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Portrait of Heather
National Trust's Godlingston Heath Nature Reserve, Studland Bay, Dorset
#heather #GodlingstonHeath #NatureReserve #StudlandBay #Dorset
The Round House, Stanton Drew, North Somerset
#photography #RoundHouse #thatch #StantonDrew #Somerset
Scarlet Elf Cups (part of the National Elf Service)
#photography #ScarletElfCup #SarcoscyphaCoccinea #mosstodon #fungi
River Kennet, near Avebury.
This is a 'winterbourne' - a river which is only visible in winter. In summer, it disappears underground, still flowing, if slowly. Further down its course, after gathering more water from tributaries, it becomes a fully-fledged river, all the way to Reading.
#photography #RiverKennet #winterbourne #Reading
Glastonbury Abbey - Abbot's Kitchen, viewed through a ruined doorway.
#photography #Glastonbury #Abbey #AbbotsKitchen #ruin #doorway
Warmley signal box (not actually working - though it might be worth re-installing the railway line, just to get this active again).
#photography #Warmley #Bristol #SignalBox #railway
Old School Room, Chew Magna, Somerset
#photography #OldSchoolRoom #ChewMagna #Somerset
Glastonbury Tor - viewed from Cadbury/Camelot. Gives some indication of how this promontory dominates its landscape & would have been regarded as a special place, even without the tower on top.
#photography #Glastonbury #Tor #Cadbury #Camelot #Somerset
The Dartmouth Steam Railway, at Goodrington Sands, Devon.
#photography #DartmouthSteamRailway #GoodringtonSands #Devon #beach #BeachHuts
Brean Sands, Somerset
#photography #BreanSands #beach #sunset #Somerset
Giardino di Villa Communale di Taormina, Sicily
#photography #GiardinoDiVillaCommunale #garden #Taormina #Sicily
The citta of Nemi, perched above Lake Nemi (Julius Caesar's summer getaway).
#photography #Nemi #Lazio #Italy
Ilfracombe Harbour & The Quay
#photography #Ilfracombe #harbour #quay #boats
Praia Vermelha and Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro
#photography #PraiaVermelha #Copacabana #sugarloaf #RioDeJaneiro #Brazil
Banwell Village Pump.
The plaque reads:-
"THIS WELL WAS SUNK AND PUMP ERECTED BY VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTION OF THE PARISHIONERS, TO COMMEMORATE THE JUBILEE OF QUEEN VICTORIA 1887"
#photography #Banwell #VillagePump
Stone wall.
#photography #stone #wall
Des. Res in Semur-en-Auxois, Burgundy
#photography #cottage #SemurEnAuxois #Burgundy
Southern Comfrey - right there on the side of the lane.
#photography #comfrey #Symphytum #flowers #blooms
The Crown, Drayton, Somerset
#photography #pub #Crown #Drayton #Somerset
Statue of Liberty, Citadella, Budapest.
Erected in 1947 to celebrate the Soviet defeat of fascism, it was re-dedicated to Hungarian freedom in 1989, after the collapse of the Soviets.
#photography #StatueOfLiberty #Citadella #GellertHill #Budapest #Hungary #soviets #ZsigmondKisfaludiStrobl
The pulpit of St Mary's, Compton Dando, Somerset
And one of the most powerful expression of devotion I have ever seen in any church.
#photography #StMarys #ComptonDando #Somerset #ParishChurch #HolyWeek
The hydra delusion persists - that lopping off the head will cause the entire monster to collapse. We fail to learn the lesson of the hydra myth; we replace a seasoned, possibly biddable leader with a bunch of lieutenants, eager to show how single-minded & ruthless they can be.
Watford Gap
(round the back of the North-bound services)
#photography #WatfordGap #GrandUnionCanal #Northants