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  • Home
  • Destinations
    • England
      • London
      • Newcastle-upon-Tyne
    • 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
        • Colombia
        • 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
        • Nepal
        • 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
      • 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
      • Just One Person
      • Lens-Artists
      • Mid-week Monochrome
      • Monochrome Madness
      • Nature Photo Challenge
      • One Word Sunday
      • Photographing Public Art
      • Pick a Word
      • Squares
      • Sunday Stills
      • The Changing Seasons
      • Words of Wisdom
      • Cee’s challenges
        • CBWC
        • CFFC
        • CMMC
    • General challenges
      • Monday walks
      • Writers’ Quotes Wednesday
    • Challenges archive
      • Bird Weekly
      • Friendly Friday
        • The Friendly Friday Challenge: how to join in
      • Friday’s Foods of the World
      • Life in Colour
      • One-to-Three
      • Ten photos
      • Thursday Trios
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  • About me
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  • Coast & seascapes,  England,  Monday walks,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: blowing the cobwebs away at Druridge Bay

    January 4, 2023 / 29 Comments
    Wintery beach scene

    Just a few miles north of built-up post-industrial Tyneside lies the wide expanse of Druridge Bay. Its seven miles of sands are lined with sand dunes and are just perfect for a winter walk. The landscape is an interesting mix, with wind turbines visible in the distance but otherwise feeling rather remote.

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    Canal with narrowboats decorated with flags

    Gallery: summertime and the livin’ …

    July 17, 2022
    Pink sunrise over water

    The tragic tale of a Senegalese mouse

    May 28, 2021
    Rocky foreshore and distant cliffs

    Gallery: not just any day!

    November 1, 2021
  • Coast & seascapes,  Iceland,  Sunday Stills

    The black lava beach of Reynisfjara

    October 12, 2022 / 32 Comments
    Black beach with distant cliffs with a rock arch

    On Iceland’s beautiful, but dangerous Reynisfjara black lava beach signs warn of the risks of getting too close to the water’s edge where ‘sneaker waves’ have been known to catch out unwary tourists and drag them out to sea. This has to be one of the classic Icelandic landscapes.

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    Canal with narrowboats decorated with flags

    Gallery: summertime and the livin’ …

    July 17, 2022
    Group of men sitting among fishing boats on a beach

    Gallery: a traditional fishing village in Bakau

    April 10, 2021
    Pink sunrise over water

    The tragic tale of a Senegalese mouse

    May 28, 2021
  • Coast & seascapes,  Sunday Stills,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: exploring beaches, near and far

    July 7, 2022 / 61 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
    Boardwalk with sea beyond and yellow flowers

    A spring walk by the sea in Faro

    April 19, 2022
    Group of men sitting among fishing boats on a beach

    Gallery: a traditional fishing village in Bakau

    April 10, 2021
  • Coast & seascapes,  Monday walks,  Portugal

    A spring walk by the sea in Faro

    April 19, 2022 / 56 Comments
    Boardwalk with sea beyond and yellow flowers

    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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    Roof line of yellow beach hut with yacht and seagull ornaments

    Gallery: exploring beaches, near and far

    July 7, 2022
    Dramatic mountain landscape

    Gallery: Mountain, Desert, Jungle or Ocean?

    June 28, 2021
    Man in a red turban

    The fishermen of Chowara, Kerala

    February 6, 2021
  • CFFC,  Photographic techniques,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: a tangled web

    October 22, 2021 / 20 Comments
    Skeins of silk in autumnal colours

    I am always on the look out for interesting details to capture with my camera. I find it fascinating when the everyday can be made to look beautiful or remarkable when only a small part is picked out by my lens.

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    Sculpture of a bronze wheel decorated with figures, buildings etc

    Gallery: turning wheels and circles from my past

    October 5, 2021
    Large brick building with pools and low hedges in front

    Gallery: converging lines and the vanishing point

    October 15, 2021
    Man sitting on a rug using a hammer and anvil

    A blacksmith at work in Bukhara

    March 24, 2022
  • Coast & seascapes,  Sunday Stills,  Travel galleries,  Washington State

    Gallery: misty weather on the Olympic Peninsula coast

    May 10, 2021 / 31 Comments
    Misty sea stacks and river

    As one of the rainiest places in the US, the Olympic Peninsula coast is notorious for bad weather. So we counted ourselves fortunate to experience slightly damp but by no means unpleasant conditions.

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    Back of whale with mountainous coast behind

    Thar she blows – eventually!

    July 7, 2021
    Man in a red turban

    The fishermen of Chowara, Kerala

    February 6, 2021
    Abstract view of sparkling blue water

    Gallery: water, water everywhere …

    February 20, 2022
  • Coast & seascapes,  Just One Person,  Kerala,  People

    The fishermen of Chowara, Kerala

    February 6, 2021 / 32 Comments
    Man in a red turban

    One of the pleasures of a stay by the sea is an early morning walk on the beach. The waves lapping the shore, the sound of sea birds, a gentle breeze … a tranquil spot in which to recharge the batteries. But what most of us regard as a welcome break from our day to day lives is for others a place of work, and hard work at that.

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    Wintery beach scene

    Gallery: blowing the cobwebs away at Druridge Bay

    January 4, 2023
    Woman on grassy cliff looking out at passing ships

    Gallery: I must go down to the seas again

    June 10, 2022
    Man surfing in rocky sea at sunset

    Gallery: taking the plunge

    January 10, 2023
  • Coast & seascapes,  Ten photos,  Washington State

    Around the world in ten photos: day one

    December 17, 2020 / 27 Comments
    Large tree trunks on a beach and foggy offshore islets

    Fog hangs low over the outlying islets, and huge tree trunks almost block our path to the beach, but it is worth the scramble for the wonderful photo opportunities that we find there.

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    Group of men sitting among fishing boats on a beach

    Gallery: a traditional fishing village in Bakau

    April 10, 2021
    Man in a brown hat with a feather

    Shanti Arts: inspired by world travel

    June 9, 2021
    Dramatic mountain landscape

    Gallery: Mountain, Desert, Jungle or Ocean?

    June 28, 2021
  • Coast & seascapes,  England,  Sunday Stills,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: at the edge of England

    November 11, 2020 / 24 Comments
    Old boat and rail track on a shingle beach

    For those who like a coastline to be photogenic rather than picturesque, and who are more interested in exploring than lying on a beach, Dungeness is close to perfect. But don’t come here expecting to swim, to eat ice cream and to make sandcastles. Dungeness is for fishermen, walkers, photographers and lovers of the wild and windswept. Oh, and it just happens to be Britain’s only desert.

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    Abstract view of sparkling blue water

    Gallery: water, water everywhere …

    February 20, 2022
    Misty sea stacks and river

    Gallery: misty weather on the Olympic Peninsula coast

    May 10, 2021
    Woman on grassy cliff looking out at passing ships

    Gallery: I must go down to the seas again

    June 10, 2022

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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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