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  • Destinations
    • England
      • London
      • Newcastle-upon-Tyne
    • Europe
      • Albania
      • Austria
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      • Croatia
      • Estonia
      • France
        • Paris
      • Germany
      • Iceland
      • Italy
        • Sardinia
      • Jersey
      • Latvia
      • Montenegro
      • Norway
      • Portugal
      • Spain
        • Seville
      • Switzerland
      • Ukraine
    • Beyond
      • Africa
        • Botswana
        • Cape Verde
        • Gambia
        • Kenya
        • Madagascar
        • Morocco
        • Namibia
        • Senegal
        • Tanzania
        • Zimbabwe
      • Americas
        • Belize
        • Canada
        • Chile
          • Rapa Nui
        • Colombia
        • Costa Rica
        • Ecuador
          • Galapagos Islands
        • Guatemala
        • Jamaica
        • Mexico
        • USA
          • California
          • Chicago
          • Nevada
          • New Mexico
          • New York City
          • Washington State
      • Asia
        • DPRK
        • India
          • Kerala
          • Rajasthan
        • Indochina
          • Cambodia
          • Laos
          • Vietnam
        • Japan
        • Nepal
        • Oman
        • Philippines
        • Syria
        • United Arab Emirates
        • Uzbekistan
  • Themes
    • Architecture
      • City streets
    • Art
      • Crafts
      • Street art
    • Colour
    • Dark tourism
    • Eco-tourism
    • Food & drink
    • Gardens
    • History
      • Ruins
      • War
    • Landscape
      • Coast & seascapes
      • Deserts
      • Mountains
      • Rivers
    • Nature and wildlife
      • Animals
      • Birds
      • Plants
        • Flowers
        • Trees, forests and woodland
    • People
      • Culture & tradition
      • Street photography
    • Travel in general
  • Photo galleries
    • Themed galleries
    • Travel galleries
  • Postcards from the road
  • Challenges
    • Photography challenges
      • Lens-Artists
      • CFFC
      • Monochrome Madness
      • One Word Sunday
      • Photographing Public Art
      • Pick a Word
      • Squares
      • Sunday Stills
      • The Changing Seasons
    • General challenges
      • Bird place of the month
      • Happy Place Happy Space
      • Monday walks
      • Weekend Coffee Share
      • Words of Wisdom
  • About me
    • Contact me
    • ‘Always Write’ interview
    • My love of travel
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      • Photographic techniques
      • My photography journey
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  • Modern building with external pipes and glass enclosed escalator
    Chicago,  Costa Rica,  England,  Paris,  Pick a Word,  Portugal,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: pick a word (August 2024)

    August 31, 2024 / 39 Comments

    It’s Pick a Word time again. Another month and another set of five words from Paula to illustrate. Always challenging, always fun! And as always I've trawled my archives to find some words that I hope fit her choices.

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  • Black and white photo of ornate two-tiered cloister arches
    Colombia,  Oman,  Pick a Word,  Portugal,  Rajasthan,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: pick a word (June 2024)

    June 29, 2024 / 21 Comments

    Irving Penn defined a good photograph as, 'one that communicates a fact, touches the heart and leaves the viewer a changed person for having seen it'. If I can do even one of those three things with an image, I’m satisfied!

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  • White dome above a tiled roof
    History,  Monday walks,  Portugal

    Faro’s old town: sights and impressions

    May 9, 2022 / 34 Comments

    Some of my best memories of my previous visit to Faro were of exploring the streets of the Old Town especially around the beautiful Cathedral. I was keen therefore to revisit favourite spots and discover new ones.

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  • Deep pink blossom
    London,  Portugal,  The Changing Seasons,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: an April selection

    May 1, 2022 / 28 Comments

    April showers bring May flowers. This is supposed to console us on wet April days with the thought of better weather to come. It reminds us that we need the rain to help things grow. But what if it doesn’t rain?

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  • Blue tiles with religious painting
    Architecture,  Photographing Public Art,  Portugal,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: tiles, tiles and yet more tiles!

    April 30, 2022 / 42 Comments

    I doubt you can walk more than ten metres through a traditional Portuguese town and not spot a ceramic tile or several! The unique craft of azulejos portugueses is an unmistakable feature of these lovely old houses. And just as you can’t walk far without seeing them, I find it impossible to walk any distance without photographing some!

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  • Two white bell towers
    Architecture,  Flowers,  Monday walks,  Portugal

    A stroll around Tavira

    April 29, 2022 / 38 Comments

    I couldn’t go to the Faro area and not meet up with blogging friend Restless Jo, could I? Or perhaps I could! We planned to meet, naturally, but on the day fate intervened and our coffee date had to be … not cancelled, I hope, but certainly indefinitely postponed.

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  • Sculpture of a soldier in uniform waving
    Art,  Photographing Public Art,  Portugal,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: a wartime farewell in Tavira

    April 23, 2022 / 40 Comments

    When we visited Tavira for the day from our weekend base in Faro, I couldn’t help noticing the life-size statue of a soldier outside the station. He holds his kit bag in his right hand while his left is raised in farewell.

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  • Boardwalk with sea beyond and yellow flowers
    Coast & seascapes,  Monday walks,  Portugal

    A spring walk by the sea in Faro

    April 19, 2022 / 56 Comments

    One of the delights of a spring break somewhere a little warmer than home is of course to get out and enjoy the sunshine. And if you can do so by the sea, so much the better. I’m not one for lying baking on a tropical beach; I can’t take the heat and I get easily bored. But I love the sea: the sound of waves on the shore, the fresh sea air.

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  • Mural with three faces
    Photographing Public Art,  Portugal,  Street art,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: art on the streets of Faro

    April 15, 2022 / 38 Comments

    Never go back, they say. And in fact, I rarely do. But occasionally I make an exception, and especially if I have fallen for a place while visiting without my husband and want to introduce him to it. Riga and Tallinn were in the past such places, and now Faro, on Portugal’s Algarve coast, has joined them.

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  • Cobbled pavement with black stones depicting a castle
    Friendly Friday,  Portugal,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: underfoot in the Algarve

    April 12, 2022 / 44 Comments

    On our recent visit to Faro I found myself often looking down at my feet as I walked around. This was partly out of necessity; there were plenty of broken or uneven cobbles to trip me up! But it was also due to my fascination with the traditional patterns of the Portuguese pavements.

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Some topics I’ve touched on

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