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Capes on tour: Leek. Part 1

by Pluvmantelo
September 8, 2025
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Staffordshire called once again for The Cape Queen who went in search of stationery to complete some much-needed correspondence. But before buying the necessary pens and paper – and some pencils for her drawing hobby – there was time for a stroll around the town. …

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Capes on tour: Stone in black and white. Part 7

by Pluvmantelo
September 3, 2025
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We’re continuing or visit to Stone thread but, this time, in monotone. And why not? A black and white image conveys something quite different from a colour one and there’s a real link with the past. Anyway, Clair The Cape Queen is looking to return …

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Capes on tour: Stone, Staffordshire. Part 6

by Pluvmantelo
September 1, 2025
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It’s a return to Stone railway station where Clair the Cape Queen had donned her Klepper cape for some industrial architecture exploring. Mid-summer it might have been, but the skies were grey, there were intermittent showers and the breeze strong, the latter causing Clair’s heavy …

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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: Magpie Mine

by Pluvmantelo
August 18, 2025
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Head into the heart of Clair The Cape Queen’s domain and you’ll find Magpie Mine, Derbyshire’s last working lead mine. Situated high up in the Peak District it’s a fantastic survivor and one that’s a reminder of the nation’s past, closing in 1958. But while, …

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Capes on tour: Stone, Staffordshire. Part 2

by Pluvmantelo
August 11, 2025
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The Cape Queen doesn’t mind a bit of shopping every now and then and while in Stone she came across this excellent emporium. As you can see, she was especially taken by the selection of brushes and brooms – and you have to agree shopping …

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Capes on tour: Stone, Staffordshire

by Pluvmantelo
August 7, 2025
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Stone’s a proper, traditional English town and it’s the template for what a town should be like. It’s bustling, courtesy of its variety of shops (independent and chain) and there’s plenty of car parking. Its architecture adds to the traditional town feeling that there’s no …

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Capes on Tour: Back in Congleton

by Pluvmantelo
July 10, 2025

Sunny, yes: but is that any reason not to be wearing a cape? Clair The Cape Queen needs no downpour-induced excuse to get caped and on a bright sunny day her longer Rukka cape really looked the part as she swished through the streets of …

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Capes on Tour: Macclesfield, part 4

by Pluvmantelo
July 7, 2025
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Looking back just a few weeks to that VERY wet day in Macclesfield it’s lucky Clair The Cape Queen was more than adequately prepared for the deluge to come. And rain it did, to paraphrase Sister Rosetta Tharpe. But the 1970s plastic cape did the …

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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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