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  • Destinations
    • England
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    • Europe
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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
    • 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
      • Lens-Artists
      • Monochrome Madness
      • Nature Photo Challenge
      • One Word Sunday
      • Photographing Public Art
      • Pick a Word
      • Squares
      • Sunday Stills
      • The Changing Seasons
      • Cee’s challenges
        • CBWC
        • CFFC
        • CMMC
    • General challenges
      • Happy Place Happy Space
      • Monday walks
      • Words of Wisdom
      • Writers’ Quotes Wednesday
    • Challenges archive
      • Bird Weekly
      • Friendly Friday
        • The Friendly Friday Challenge: how to join in
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      • Mid-week Monochrome
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      • Ten photos
      • Thursday Trios
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  • Architecture,  History,  Lens-Artists,  Monday walks,  Paris,  Street photography

    A stroll through more of the Marais

    September 18, 2023 / 55 Comments
    Fountain in a small park with elegant houses around

    The Place des Vosges must be one of the most beautiful corners of this beautiful city. Like the Place Dauphine it owes its existence to the city planning ambitions of Henri IV. It was laid out as an elegant residential square where the upper echelons of Parisian society could live and socialise. Much has changed since then, not least due to the Revolution, but it remains as elegant as ever.

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    Black and white photo of a modern building and silhouetted bridges

    Gallery: seeing the Sage in black and white

    December 28, 2022
    Black and white photo of two women with umbrellas tinted pink

    Sofia, city of contrasts and a work in progress

    October 5, 2022
    Panoramic cityscape

    The best views of Paris?

    September 12, 2022
  • Monday walks,  Paris,  Street photography

    Welcome back to Paris

    September 12, 2023 / 62 Comments
    Man reading a book on a stone wall by a river and bridge

    When you first arrive in a new city, you can’t wait to get out and explore. There are new sights to be seen, new experiences to be had. But if it’s somewhere you’ve visited many times before there isn’t that urgency. New sights can wait for tomorrow. Today, on arrival, your desire is rather to reconnect, to regain that sense of feeling at home. And for me, in Paris, that means a walk by the Seine.

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    Three women in bright clothes and a man carrying large bundle of leaves

    A walk in a Tharu village

    December 13, 2022
    Small boats on a river with grassy banks and old buildings

    A sunny day out in Cambridge, part one

    July 19, 2022
    Two images of narrow city streets

    A walk in Seville’s picturesque Triana district

    December 2, 2021
  • England,  London,  Newcastle-upon-Tyne,  The Changing Seasons,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: an August selection (2023)

    September 1, 2023 / 26 Comments
    Colourful globes on a lawn outside an old building

    Summer has been in rather short supply this year, although August has given us some nice days. On the whole, however, it has continued July’s pattern of unseasonably cool and damp weather, again due to that stubbornly stuck jet stream.

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    Orange rose

    Gallery: a July selection (2023)

    August 1, 2023
    Bronze statue of a seated man holding a hat

    Looking for Thomas Hardy in Dorset

    November 17, 2021
    Ruined stone church

    A stroll around Fountains Abbey

    August 29, 2022
  • Colombia,  Culture & tradition,  Street photography

    The palenqueras of Cartagena de Indias

    August 31, 2023 / 54 Comments
    Colourfully dressed women on a pavement

    You won’t have to walk far in Cartagena’s old town before spotting one or more of these colourfully dressed women. They stand on street corners, bowls of tropical fruit ready to balance on their heads for any tourist willing to tip them a dollar or two. And most visitors will feel it is worth that tip to get a photo of such an iconic sight.

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    Soft focus image of a dramatic flower

    Gallery: soft orchids from Colombia

    February 22, 2023
    Water with a small boat moored and surrounding palm trees

    Beach walks on the Caribbean coast of Colombia

    May 16, 2023
    Man having his shoes shined

    Exploring the sights of downtown Medellín

    April 4, 2023
  • England,  London,  The Changing Seasons,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: a July selection (2023)

    August 1, 2023 / 46 Comments
    Orange rose

    We’ve had more than our fair share of cooling showers this month, not to mention the odd downpour. But heat has been in short supply. After June’s heatwave our weather seemed to flip and many days this month have felt more like October than July!

