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Canterbury’s Christmas markets in the sun.

#travel #photography
Canterbury’s cathedral shining in the winter sun with stalls and visitors of the Christmas markets in the foreground.
December 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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The old and the new…

Hotel New York amongst skyscrapers with Erasmusbrug in the background.

#travel #photography #rotterdam
A beautiful old brown brick hotel on a quay framed by waters with skyscrapers all around, a coal transport and a pillar of the Erasmus brug on the right side
October 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Beautiful gloom….

Autumn has arrived in Kent’s North Downs.

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A view down a green value opening up to wooded countryside interspersed with villages, and with thick dark cloud above.
October 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Brugge is such a beautiful city, with interesting views around every corner.

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A view across a canal with different medieval buildings on the other side, and trees downstream. A view up towards a crowded skyline with a white and gold building framed above an archway. A view of an old city wall across a canal with bushes along the waterline and some Belgian houses visible further along the canal. Two classic Belgian houses, one older with an original design features and the other one a newer house in the same style.
September 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Inviting waters.

Anthony Gormley: Another Time XVIII.

Folkestone Harbour, SE England.

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One of Anthony Gormley’s cast iron life size figures standing on the edge of the lower level of the Folkestone Harbour Arm, framed by blue green waters and with white chalk cliffs in the distance.
August 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Peaceful serenity.

MacMillan Park, Vancouver Island.

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Sunlight streaming down on a cluster of Douglas Firs.
July 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Durham was looking fantastic in the sunshine today

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The towers of Durham cathedral visible over the trees with the river in the foreground The tower of Durham cathedral framed by a cloister window A stone bridge above a still river with a single sculler about to pass under the bridge A few row boats visible on a river between the trees on the riverbank and some buildings showing above the trees
June 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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The Begijnhofs in the Netherlands are interesting, beautiful and peaceful. This one is in Breda, hidden away from the city.

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A view across a garden courtyard to a beautiful church on a sunny day. A statue of woman dressed in historic clothing on a hedged grass lawn A flower bed of orange and red tulips with purple flowers in the middle of a lawn with a church and courtyard in the background.
April 26, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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I really enjoy the way English gardens come alive this time of year.

#photography #flowers
Two magnolia trees with pink flowers in an English garden with a clear blue sky A magnolia tree with white and pink “tulip” flowers Yellow daffodils on a low hill framed by small buxus plants. A cherry tree flowering with pink flowers
April 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Spring in Oxford - there is lots of building work but the flowers are coming up and the city looks as beautiful as always.

#photography #travel #oxford
The first quad of Oriel college with white and purple crocuses coming up. A view of the Sheldonian Library in yellow sandstone with the Bodleian Library on the left. A view of Oxford castle behind some tress over the Castle Mill stream. The tower of St Mary in Oxford, through a window.
March 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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The Markthal in Rotterdam is a stunning building, inside and out.

A great space for a market with amazing colours and prints on the inside walls.

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A view of the market hall from the inside, showing the curve of the side of the building, with different brightly coloured foods on the inside walls. A view of the roof of the market hall showing a range of brightly coloured foods including grapes and swimming fish, interspersed with windows.
February 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers 14/20
A book cover of Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield, showing a statute of a Greek hoplite in bronze
February 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers 13/20
A book cover of The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien, showing a traditional image of a white bearded wizard striding forth.
February 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers 12/20
A cartoonish book cover of Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett, showing caricatures of three witches flying on broomsticks over a swamp.
February 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers 11/20
A gold hardback book with a Roman column and the Shard inverted above it, called Dominion by Tom Holland
February 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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A book cover of The Fifth Season by N K Jemsin, in green and with some ornamental stone detailing.
February 3, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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A battered book cover of Schindler’s List by Thomas Keneally, showing hands holding tightly to each other.
February 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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A book cover of The Book that wouldn’t burn by Mark Lawrence, showing a golden brown arched city
February 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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A cover of Sailing to Sarantium by Guy Gavriel Kay, showing a city silhouette backlit by a starry sky.
January 31, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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A red hardback book cover of Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
January 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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A book cover of Consider Phlebas by Iain M Banks, showing a blue sea with clouds and a planet in the background.
January 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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A book cover of Notes from a Small Island, by Bill Bryson, showing a mix of British themed things
January 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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A book cover of 1984 by George Orwell, showing a pair of eyes staring out of the cover
January 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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A book cover of Watching the English by Kate Fox, showing a view of empty green seats at Wimbledon, with two people reading a wet newspaper in the rain
January 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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A cover of The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
January 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM