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  • Destinations
    • England
      • London
      • Newcastle-upon-Tyne
    • Europe
      • Albania
      • 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
          • 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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  • Coast & seascapes,  Mountains,  Norway

    Bleak landscapes of Kvaløya Island

    July 7, 2023 / 54 Comments
    Lichen-covered shore and inlet of water with snowy mountains

    Why do people choose to settle in some places and leave others almost deserted? The reasons are many, but natural resources play a big part, and so does climate of course.

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    Back of whale with mountainous coast behind

    Thar she blows – eventually!

    July 7, 2021
    Pink sunrise over water

    The tragic tale of a Senegalese mouse

    May 28, 2021
    Large tree trunks on a beach and foggy offshore islets

    Around the world in ten photos: day one

    December 17, 2020
  • 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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    Man in a red turban

    The fishermen of Chowara, Kerala

    February 6, 2021
    Man surfing in rocky sea at sunset

    Gallery: taking the plunge

    January 10, 2023

    A postcard from Norway: crossing the Arctic Circle

    May 31, 2023
  • Landscape,  Sunday Stills,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: photographing the four elements

    January 31, 2022 / 41 Comments
    Black lava beach, crashing waves and offshore rock formations

    Fire lives in the death of earth, air lives in the death of fire, water lives in the death of air, and earth in the death of water (Heraclitus). Some of these four elements are easier to photograph than others, as a quick trawl of my archives shows. Of water and earth I have many images. But air is much harder to capture, and fire too.

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    Inlet in the sea with snow and wooden hut

    A brief look at the Lofoten Islands

    August 4, 2023
    Bridge and rainbow from the air

    Gallery: Victoria Falls – what a treat

    October 27, 2020
    Small fishing boat with a man in it, on a large lake

    Around the world in ten photos: day five

    December 21, 2020
  • Friendly Friday,  Iceland,  Landscape

    Learning to dance in the rain: Iceland’s Golden Circle

    October 23, 2021 / 33 Comments
    Rain spattered window with blurred landscape

    What does a Golden Circle sound like to you? Something shiny for sure, and probably bright. And on a sunny day I am sure Iceland’s most popular tourist route is exactly that. But when I was there a few years ago with Virtual Tourist friends, it was anything but. If ever we needed to learn to dance in the rain, it was today!

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    Colourful striped fabrics

    Gallery: abstract shapes and colours

    July 16, 2022
    Close-up of head sculpted in bronze

    Purple Haze: remembering Jimi Hendrix

    July 30, 2021
    Rear of white car

    California dreaming: our first US road trip

    May 23, 2021
  • Gardens,  Paris,  Street photography,  Sunday Stills,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: the Jardins des Tuileries in the rain

    May 17, 2021 / 25 Comments
    Statue of winged horse and horseman

    ‘We'll always have Paris’ – true not only for Rick and Ilsa (in Casablanca) but also for me and my husband. We spent our honeymoon there; I’ve celebrated several significant birthdays there; and with a short journey by train on the Eurostar, it is the easiest European city for us to visit.

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    Close-up of pink blossom

    Gallery: beautiful blooms and bees in close-up

    March 9, 2021
    Half-timbered building seen above a hedge

    A misty morning visit to Stokesay Castle

    July 14, 2021
    Purple flower on a long stem

    Gallery: roses are red, violets are blue …

    April 19, 2021
  • 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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    Man in a red turban

    The fishermen of Chowara, Kerala

    February 6, 2021

    A postcard from Norway: crossing the Arctic Circle

    May 31, 2023
    Rocky beach and palm trees

    On the Pacific coast in Drake Bay

    February 28, 2022
  • Japan,  Landscape,  Monday walks,  Rivers,  Sunday Stills

    Where the gods descended: Kamikochi

    March 8, 2021 / 28 Comments
    Man with green umbrella by a river in autumn

    Nestled among the dramatic peaks of the Japanese Alps lies the high plateau of Kamikochi; the name means ‘Where the gods descended’. The Azusa River flows through a valley formed by great elemental upheavals, including glaciers and volcanic eruptions, over many thousands of years.

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    Smiling man in chef's whites

    Gallery: a visit to Takayama’s morning market

    April 1, 2021
    Street of traditional Japanese houses

    Gallery: the merchant houses of Takayama

    September 23, 2020
    Little boy and two little girls in Japanese costume

    Celebrating childhood at the shrines of Japan

    April 25, 2021
  • Landscape,  Lens-Artists,  Washington State

    What a difference a day makes

    February 28, 2021 / 25 Comments
    Rough wooden fence

    It is well known that mountain climates can be unpredictable, and Mount Rainier in the US North West is no different. After a perfect day in Paradise we had fallen asleep under clear skies; but we woke to thick fog obscuring all the surrounding mountains and indeed everything apart from the trees closest to the lodge. A perfect demonstration for us of the way that the mountain creates its own micro climate, although not an especially welcome one.

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    Scruffy looking shop in wood

    Our Land of Enchantment: the scenic byways of New Mexico

    July 25, 2021
    Top of a waterfall

    Just a few of the waterfalls of Iceland

    May 3, 2021
    Ducks landing on a lake

    Summer in East Anglia

    August 10, 2022
  • 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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    Pink sunrise over water

    The tragic tale of a Senegalese mouse

    May 28, 2021
    Woman on grassy cliff looking out at passing ships

    Gallery: I must go down to the seas again

    June 10, 2022
    Man in a brown hat with a feather

    Shanti Arts: inspired by world travel

    June 9, 2021

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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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