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  • Destinations
    • England
      • London
      • Newcastle-upon-Tyne
    • Europe
      • Austria
      • Bulgaria
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      • 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
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  • England,  History,  Monday walks

    A stroll around Avebury’s stone circle

    June 28, 2022 / 53 Comments
    Large stone in a field

    I find it a little odd that Avebury is not as well known, nor as visited, as nearby Stonehenge. Personally I find it just as impressive and in some ways more atmospheric. Its stone circle is so large that over time people have built their houses around and among the megaliths; so that today it seems almost as if the somewhat unearthly stones are slowly encroaching on human space.

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    Yellow stone cottage with roses growing around it

    Yes, I remember Adlestrop

    June 17, 2021
    Small round temple-style structure among trees

    King John was not a good man: Runnymede

    March 21, 2021
    Entrance to a white building on a pier

    Gallery: a walk along Brighton’s prom and pier

    October 26, 2021
  • England,  History,  Monday walks,  Sunday Stills

    A visit to Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain

    June 21, 2022 / 65 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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    Rocky foreshore and distant cliffs

    Gallery: not just any day!

    November 1, 2021
    Yellow stone cottage with roses growing around it

    Yes, I remember Adlestrop

    June 17, 2021
    Small round temple-style structure among trees

    King John was not a good man: Runnymede

    March 21, 2021
  • Art,  England,  Photographing Public Art

    The Conversation Piece and the Eye

    June 11, 2022 / 39 Comments
    Group of sculpted figures among dune grass

    Some sculptures are all the better for being in just the right place; think of the Angel of the North or Statue of Liberty, for example. And in its own less dramatic way that is true of the Conversation Piece in South Shields.

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    Green hillocks and winding paths

    Is it art or is it nature? Northumberlandia

    June 30, 2021
    Very large green snail sculpture

    Gallery: giant snails invading Riga!

    November 12, 2021
    Metal duck's mouth with water spouting

    Gallery: fountains from around the world

    January 29, 2022
  • England,  The Changing Seasons,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: a May selection

    June 2, 2022 / 21 Comments
    Bright pink daisy-like flower

    We have had a cooler than average May, although not with many showers until the end of the month. But the flowers are here in abundance! It was time to get out and about with my camera.

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    Stylised female statue head

    The art on the Tyne

    December 11, 2021
    Waterfall cascading over rocks

    Gallery: the waterfalls of Wensleydale

    October 1, 2020
    Red lantern, blue wall, green shutters

    2020: my (pandemic) year in review

    January 3, 2021
  • England,  History

    The great fort of Bebbanburg

    May 28, 2022 / 43 Comments
    Large castle on a rocky outcrop

    One of the grandest sights on the Northumbrian coastline is that of Bamburgh Castle. It is a view that I never tire of. The castle stands on a massive outcrop of rock and towers over the sands below. Unlike many castles on this coast, it is still a family home, and thus far more complete than the ruins elsewhere. It is truly an impressive sight.

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    Bright pink daisy-like flower

    Gallery: a May selection

    June 2, 2022
    Wartime sign about spies

    Cracking the code at Bletchley Park

    June 19, 2021
    Wooden hut painted in candy stripes

    Gallery: colourful beach huts in Whitstable and Broadstairs

    November 20, 2020
  • Flowers,  London,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: the magnificent magnolias of March

    March 23, 2022 / 34 Comments
    Pink and white flowers against a deep blue sky

    When I included some magnolia flower images in my recent monochrome spring flowers post it was to celebrate their sculptural forms in particular. But while black and white really emphasises those forms, draining them of colour isn’t to everyone’s taste. And to be honest the shapes are just as beautiful and distinctive in colour; while the different shades from pure white through delicate pinks to deep reds and purple are equally worth celebrating.

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    PhotoSpiralysis effect on a deep purple flower

    Gallery: fabulous florals in a spin

    April 26, 2022
    Small purple blossoms

    Gallery: a bouquet of purple flowers

    August 11, 2021
    Two white bell towers

    A stroll around Tavira

    April 29, 2022
  • Costa Rica,  London,  Photographic techniques,  The Changing Seasons,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: a February selection

    March 1, 2022 / 21 Comments
    Large red bird with white face and beak

    Keeping up my resolution of taking at least one photo a day was very easy in the first part of February and much less so towards the end of the month. For the first two weeks we were in Costa Rica and I was in travel photography heaven – and overload! When we got home however the weather was cold and I was jet-lagged. It was hard to get motivated to look for images among the familiar scenes of home after the novelties of travelling.

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    Abstract view of sparkling blue water

    Gallery: water, water everywhere …

    February 20, 2022
    Dark pink flower head

    Gallery: in the garden, Costa Rican style

    March 12, 2022
    Hairy animal holding a tree trunk

    The oddities of sloths

    March 6, 2022
  • Architecture,  Lens-Artists,  Photographic techniques,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: favourite miscellaneous photos of 2021

    January 7, 2022 / 17 Comments
    Statue of two soldiers shaking hands

    Maybe it’s the ex-librarian in me that drives me to put things into categories. But as a librarian I learned that some things fit into categories more easily than others! That was certainly true of my favourite photos from last year, and when I’d finished sorting them I was left with a set that didn’t neatly fit into a single theme.

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    Looking up at a spiral staircase

    Gallery: monochrome curves

    March 20, 2022
    Blue tiles with religious painting

    Gallery: tiles, tiles and yet more tiles!

    April 30, 2022
    Buddhist monk

    Saying prayers for Korean reunification

    June 3, 2021
  • Sunday Stills

    My (photography and blogging) year in review

    January 3, 2022 / 51 Comments
    Plane in a blue sky

    It’s fair to say that 2021 wasn’t quite the year I thought it was going to be when it started. Back in last January we were anticipating a possible return to ‘normal’ at some point during this year, with more freedoms and more travelling. That did happen to some extent, but only ‘some’ extent. Never mind, we’re still here and we’ve managed to have a pretty good year, all things considered.

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    Large heron on top of a mangrove tree

    Gallery: the birds of the Gambia

    February 22, 2021
    River through a city with several bridges

    Gallery: ‘Coming home Newcastle’, a football anthem

    August 9, 2021
    View of beach with icebergs and mountains beyond

    Glacier Grey – or should that be turquoise?

    January 1, 2021
  • England,  History,  People

    Looking for Thomas Hardy in Dorset

    November 17, 2021 / 22 Comments
    Bronze statue of a seated man holding a hat

    It would be hard to visit Dorset without at some point coming across the name of novelist and poet Thomas Hardy. He is inexplicably linked to the county, so many places in which featured in his novels. On a recent visit to the county I found links to Hardy everywhere.

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    River through a city with several bridges

    Gallery: ‘Coming home Newcastle’, a football anthem

    August 9, 2021
    Green hillocks and winding paths

    Is it art or is it nature? Northumberlandia

    June 30, 2021
    Waterfall cascading over rocks

    Gallery: the waterfalls of Wensleydale

    October 1, 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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