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  • Themes
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    • Art
      • Crafts
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    • Colour
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    • Food & drink
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  • England,  Ruins,  War

    Tyneham: a village frozen in time

    September 28, 2020 / 20 Comments
    Ruined houses and white telephone box

    'Please treat the church and houses with care; we have given up our homes where many of us lived for generations to help win the war to keep men free. We shall return one day and thank you for treating the village kindly.'

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    Lake set among pine forests

    The Lewis Burn inlet walk at Kielder Water

    March 22, 2021
    Green hillocks and winding paths

    Is it art or is it nature? Northumberlandia

    June 30, 2021
    Half-timbered building seen above a hedge

    A misty morning visit to Stokesay Castle

    July 14, 2021
  • Architecture,  History,  Japan,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: the merchant houses of Takayama

    September 23, 2020 / 9 Comments
    Street of traditional Japanese houses

    There was something special about Takayama. I could feel it in the air as soon as I stepped off the train – crisp, fresh mountain air, so refreshing after the heat of Kyoto.

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    Large building with green oriental roof

    A look inside the Grand People’s Study House

    November 18, 2021
    Ornate painted ceiling

    Gallery: ceilings and floors (and pavements and more)

    September 7, 2021
    Detail of ornate tiled frieze

    Finding geometry in the buildings of Marrakesh

    July 27, 2021
  • History,  Syria

    Once upon a time in Syria: part two

    September 21, 2020 / 19 Comments
    Roman columns and other ruins

    I think it was in Syria that I first fell in love with the huge open skies of desert landscapes. I felt I could sit and look out of the bus window quite happily for hours ...

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    Path through green woodland

    Ruislip Woods: ancient woodland in suburbia

    November 15, 2021
    Intricate red stone palace

    Around the world in ten photos: day seven

    December 23, 2020
    Low stone houses on a hillside

    The Birdmen of Rapa Nui

    January 15, 2021
  • History,  Syria

    Once upon a time in Syria: part one

    September 19, 2020 / 21 Comments
    'Welcome to Syria' banner

    I went to Syria in 1996, when it was a very different country. Today I can’t help wondering about the fate of the people I met there.

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    Half-timbered building seen above a hedge

    A misty morning visit to Stokesay Castle

    July 14, 2021
    Small church on a wooded mountainside

    Asen’s Fortress and the Church of the Holy Mother of God

    August 18, 2021
    Small tree with pueblo houses behind

    Taos Pueblo: home of the Red Willow People

    February 9, 2021
  • Dark tourism,  DPRK,  War

    So who did start the Korean War?

    September 15, 2020 / 12 Comments
    Relief carvings of battle scenes

    History, they say, is told by the victors. But what if there are no victors? What if the war never technically ended? Then, perhaps, each side feels free to tell its own version of history, a version in which they were triumphant.

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    Looking down on faded yellow-painted buildings

    Campo da Morte Lenta: Camp of the Slow Death

    March 31, 2021
    Sepia photo of Buzludzha Monument

    Buzludzha Monument

    September 4, 2020
    School children in the Hiroshima Peace Park

    Finding peace in Hiroshima

    September 7, 2020
  • Animals,  Eco-tourism,  Laos

    Elephant encounters on elephant terms

    September 13, 2020 / 19 Comments
    Two elephants among trees

    Mahn and Mohn are mother and daughter. They were separated after Mohn was born, and sold to two different riding camps. Two years ago they were reunited at MandaLao, where elephants rescued from tourist camps and logging find sanctuary.

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    Hazy view of bamboo clump

    Periyar’s monkeys, elephants, bison and more

    October 4, 2021
    Cheetah head and shoulders

    With the beautiful Africat cheetahs in Namibia

    May 16, 2021
    Giraffe eating

    Giraffe Manor: getting up close and personal

    January 11, 2021
  • Dark tourism,  DPRK,  People

    Why go to North Korea?

    September 10, 2020 / 27 Comments
    Statues of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il

    When I told people that we were going to North Korea, or the DPRK as they prefer us to call it, I got one of three reactions. From our traveller friends, ‘wow, that will be interesting’. From others, either ‘why on earth would anyone want to go there?’ or ‘gosh, you’re brave – hope you come home again!’

