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    • England
      • London
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    • Europe
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        • 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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        • The Friendly Friday Challenge: how to join in
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      • Pick a Word
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  • 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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    Wartime sign about spies

    Cracking the code at Bletchley Park

    June 19, 2021
    Typical Swaledale landscape

    Gallery: the barns of Swaledale

    September 5, 2020
    Red lantern, blue wall, green shutters

    2020: my (pandemic) year in review

    January 3, 2021
  • Animals,  Sunday Stills,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: the animals went in two by two …           

    June 7, 2022 / 52 Comments
    Two elephants in long grass

    The animals went in two by two. And three, and four, and five, and more.

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    Lioness followed by two cubs

    Gallery: when three is better than two

    January 21, 2022
    Back of whale with mountainous coast behind

    Thar she blows – eventually!

    July 7, 2021
    Giraffe eating

    Giraffe Manor: getting up close and personal

    January 11, 2021
  • Birds,  Sunday Stills,  Themed galleries,  Thursday Trios

    Gallery: feathered friends in threes

    May 27, 2022 / 24 Comments
    Black and white photo of three gulls on a groyne

    A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

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    Hazy view of bamboo clump

    Periyar’s monkeys, elephants, bison and more

    October 4, 2021
    Black and white monkey in a tree with small orange fruits

    Gallery: wildlife in the Caño Negra refuge

    March 17, 2022
    Black and white kingfisher eating a fish

    Gallery: some birds that eat fish

    March 18, 2021
  • Food & drink,  Kerala,  Sunday Stills

    Gallery: in the Cardamom Hills of Kerala

    May 17, 2022 / 29 Comments
    Smiling lady on a bamboo ladder

    There’s a clue in the name! The Cardamom Hills in Kerala are famous for the growing of their namesake spice and many others besides. Peppercorns, vanilla, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon and more are grown on the small farms here. But also coffee and different fruits such as banana, avocado and jack fruit.

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    Limestone building in garden among trees

    Special treats: The Black Swan at Oldstead

    February 2, 2021
    Dark table with lots of small dishes

    Gallery: Dining in (Japanese) style ~ kaiseki

    March 6, 2021
    Sign saying Pie Town

    A pit stop in pioneering Pie Town

    June 24, 2021
  • Architecture,  Lens-Artists,  Photographic techniques,  Sunday Stills,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: looking out from the shadows

    May 7, 2022 / 68 Comments
    Series of ornate arches with trees beyond

    Who hasn’t explored a building, maybe an impressive fortress or palace, and had one of those ‘wow’ moments as you emerge from the darkness of the building to an arch or window revealing the lightness outside?

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    Stone church and blue sky

    The wonders of Bulgaria’s Bachkovo Monastery

    February 10, 2022
    Large wooden curved structure

    Gallery: Seville’s mushrooms, art or architecture?

    December 4, 2021
    Ornate door and building

    Gallery: the doors of Tallinn

    October 24, 2020
  • Flowers,  Photographic techniques,  Sunday Stills,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: fabulous florals in a spin

    April 26, 2022 / 41 Comments
    PhotoSpiralysis effect on a deep purple flower

    Of course spring flowers are glorious in their own right. We love to see them both for their beauty and because they herald summer days to come. But I’ve shared so many in the past. So when Terri asked to see some fabulous seasonal florals I wanted to do something different.

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    Close-up of pink blossom

    Gallery: beautiful blooms and bees in close-up

    March 9, 2021
    Black and white photo of a single magnolia flower

    Gallery: spring sunshine, but in monochrome?

    March 21, 2022
    Forest in the mist

    Barking up the right tree in Costa Rica

    March 4, 2022
  • Architecture,  Street photography,  Sunday Stills,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: what makes a perfect city?

    March 29, 2022 / 59 Comments
    Looking across a park to an historic building with a river and modern skyscrapers beyond

    When Beatrix Potter adapted Aesop’s fable about the town mouse and the country mouse, in her picture book The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse, she concluded that tastes differ. Some of us seem born to city life, others are happiest in the country. I fall firmly into the first group.

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    Half-timbered building seen above a hedge

    A misty morning visit to Stokesay Castle

    July 14, 2021
    Three photos in a black frame showing an oriental palace and some details

    Buildings three ways (three of a kind)

    May 29, 2022
    Orthodox cathedral at the end of a wide street

    Gallery: Sofia’s St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

    March 7, 2021
  • Flowers,  Sunday Stills,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: spring sunshine, but in monochrome?

    March 21, 2022 / 41 Comments
    Black and white photo of a single magnolia flower

    It may seem contradictory, as we pass from winter to spring, to try to present that colourful season in black and white. Flowers are appearing, in shades of pink, yellow and more. Green leaves are sprouting on trees and bushes. Nature is coming to life in glorious technicolour!

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    Two white bell towers

    A stroll around Tavira

    April 29, 2022
    Small purple blossoms

    Gallery: a bouquet of purple flowers

    August 11, 2021
    Bee on a bright pink flower

    Gallery: a selection of summer bugs

    August 3, 2021
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    Gallery: never jaded by jade

    March 14, 2022 / 40 Comments
    Detail of traditional Chinese roof with small ornamental figures

    Jade is associated with calmness, balance, healing and protection. The stone is especially prized by the Chinese. For them it symbolises prosperity, success, and good luck. It is also a symbol of renewal, longevity, and even immortality. It is said to be a living stone, from the earth but with a luminous quality shared with sunlight and the stars. It is thus a connection between the realms of heaven and earth.

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    Wooden hut painted in candy stripes

    Gallery: colourful beach huts in Whitstable and Broadstairs

    November 20, 2020
    Pink flowers half-silhouetted against a pink sky

    Gallery: looking on the pink side

    October 18, 2021
    Colourful paper lanterns at night

    Gallery: let there be light

    September 21, 2021
  • Europe,  Newcastle-upon-Tyne,  People,  Sunday Stills

    Memories of following the Toon in Europe

    March 7, 2022 / 60 Comments
    Exterior of a large stadium with yellow supports

    With the recent change in fortunes of our football team, Newcastle United, following the (some would say controversial) sale to rich owners, there is a sense of optimism among the Toon Army. And who are the Toon Army, you ask? They are the fans who follow the Toon (Geordie dialect for ‘town’) through thick and thin, good times and bad.

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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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