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geogdave.bsky.social
David Martin (still has an underlying condition)
@geogdave.bsky.social
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Alien from another platform. Emeritus Prof #Geography, https://www.southampton.ac.uk/people/5wyh9h/emeritus-professor-david-martin Trustee https://www.geograph.org.uk/ Mostly #Maps, #Photography, #Population, #Census, #Statistics, #BloodCancer, #Faith
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geogdave.bsky.social
Last September: stood on the shore of #GreatCumbrae thinking #Arran looked stunning. This September: stood on Arran looking back - it IS stunning! #Scotland
View across sea from Great Cumbrae, Scotland with islands left, right and centre. Cloud over mountains on furthest island which is Arran. Grass foreground, blue sea, blue sky View across the sea from a mountainside on Arran, Scotland. Three walkers are silhouette against a blue sea with blue sky and scattered cloud above. Great Cumbrae and mainland Scotland in the distance
September 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
geogdave.bsky.social
So I've been mostly offline, travelling for a while in the #NorthOfEngland. A few favourite photos #PhotoHour #Geograph #Hartlepool #Warkworth #NewcastleUopnTyne #SeatonSluice
Paddle steamer Wingfield Castle under a grey sky in the docks at Hartlepool, UK The inner bailey of Warkworth Castle, looking towards the Great Tower. Seen under a blue sky. UK Bridges over the River Tyne in Central Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Low level bridge in the foreground, Tynemouth Bridge beyond. Seen in sunlight under a mostly clear sky The harbour mouth at Seaton Sluice, looking north up the coast towards Blyth. The river bends below the grassy bank where the photographer is standing and enters the sea. Mottled cloud reflected in still water.
August 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
geogdave.bsky.social
What better possible alternative could there be to motorway services on a hot day? #AynhoWharf #OxfordCanal #PhotoHour
Wharf on a narrow canal under a blue sky, with moored narrowboats, Aynho, Oxford Canal, UK
July 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
geogdave.bsky.social
Well, this is very #Geographical - Memorial at the point where the #GreenwichMeridian crosses the south coast of England #Peacehaven #Longitude
Memorial marking the point where the Greenwich Meridian crosses the south coast of England, Peacehave, seen on a summer day with clear blue sky.
July 1, 2025 at 11:07 AM
geogdave.bsky.social
Not sweltering like the rest of the country today as a sea fog rolled in, but those hills are steep! #ArishMell #Dorset #Purbeck #PhotoHour #WeatherHour
View over a steep path descending into a bay with chalk cliffs and a sea fog partly obscuring the opposite hillside. Arish Mell, Purbeck, UK
June 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
geogdave.bsky.social
#LymeRegis #Devon Much-visited and much-photographed but still lovely #PhotoHour
Boats in the harbour at Lyme Regis,UK with a blue sky reflected in the water and old buildings on the harbour wall to the right
June 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
geogdave.bsky.social
I'm not *quite* sure what the magic ingredient is, but #Bristol definitely has it... #PhotoHour #ColouredHouses #cityscape
Rows of coloured houses interspersed with trees on a hillside overlooking a marina with moored boats of different types, sized and colors, Bristol, UK
June 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
geogdave.bsky.social
Walking lots of #canals and #rivers during a cross-country trip this week, including...

#GrandUnionCanal
#OxfordCanal
#RiverThames
People eating lunch under an awning with Union Jack bunting and brightly painted picnic tables, milk churns, ice cream umbrellas Two barge-style boats with blue hulls and white cabins moored on a canal on a summer day Illuminated canalside public house reflected in a lock at dusk Moored narrowboats around a bend in a canal at sunset with broken clouds reflected in the water
June 6, 2025 at 8:40 AM
geogdave.bsky.social
Reminder to anyone who needs to know: #Purbeck #Dorset is stunning! #PhotoHour #coast
Cliff-top view looking west along the Purbeck Coast, UK. Hazy bue sky, blue sea, green fields, coast path
May 10, 2025 at 10:09 AM
geogdave.bsky.social
Also, a nice #AIOverview #fail example here: I was hoping for 2 hours' #parking (maybe £2 per hour) Searched, "packet boat marina parking prices", got this... hmmm
Mooring costs at Packet Boat Waterside & Marina in Uxbridge depend on the specific mooring and its facilities, starting at approximately £5 746 per year...
