Category Archives: Photography

Exploring St Antonin Noble Val

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We wandered around the quieter corners of this wonderful mediaeval town one hot summer day, and the photos seemed to lend themselves to the rather otherworldly infrared treatment. It was quite a shock coming back to people and shops in … Continue reading

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A Candle in the Dark

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

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We have to share the holiday home with many little friends….

Some unbearably cute ones, too!

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Bald Eagle from Mike McMurray

Bald Eagle. An impressive collection of images on this blog, and often quite inspiring. Usually I assume (and I apologise fulsomely in advance to all concerned!) that landscape photographers are hale and hearty souls who live on brown rice or … Continue reading

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Old stamping grounds, new look…

A few weeks ago we were up in Yorkshire briefly to visit family, and I thought we’d pop into Bradford on the way back to see what they’d done with the new City Park, having seen some pictures of this. Unfortunately … Continue reading

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A Winter Walk in Chaddesley Woods

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Ancient Worcestershire woodland.

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Hidden History and Hard Work

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A friend invited me along to see the work that enthusiastic volunteers from the Worcester, Birmingham and  Droitwich Canals Society, working with the Canal and River Trust, are doing to make secure and conserve the structure of the canalside lime … Continue reading

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Hints of Spring

A delightful meander on Friday at Chastleton House, a largely original Jacobean house and gardens in deepest Oxfordshire, provided the compulsory seasonal snowdrop hunt. This was highly successful, and there were other delights; miniature iris glowing blue in the borders, … Continue reading

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Little Wins

A nice little surprise yesterday in the welter of underwhelming junky email in my inbox; apparently I have won a Kodak camera with a picture I took a while ago of the poppy field at Blackstone Farm, a Worcestershire Wildlife Trust reserve. I’m … Continue reading

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