

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WaHaHa – The Cape Queen’s All Hallows ‘Eve special

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October 31, 2025

With All Hallows’ Eve upon us Clair The Cape Queen donned a suitably pumpkin-orange cape to mark the observance of Allhallowtide. Far from the corrupted way Halloween has changed to, courtesy of those on the other side of the Atlantic, Allhallowtide is a time to …

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Capes on tour: Back to Stone in black and white

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October 30, 2025

Yes, we love colour images and especially when they have the air of those 1970s processed prints: the shade of those colour prints is really evocative. But so too is black and white, as we see here from The Cape Queen’s trip to Stone railway …

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Capes on tour: Yet more (yes really) Magpie Mine cape goodness

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October 27, 2025

Not again you might say, but who’s going to complain when we’re reminded of The Cape Queen’s Magpie Mine outing? And here’s a mix of black and red cape goodness in one post. The black cape’s definitely an old one, we think coming from the …

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Capes on tour: More from Magpie Mine

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October 20, 2025

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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