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    • England
      • London
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    • Europe
      • Austria
      • Bulgaria
      • Estonia
      • France
        • Paris
      • Germany
      • Iceland
      • Italy
      • Jersey
      • Latvia
      • Norway
      • Portugal
      • Spain
        • Seville
      • Switzerland
      • Ukraine
    • Beyond
      • Africa
        • Botswana
        • Cape Verde
        • Gambia
        • Kenya
        • Morocco
        • Namibia
        • Senegal
        • Tanzania
        • Zimbabwe
      • Americas
        • Belize
        • Canada
        • Chile
          • Rapa Nui
        • Costa Rica
        • Ecuador
          • Galapagos Islands
        • Guatemala
        • Jamaica
        • USA
          • New Mexico
          • New York City
          • Washington State
      • Asia
        • DPRK
        • India
          • Kerala
          • Rajasthan
        • Indochina
          • Cambodia
          • Laos
          • Vietnam
        • Japan
        • Oman
        • Syria
        • United Arab Emirates
        • Uzbekistan
  • Themes
    • Architecture
    • 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
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        • Flowers
        • Trees, forests and woodland
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      • Pick a Word
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      • Sunday Stills
      • The Changing Seasons
      • Thursday Trios
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        • CBWC
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        • CMMC
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      • Ten photos
      • Thursday Doors
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  • England,  Landscape,  Nature and wildlife,  Sunday Stills

    Summer in East Anglia

    August 10, 2022 / 24 Comments
    Ducks landing on a lake

    While the flat lands East Anglia may lack scenic drama the big skies that arch overhead are often awesome. As we drove up to Norfolk at the end of July the silvery tones of a dappled mackerel sky begged to be photographed. But we had a party to go to and no time to stop. The following day, disappointingly, the sky was a uniform grey and a little drizzly after overnight rain. Today’s photography was clearly going to be all about details and subjects to be found at ground level!

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    Wooden hut painted in candy stripes

    Gallery: colourful beach huts in Whitstable and Broadstairs

    November 20, 2020
    Brightly coloured boat approaching the shore

    Gallery: Everybody Razzle Dazzle in Liverpool

    October 1, 2021
    Old boat and rail track on a shingle beach

    Gallery: at the edge of England

    November 11, 2020
  • Landscape,  Sunday Stills,  USA

    Road Trippin’ USA: a Brit’s perspective

    July 26, 2022 / 59 Comments
    Dark orange car in front of orange rocky landscape

    One of my favourite types of holiday is a road trip in the US. To someone from a small island, the huge empty spaces and relatively quiet roads there evoke a sense of freedom and opportunity. Anything could happen here; anything could be just around the next corner.

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    Lake set among pine forests

    The Lewis Burn inlet walk at Kielder Water

    March 22, 2021
    Typical Swaledale landscape

    Gallery: the barns of Swaledale

    September 5, 2020
    Rocky landscape with outcrop of stone pillars

    Around the world in ten photos: day nine

    December 26, 2020
  • Coast & seascapes,  Sunday Stills,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: exploring beaches, near and far

    July 7, 2022 / 59 Comments
    Roof line of yellow beach hut with yacht and seagull ornaments

    I can’t remember the last time I just sat, or lay, on a beach! For me a beautiful beach is a place to explore, to walk, to photograph. I love to hear the sound of the waves breaking on the shore and to watch their hypnotic rhythm. I like to peer at rock pools to see the mysteries within. And I enjoy the challenges of photographing ancient rocks; or driftwood shaped by water and the weather into sculptural forms.

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    Misty sea stacks and river

    Gallery: misty weather on the Olympic Peninsula coast

    May 10, 2021
    Entrance to a white building on a pier

    Gallery: a walk along Brighton’s prom and pier

    October 26, 2021
    Rocky coastline

    Stunning landscapes of Iceland: the day the sun shone

    October 29, 2021
  • England,  History,  Monday walks,  Sunday Stills

    A visit to Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain

    June 21, 2022 / 67 Comments
    Stone circle in a landscape with blue sky and white clouds

    Nowhere in England is the summer solstice more famously celebrated than at Stonehenge. This ancient site has been a place of worship and celebration of the solstice for thousands of years. Every midsummer it draws crowds, some committed Druids, others merely curious observers, to watch as the sun rises behind the Heel Stone to the northeast, and its first rays shine into the heart of the stone circle.