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    Sepia photo of Buzludzha Monument

    Buzludzha Monument

    September 4, 2020
    Two large mosaics with portraits of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il

    Gallery: mosaic portraits of a dynasty

    October 21, 2020
    Stone carved with cherubs

    Around the corner in Leipzig: die Runde Ecke

    April 16, 2021
  • Dark tourism,  Japan,  War

    Finding peace in Hiroshima

    September 7, 2020 / 11 Comments
    School children in the Hiroshima Peace Park

    ‘Excuse me, may we ask you some questions?’ The three school girls spoke in chorus, politely and in good English. We naturally agreed and, armed with a clip-board and a work-book with a set of these questions, they proceeded to ‘interview’ us.

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    Painting of young slave

    Roots: dark history or tourist trap?

    October 29, 2020
    Large statues of North Korean Leaders with visiting locals

    Gallery: statues of the Great Leaders

    February 20, 2021
    Statues of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il

    Why go to North Korea?

    September 10, 2020
  • England,  Landscape,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: the barns of Swaledale

    September 5, 2020 / 12 Comments
    Typical Swaledale landscape

    On a recent visit to Swaledale I became obsessed with capturing the patterns created by the drystone walls dissecting the fields above the valley and the stone barns scattered across the green landscape.

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    Ruins of a church

    ‘Baptised in the blood of so many good men’

    October 13, 2020
    Statues of four young men

    Roll up, roll up! A Magical Mystery Tour

    August 26, 2021
    Waterfall cascading over rocks

    Gallery: the waterfalls of Wensleydale

    October 1, 2020
  • Architecture,  Bulgaria,  Dark tourism

    Buzludzha Monument

    September 4, 2020 / 8 Comments
    Sepia photo of Buzludzha Monument

    The road twisted and turned up the mountain, winding through what seemed to be quite ancient woodland, and emerged on to the grasslands above. The crumbling hulk of the monument loomed above us, the last wisps of cloud just drifting away.

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    Series of ornate arches with trees beyond

    Gallery: looking out from the shadows

    May 7, 2022
    Black and white photo of adobe church

    Gallery: San Francisco de Asis, Ranchos de Taos

    January 8, 2021
    Looking down a spiral staircase

    Gallery: the perfect simplicity of a spiral staircase

    October 10, 2021
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Some favourite photos

Man in a turban with fishing nets
Fisherman in Fort Kochi, Kerala
Two elephants in long grass
Okavango elephants
Blue glacier edge
Glacier Grey, Torres del Paine, Chile
Elderly woman in black hat and sunglasses
In Santiago, Chile
Very large statues of North Korean Leaders
Statues of the Great Leaders on Mansudae Hill, Pyongyang
Water reflecting the sky with clouds and low sun
Approaching sunset in the Okavango Delta
Feet of huge metal sculpture, with man standing beside
The feet of the Angel
Large moai with row of more behind
The ‘travelling moai’ and Ahu Tongariki
Man in knitted hat by water, black and white photo
Waiting for the ferry, Banjul
Mountain reflected in a lake
On the road to Dyrholaey
Sunset at Wahiba Sands, Oman
Squirrel with a conker in his mouth
In Walpole Park, Ealing
Silhouette of a man in a gateway
Looking out from Bundi Palace
Blue and pink bird on a dead tree
Lilac-breasted Roller, Chobe NP, Botswana
Buddhist monk in orange robes with mobile phone
Monk at Wat Nong Sikhounmuang, Luang Prabang
Man sleeping in a tuk tuk by a carved stone wall
Tuk tuk driver by the Terrace of the Leper King
Close up of flamingo with head tucked under
Flamingo (Jersey Zoo)
Lady with baskets of fruit sitting by a canal
In Hoi An, Vietnam
Small fishing boat with a man in it, on a large lake
Lake Atitlan
Wet street and two people with bright pink umbrella
Street in Lucca, rainy day – edited

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