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    Ducks landing on a lake

    Summer in East Anglia

    August 10, 2022
    White flowers with dark purple centre patches

    Gallery: a July selection

    August 2, 2022
    Bright pink daisy-like flower

    Gallery: a May selection

    June 2, 2022
  • London,  Monday walks,  Photographing Public Art,  Street art

    A London walk with a blogging friend

    July 3, 2023 / 44 Comments
    Street art painting

    Yes, London can be different things to different people, and different parts of London can be different to each other. Contrast Mayfair with Camden Market, or Soho with the South Bank. As a Londoner I have lots of favourite areas of course, and love to visit all of them. But I always enjoy a walk in London’s Spitalfields and Brick Lane areas, and even better when I can introduce a friend to this lively area.

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    View of a city with winding river and skyscrapers

    Gallery: London from the top of the Shard

    May 28, 2023
    Bee on a yellow flower

    Gallery: it’s all in the details

    May 2, 2021
    Robin in a bird bath

    Gallery: a June selection

    July 3, 2022
  • Flowers,  London,  Newcastle-upon-Tyne,  The Changing Seasons,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: a May selection (2023)

    May 30, 2023 / 18 Comments
    Pale tulip against a dark background

    May is an especially lovely month in England. At the start of the month spring is at its height, while by the end there are hints of the summer to come. With spring being late this year, the early part of May felt more like April, with chilly winds and frequent showers. But the trees were green at last after the winter bareness, and there were flowers everywhere!

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    Dark red flower

    Gallery: looking closely at Nepal

    January 6, 2023
    White flowers with dark purple centre patches

    Gallery: a July selection

    August 2, 2022
    Forest in the mist

    Barking up the right tree in Costa Rica

    March 4, 2022
  • CMMC,  Rajasthan,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: intriguingly incomparable India

    May 25, 2023 / 57 Comments
    White wall with a painting of the god Ganesh and a blue door

    Picture India, and you are quite likely picturing Rajasthan. A land of ruined fortresses and long-abandoned palaces whose stones speak evocatively of past maharajas. A desert land where rural life is tough and little-changed over the centuries, yet vibrant and full of colour. A land whose people know how to celebrate and how to welcome strangers.

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    Blue and turquoise mosaic

    Gallery: feeling the blues

    November 11, 2021
    Dark red flower

    Gallery: looking closely at Nepal

    January 6, 2023
    Small bird hovering by purple flowers

    Gallery: searching for M and M

    July 29, 2023
  • One Word Sunday,  Street photography,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: dodging traffic around the world

    May 9, 2023 / 42 Comments
    Wide road with motorbikes and cars

    While I would hate to drive in many of the countries we’ve visited, and have been known to grip my seat in the car from time to time, somehow I enjoy the excitement of being on these roads.

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    Monks in orange robes seated on the floor

    Tak Bat in Luang Prabang

    August 27, 2023
    Arc of round stained glass windows

    Gallery: a window on Paris

    September 17, 2023
    Blue and green wooden doors

    Gallery: the doors of Nepal

    January 23, 2023
  • Albania,  England,  Flowers,  Rivers,  Street photography,  The Changing Seasons,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: an April selection (2023)

    May 2, 2023 / 41 Comments
    White blossom and deep blue sky

    As well as being a successful novelist and poet, Vita Sackville-West is known for the beautiful gardens she created at Sissinghurst in Kent. She will have welcomed April as all gardeners do … but maybe not the April we have had this year.

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    House in a garden with concrete path

    A postcard from Tirana: Enver Hoxha’s former residence

    April 22, 2023
    Two boys cycling past a utility box painted with a figure from South Park

    Gallery: boxing clever in Tirana

    May 14, 2023
    White statue of a saint against a blue sky

    Sweet freedoms in Tirana

    May 8, 2023
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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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