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    Bronze statue of a seated man holding a hat

    Looking for Thomas Hardy in Dorset

    November 17, 2021
    Large stone in a field

    A stroll around Avebury’s stone circle

    June 28, 2022
    Large building with turrets and ornamental details

    More Cambridge colleges and other sights

    August 1, 2022
  • Animals,  Sunday Stills,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: the animals went in two by two …           

    June 7, 2022 / 52 Comments
    Two elephants in long grass

    The animals went in two by two. And three, and four, and five, and more.

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    Hazy view of bamboo clump

    Periyar’s monkeys, elephants, bison and more

    October 4, 2021
    Elephant calf drinking

    Meet the orphaned elephants being rescued in Nairobi

    May 15, 2021
    Hairy animal holding a tree trunk

    The oddities of sloths

    March 6, 2022
  • Birds,  Sunday Stills,  Themed galleries,  Thursday Trios

    Gallery: feathered friends in threes

    May 27, 2022 / 24 Comments
    Black and white photo of three gulls on a groyne

    A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

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    Green bird with red stripe on head

    Gallery: discovering birdlife in Bushy Park

    April 9, 2021
    Large bird among rocks

    The waved albatross of Española Island

    December 3, 2020
    River shaded by tall trees

    Misadventure on the Rio Nosara

    March 9, 2022
  • Food & drink,  Kerala,  Sunday Stills

    Gallery: in the Cardamom Hills of Kerala

    May 17, 2022 / 29 Comments
    Smiling lady on a bamboo ladder

    There’s a clue in the name! The Cardamom Hills in Kerala are famous for the growing of their namesake spice and many others besides. Peppercorns, vanilla, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon and more are grown on the small farms here. But also coffee and different fruits such as banana, avocado and jack fruit.

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    Close-up of fried tarantulas

    Gallery: fancy a snack in Spider Town?

    April 30, 2021
    Sign saying Pie Town

    A pit stop in pioneering Pie Town

    June 24, 2021
    Dark table with lots of small dishes

    Gallery: Dining in (Japanese) style ~ kaiseki

    March 6, 2021
  • Architecture,  Lens-Artists,  Photographic techniques,  Sunday Stills,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: looking out from the shadows

    May 7, 2022 / 68 Comments
    Series of ornate arches with trees beyond

    Who hasn’t explored a building, maybe an impressive fortress or palace, and had one of those ‘wow’ moments as you emerge from the darkness of the building to an arch or window revealing the lightness outside?

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    Row of old shops and cafes

    A stroll around Las Vegas

    October 19, 2021
    Elegant stone buildings and a large church with a lawn

    A visit to King’s College Chapel, Cambridge

    July 21, 2022
    Empty airport seating area

    Gallery: Wonsan Kalma International Airport sits deserted

    May 7, 2021
  • Flowers,  Photographic techniques,  Sunday Stills,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: fabulous florals in a spin

    April 26, 2022 / 41 Comments
    PhotoSpiralysis effect on a deep purple flower

    Of course spring flowers are glorious in their own right. We love to see them both for their beauty and because they herald summer days to come. But I’ve shared so many in the past. So when Terri asked to see some fabulous seasonal florals I wanted to do something different.

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    Green valley with blue sky above

    Those blue remembered hills: Cardingmill Valley

    July 8, 2021
    Pink and white flowers against a deep blue sky

    Gallery: the magnificent magnolias of March

    March 23, 2022
    Bee on a bright pink flower

    Gallery: a selection of summer bugs

    August 3, 2021
  • Architecture,  Street photography,  Sunday Stills,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: what makes a perfect city?

    March 29, 2022 / 59 Comments
    Looking across a park to an historic building with a river and modern skyscrapers beyond

    When Beatrix Potter adapted Aesop’s fable about the town mouse and the country mouse, in her picture book The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse, she concluded that tastes differ. Some of us seem born to city life, others are happiest in the country. I fall firmly into the first group.

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    Looking up at a white stone church with several domes

    Le Sacré Coeur de Paris

    April 10, 2022
    Church tower and old stone built gatehouse

    A city walk in Newcastle-upon-Tyne

    May 31, 2022
    Yellow Victorian house

    Gallery: the Painted Ladies of Cape May

    October 10, 2020
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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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