April 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
geogdave.bsky.social
Britain's #canals are amazing! Yet again, I step through an unpromising gate in a car park and enter a different world #GrandUnionCanal #PhotoHour
Lock and towpath on the Grand Union Canal near Uxbridge, UK on a fine April day under a clear blue sky.
April 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
geogdave.bsky.social
What better subject for a #geographer than a good #geo? #Flamborough #Yorkshire last week #PhotoHour
View into a geo - an inlet eroded in cliffs - in chalk cliffs at Flamborough Head, UK. Blue sky, blue sea
April 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
geogdave.bsky.social
Things all moving a bit too fast? Time for some #reflection On the #beach, #Flamborough, #Yorkshire #PhotoHour
A wet beach at sunset, empty of people and reflecting a line of cliffs, the nearest of which are in shadow but with sunlight further away.
April 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
geogdave.bsky.social
Even #marshland does #spring #colours! Langstone Marshes, #Hampshire #photography #photohour
Coastal marshland with pools and channels under an almost clear blue sky
March 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
geogdave.bsky.social
When I joined @unisouthampton.bsky.social @sotongeogenviron.bsky.social in 1991/92 this view was mostly 1930s semis, small education buildings and car parks Amazing! #Southampton #Highfield
Four modern University of Southampton campus buildings seen across gardens under a clear blue sky
March 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
geogdave.bsky.social
Symonds Yat, all to ourselves on a March morning #WyeValley #valley #river #view
View into river valley with grass meadow and steep woodland either side, hazy blue sky
March 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
geogdave.bsky.social
The #fog eventually cleared! Blue sky and still water in the creek #HaylingIsland #Hampshire #weather #photo
Old white boat moored in a creek. Still water reflecting a hazy blue sky.
March 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
geogdave.bsky.social
More #Dorset scenery: just after the morning #frost had melted. Picture book #landscape
Rolling countryside under a hazy blue morning sky. Village in a valley and hills in the distance. Dorset, UK
March 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
geogdave.bsky.social
That's nice #evening #sunlight over a *very* waterlogged #NewForest at Blackhill this evening #Weather
Low evening sunlight from behind the photographer illuminating a waterlogged grassy foreground and a line of trees against the horizon, New Forest, UK
February 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
geogdave.bsky.social
#FarFromTheMaddingCrowd? 12 miles of #Dorset ups and downs on a sunny February day #Wessex
Puddles on a track climbing a sunlit wooded hillside, with a glimpse of distant landscape
February 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
geogdave.bsky.social
That's pretty early #NewForest #frogspawn Hope it survives! #weather
February 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
geogdave.bsky.social
Somewhat illusory perhaps, but there are places not yet entirely consumed by the craziness of the world #Hampshire
A ford in a river reflecting trees under a clear blue winter sky
February 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
geogdave.bsky.social
No need to go far for #winter #sunshine and blue sky! #Poole #Dorset #weather #photo
View along a sunny quayside with moored trip boats and a harbour in the distance. Pale blue sky and deep blue water
January 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
geogdave.bsky.social
High water and winter sunlight this morning at Old Redbridge, #Southampton, #RiverTest, #weather #photo
High water in a tidal river flowing under a multi-arched stone bridge. Distant marshland and a railway track running along the bank on the right. The scene is weakly sunlit, but with a stormy sky.
January 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
geogdave.bsky.social
Hoped I wouldn't need to say this, but solidarity with everyone in the (nation of) #Canada, from the #NewForest
Village sign for Canada in the New Forest National Park, UK
January 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM