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Weekly Photograph Challenge: Security

Posted on April 8, 2017 by

Security…insecure old hedge removed, rotted horse manure provides neutriants for mixed hedging plants, hawthorn hazel and beech in protective biodegradable sheaths, planted at prescribed distance on both sides of the hazel picket fence to fill the gap, grow to make … Continue reading →

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Travel Post: Path 

Posted on March 7, 2017 by

Mid-Summer buttercups flood The Ham at Tewkesbury, haven for nesting birds, curlew and larks. Aisla asked us to find our back-pack and explore path. Dog Walkers, ramblers, twitchers, fishermen (and women), strollers and contemplators walk this path come rain and … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photograph Challenge: Shadow

Posted on February 12, 2017 by

Late summer sun in January. Alfie and me walking on Cleeve Hill overlooking Cheltenham with rays cast almost horizontal with the Earth. ‘shadow – a dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light on a … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photograph Callenge: Graceful

Posted on January 21, 2017 by

Friend Gilly said this is a difficult challenge. She’s right too. Words associated with GRACEFUL… smooth elegant dignified graceful lithesome svelt deft…the opposite are …awkward lump slapdash louche disorderly scruffy Graceful. There’s something silky, svelt and graceful about the sea. … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge: Relax

Posted on December 4, 2016 by

On a beach in Cadiz I came upon a professional relaxer. Note the fact he has managed to open and fold a newspaper to read. His umbrella is adjustable and hands-free. His toes are in the wet cool sand. His … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photograph Challenge – Local

Posted on October 16, 2016 by

The Ham at Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire UK. A huge expanse of water meadow dominated by Tewkesbury Abbey where we walk our dog Alfie, enjoy swathes of meadow buttercups in early summer, home to skylarks, curlews, gold-finches, warm breezes, and us: Tony … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: H2O

Posted on October 9, 2016 by

Water water everywhere… Here water is contained and harnessed to drive the Industrial Revolution through networks of canals dug by hand by gangs of ‘navigators’ known as ‘navvies’. Canals were overtaken and gradually replaced by improved roads and railways. By … Continue reading →

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Travel Theme: Enilghtened

Posted on October 8, 2016 by

You need the light to show the way  Search WordPress Travel Theme to more get more enlightenment…

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Weekly Photograph Challenge: Pretend

Posted on September 26, 2016 by

Along the tow-path on the River Severn at Worcester is a concept translated into reality. It’s a new building commissioned by the school, Kings Worcester (1541) to provide a base for the schools rowing club. The architects designed a building … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photograph Challenge: Edge

Posted on September 11, 2016 by

Summer’s a fading memory as spent leaves gather. The thud of leather on willow echoes in the misty gathering distance while a groundsman remembers his lines and marks angles criss-crossing on the bright green baize, the edge of the field. … Continue reading →

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