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  • Home
  • Destinations
    • England
      • London
      • Newcastle-upon-Tyne
    • Europe
      • Albania
      • Austria
      • Bulgaria
      • Croatia
      • Estonia
      • Finland
      • France
        • Paris
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Iceland
      • Italy
        • Sardinia
        • Sicily
      • Jersey
      • Latvia
      • Montenegro
        • Malta
      • Norway
        • Svalbard
      • 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
        • Japan
        • Indochina
          • Laos
          • Cambodia
          • Vietnam
        • Middle East
          • Oman
          • Qatar
          • United Arab Emirates
        • Nepal
        • Philippines
        • Sri Lanka
        • Syria
        • 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
      • Seasons
    • People
      • Culture & tradition
      • Street photography
    • Travel in general
  • Photo galleries
    • Themed galleries
    • Travel galleries
  • Postcards from the road
  • Challenges
    • Photography challenges
      • Lens-Artists
      • CFFC
      • Flower Hour
      • 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
      • Monthly Wrap Up
      • Weekend Coffee Share
  • Contact me
  • About me
    • ‘Always Write’ interview
    • My love of travel
    • My photography
      • Photographic techniques
      • My photography journey
      • Video
    • Disclaimer & GDPR
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  • Flowers,  Lens-Artists,  Photographic techniques,  Themed galleries,  Travel in general

    Gallery: dreamy florals

    October 12, 2025 / 44 Comments

    The soft delicacy of flower petals can give them an ethereal, dreamlike quality. And a bit of creative photo editing can enhance that impression, A blurred background, combined with soft focus, can make the flowers seem to float in a hazy, dreamy space.

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  • Lens-Artists,  Themed galleries,  Travel in general

    Gallery: everyone should see this

    September 28, 2025 / 95 Comments

    Most of us who love to travel have a bucket list, and some places I believe are on nearly everyone’s list. I’m one of the lucky ones; I’ve been able to ‘tick off’ many places from my own list although of course like you, I suspect, I’m continually adding more as I go along!

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  • City streets,  Lens-Artists,  Paris,  Street photography,  Travel galleries,  Travel in general

    Gallery: Paris stays with me

    September 14, 2025 / 83 Comments

    There are some places that stay with you forever, whether you spend just a few hours there or many days. Places that almost haunt you. Places you long to return to some day. Sometimes you fulfil that longing and return, maybe often. And sometimes you never go back, but never forget.

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  • Lens-Artists,  Themed galleries,  Travel in general

    Gallery: we’re going on a scavenger hunt!

    August 31, 2025 / 59 Comments

    We’re going on a scavenger hunt through our archives. To be honest that’s what I usually do for many challenges and it’s a great excuse for a rummage that will trigger lots of memories.

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  • California,  Paris,  Philippines,  Travel in general

    A new way to interact with my posts

    August 25, 2025 / 18 Comments

    If you love travelling as much as I do, I’m sure there are times when you read a post about somewhere interesting, maybe somewhere you’re already planning to go, and you think, ‘That will be useful’. Maybe you even bookmark it, or copy and saved some of the useful information. And just maybe, you remember, when the time comes to visit that place, that you read and saved that interesting post … somewhere!

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  • Landscape,  Lens-Artists,  Themed galleries,  Travel in general

    Gallery: stormy skies overhead

    June 15, 2025 / 64 Comments

    Whatever the weather, when travelling it would be a waste of a day to stay inside. And with the right clothing it’s always possible to get out and explore. I want to show how bad weather needn't throw you off course when travelling. How with the right attitude and a bit of flexibility, even a stormy day can be fun!

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  • Birds,  Monochrome Madness,  Sunday Stills,  Themed galleries,  Travel in general

    Gallery: flying high in black and white

    May 21, 2025 / 31 Comments

    I think we humans must always have considered flight as something magical. After all, we can travel easily over the ground but without some supporting device are unable to leave it. Consider how many mythical creatures have the power of flight, from fairies to winged horses to dragons.

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  • Landscape,  Lens-Artists,  Themed galleries,  Travel in general,  USA

    Gallery: serene moments around the world

    May 11, 2025 / 53 Comments

    There’s a temptation when we travel to try to cram everything in. To see every sight, explore every street and alleyway, visit every museum even! We fear we’ll go home and regret having missed something that others say is a must-see. Or worse perhaps, miss seeing that one thing that we could have been the first to discover and share.

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  • France,  Monochrome Madness,  Photographic techniques,  Travel in general

    A moment in time

    March 14, 2025 / 42 Comments

    The smallest things can trigger a memory: a song, a scent, a throwaway remark. Yesterday, for me, it was a single word, a place name: Monneville. Very many moons ago, in my teens, I spent about ten days living in Monneville as a pupil on my school’s French Exchange programme.

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  • Collage of travel photos
    Sunday Stills,  Travel in general

    Looking back at a year of travels (2024)

    December 29, 2024 / 63 Comments

    Travel is a luxury, one not everyone can indulge in. Those of us who have the resources and health to be able to indulge have a responsibility, I feel, to value the experiences it brings us. One way I try to do this is by capturing those experiences through my photography and through this blog.

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Some topics I’ve touched on

africa animals architecture art birds black_&_white buildings california churches cities coast colombia colour dprk ealing england flowers france friendlyfriday Friendly_Friday history india landscape lens-artists Lens_Artists_Challenge london Monday_Walks monochrome Monochrome-Madness museum nepal north_korea paris people photography PPAC ruins sculpture Street_Art Street_Photography Sunday_Stills thechangingseasons usa views wildlife

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