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  • Destinations
    • England
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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
        • Colombia
        • Costa Rica
        • Ecuador
          • Galapagos Islands
        • Guatemala
        • Jamaica
        • USA
          • Chicago
          • 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
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    • Food & drink
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      • War
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      • Pick a Word
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      • The Changing Seasons
      • Cee’s challenges
        • CBWC
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  • England,  Landscape,  Monday walks,  Trees, forests and woodland

    A stroll around Bolam Lake

    August 29, 2023 / 44 Comments
    View of a lake edged with reeds

    In the early nineteenth century the Reverend John Beresford, Baron Decies, decided to turn a swampy area of ground on his estate into an attractive landscape with a lake and woodlands. Many landowners were carrying out similar improvements but perhaps more unusually the Reverend was acting out of philanthropy.

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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
    Child playing on an otherwise empty beach

    Gallery: seeing the English coast in black and white

    August 24, 2023
  • Colombia,  Dark tourism,  Postcards from the road,  Ruins

    A postcard from Colombia: Pablo Escobar’s former lakeside retreat

    February 13, 2023 / 34 Comments
    Ruined building among trees

    On the shores of the El Peñol-Guatapé Reservoir the infamous Colombian cocaine drug-lord Pablo Escobar built a lavish estate which he named La Manuela, after his daughter.

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    Steep-sided valley with tall palm trees and other vegetation

    A (steep) walk in the Valle Cocora

    March 13, 2023
    Dense jungle with birds circling above

    A walk in Tayrona National Park

    April 18, 2023
    Balconies with Comuna 13 in large colourful letters

    Finding peace in Medellín

    March 6, 2023
  • Rajasthan,  Writers' Quotes Wednesday

    Udaipur, Rajasthan’s city of lakes

    August 14, 2022 / 25 Comments
    Lake surrounded by low mountains with a small island

    Udaipur’s setting in the Aravalli Mountains, and around a string of man-made lakes, gives it a unique character among Rajasthan’s cities. Arriving here it is immediately obvious why it is so often called the ‘city of lakes’.

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    Ornate marble pillars holding up carved ceilings

    Chaumukha Mandir, the four-faced temple of Ranakpur

    March 1, 2021
    Landscape with trees and escarpments

    Tiger, Tiger, burning bright …

    November 8, 2021
    Lake with palace on the hill beyond

    The Palace of Bundi: Kipling’s ‘work of goblins’

    November 18, 2020
  • Guatemala,  Landscape,  Lens-Artists,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: the serenity of dawn on Lake Atitlàn

    December 19, 2021 / 38 Comments
    Man in small boat and a distant volcano

    Early morning by Lake Atitlàn. A lone fisherman drifts past, checking his lines. Volcanoes dot the horizon. In the distance a small motorboat speeds past; empty now but likely to be full of passengers when the lake’s ferry services start up soon. The jetties too are quiet, waiting for the lakeside villages to wake up.

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    White painted cathedral

    A city shaped by earthquakes

    October 27, 2021
    Small fishing boat with a man in it, on a large lake

    Around the world in ten photos: day five

    December 21, 2020
    Girl in traditional blue clothing

    Traditional textiles in San Antonio Palopo

    April 21, 2021
  • Bird Weekly,  Birds,  England,  Galapagos Islands,  Themed galleries,  Washington State

    Gallery: a Grey Heron at Osterley Park (and friends)

    July 4, 2021 / 10 Comments
    Lake with heron in foreground and large house beyond

    The elegant Georgian house at Osterley Park was once home to the wealthy banking family, the Childs. Queen Elizabeth I visited the manor house that once stood on this site, and the present house, designed by Robert Adam, has seen many other wealthy and important visitors over the years. The view of the house from the far side of the large lake is particularly pretty, even on the November day when we last visited.

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    Bald Eagle on a wooden jetty

    Gallery: Bald Eagles, American Robins and more

    May 12, 2021
    Yellow and green birds on a branch, black and white background

    Gallery: playing with a selective colour technique

    June 1, 2021
    Fierce-looking owl

    Gallery: owl portraits, striped and speckled

    June 12, 2021
  • England,  Landscape,  Monday walks,  Sunday Stills

    The Lewis Burn inlet walk at Kielder Water

    March 22, 2021 / 35 Comments
    Lake set among pine forests

    Set in one of the more remote parts of Northumberland, Kielder Water may be man-made, but it is a haven of tranquillity. This lovely stretch of water is surrounded by forest; at over 250 square miles, the largest working forest in England. The lake is a popular place for water sports, while the forest offers miles of walking and biking trails. It is a haven for wildlife, one of the few places in England where you can see red squirrels. And on a clear night its skies are full of…

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    Child playing on an otherwise empty beach

    Gallery: seeing the English coast in black and white

    August 24, 2023
    Bee on a white flower

    Gallery: one small thing

    May 24, 2022
    Stone circle in a landscape with blue sky and white clouds

    A visit to Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain

    June 21, 2022
  • England,  Landscape,  Sunday Stills,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: Morning mists over Matthew’s Linn

    January 26, 2021 / 34 Comments
    Mist hanging over a lake

    Any photographer knows that light is everything, and that the best light is often found at the beginning or end of the day. Sometimes you can plan to be in the right place at the right time, but sometimes it just happens.

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    Several bridges over a river

    Newcastle: a city and its river

    February 18, 2021
    Tombstones in a field

    Eyam, home to the original lockdown?

    August 25, 2022
    Swan on a lake with green algae

    Gallery: an August selection

    September 4, 2022
  • Chile,  Landscape,  Sunday Stills,  Travel galleries

    Glacier Grey – or should that be turquoise?

    January 1, 2021 / 20 Comments
    View of beach with icebergs and mountains beyond

    Battling across the dark grey stony beach, hardly able to stay upright in the wind, which was whipping grit into my eyes and cheeks, I wondered if it would all be worth it. But one look at the turquoise blue icebergs floating on the water to my left reassured me that it would be. And it was.

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    Mountain landscape

    To touch the sky: the Torres del Paine

    May 30, 2021
    Two flamingos feeding

    Gallery: reflecting on birds

    March 27, 2021
    Man passing wall painting of orange bird

    Gallery: searching for street art in Santiago, Chile

    August 7, 2021
  • Guatemala,  Landscape,  Ten photos

    Around the world in ten photos: day five

    December 21, 2020 / 19 Comments
    Small fishing boat with a man in it, on a large lake

    Early morning, and the sun has just climbed above the volcanoes that encircle the lake. A fisherman in a rowing boat drifts slowly, checking the net that he hopes will have captured some fish overnight.

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    Girl in traditional blue clothing

    Traditional textiles in San Antonio Palopo

    April 21, 2021
    Man in small boat and a distant volcano

    Gallery: the serenity of dawn on Lake Atitlàn

    December 19, 2021
    Small town beneath a forested hillside

    Meeting Maximón, the idol of Santiago Atitlàn

    December 13, 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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