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Mike Turner
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Humanist Scot based near Portsmouth,UK.
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Portsmouth Harbour…

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Portsmouth harbour with a yacht in the foreground, under sail and heeled over at an angle, sailing out of the harbour. In the background to left is the museum ship HMS Warrior and on the right a crane at the navy shipyard. The sky is dark and threatening rain.
September 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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If one doesn’t own a helicopter they might throw this in, it lives at Premier Gosport Marina. Not quite the same though 😋
A small catamaran boat moored at a marina, with a number of yachts moored behind.
August 31, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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The few minutes it takes to cross Portsmouth Harbour on the ferry is the best value therapy on the south coast…

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Looking back at HMS Warrior and Portsmouth Navy base from the Gosport ferry. The sky is clear blue and the water calm, with just the ferry’s white wake disturbing it. HMS Warrior is the three masted iron hulled ship just right of centre in the picture. Similar to the previous picture looking back from the ferry over Portsmouth Harbour. HMS Warrior is to the left and the Spinnaker Tower, at Gunwharf Quays shopping centre, to the right.
August 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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It’s a glorious morning in Portsmouth…
Looking towards in the distance the Isle of Wight from the coast at Portsmouth. The sky is clear blue and sunny, the sea is calm with a few yachts visible at the horizon.
August 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Fairground fun with the X Half…

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Vibrant mirror image of a fairground ride called Music Trip. The top half is the correct view and the bottom half is the mirror image. Music Trip is written at the top of the ride, then painted pictures of performers, seating and the word Thriller in the middle, where the mirror image begins.
August 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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A Class yacht, Gosport…

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Monochrome image of an A Class model sailing yacht and the gent looking after it as it sails on a boating pond in Gosport. These yachts are not radio controlled, they sail free controlled by a vane system that is set before the yacht is released. Then handlers walk both side of the pond to gently stop them and point them back out if they tack into the side. They are taking part in a race when the photo was taken.
August 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Clarence Pier, Southsea…

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Monochrome image of an amusement stall where you throw a ball to knock down toilet rolls and win a prize, with the stall holder sitting on the counter enjoying a drink whilst waiting for a customer.
August 10, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Hotwalls, Old Portsmouth…

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Monochrome image of two people sitting on a bench, gentleman in a hat looking at camera and woman head down reading a newspaper.
August 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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King Charles III is a fraud, his mum is alive and has been locked up in a telephone box!
A red telephone box with a cardboard cutout of Queen Elizabeth II inside.
June 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Peninsula Barracks, Winchester…

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In the background the symmetrical facade of the Peninsula Baracks building, with an ornamental pond and fountain in the foreground. Another view in the background of the Peninsula Baracks building with a tree in the foreground and a clear blue sky. A close up of the tree in the previous photo against a clear blue sky. The tree may be a kapok, but not sure!
May 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Winchester rose…

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In the foreground a yellow rose, in the background part of the St John’s Winchester almshouse.
May 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire…

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In the foreground colourful fruit and vegetables on a wooden table. Apples, oranges, grapes, pears, peppers, onion and suchlike (not real, imitation) spilled from a wicker basket. In the background is a portrait hanging on a wall, a bust sculpture and the back of a wooden chair.
May 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire…

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In the foreground are colourful pink and purple flowers, tulips possibly, though not totally sure! In the background is the rear facade of the impressive country house Sudbury Hall. Sky is blue and the whole scene is bathed in sunshine.
May 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Sudbury Hall spring sky…

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Blue sky with high whispy clouds and contrails from aircraft on a warm and sunny day. A calm small lake with Reed’s in the foreground and trees in the background makes up the lower part of the picture.
May 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Clipper Round The World, Gosport…

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A row of sailing yachts in the foreground from the Clipper Round The World organisation. The closest to camera has a red hull with golden dragon motif. In the background on the far side of the harbour is one of the Royal Navy’s aircraft carriers.
April 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Camber Dock, Old Portsmouth…

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Two moored fishing trawlers to the left and the Wightlink ferry St Clare to the right. The Bridge Tavern and Spinnaker Tower in the background with items of fishing paraphernalia, possibly lobster pots, in the foreground. A worker at the dock outside his workshop, bent over whilst using welding equipment. A worker from the wholesale fish market checking his mobile phone at the entrance to the processing area of the market. The back of a parked lorry to the right.
April 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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London Eye last week…

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View of the London Eye wheel with City Hall behind. The Thames is in the foreground and Westminster Bridge to the right. Sky is clear and blue.
April 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Tate Britain…

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Standing towards the rear of the Duveen Galleries looking through the Sackler Octagan to the main entrance. There are two pillars framing the entrance to the Octagan. The Octagon is bathed in sunlight whilst the Galleries are dark.
March 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Today on the Gosport riviera…

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Looking over Portsmouth harbour from Gosport to the Spinnaker Tower and Gunwharf Quays. Looking toward Portsmouth Navy Base with two aircraft carriers in the distance, with small craft moored at a marina in the foreground. Footpath on Gosport waterfront, shadow of a lamppost in foreground. The bow of submarine HMS Alliance in the middle at the Submarine Museum.
March 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Winchester Cathedral…

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A member of the clergy on the right walking through the frame, with the gothic interior in the background bathed in soft sunlight. The interior of the cathedral with a group of three clergy on the left in shadows, while centre and right bathed in soft sunlight is a former bishop’s resting place with the ornate stone structure that surrounds it.
March 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Tom and Jerry…

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Tom and Jerry sign on a machine in the amusements at Clarence Pier, Southsea. A change machine in the background.
March 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Close up of the slightly fighting scarred face of a friendly brown and white stable cat at Weald and Downland Living Museum.
March 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Sortie’s end…

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The picture is of a two seat Spitfire aircraft that has not long landed. The engine has not long been shut down, rear cockpit is empty, the pilot is still in the front cockpit with his helmet resting on the windscreen. Ground crew in front of wing have positioned equipment for servicing, weak sunshine is also shining off the wing. Taken at Goodwood Aerodrome in the U.K.
March 13, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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The old Cowes chain ferry, which has been left redundant to rot on the Gosport waterfront for a good few years now…

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In the foreground is the rusting hulk of the chain ferry, with the wording Hempel written on it twice. In the background on the other side of the harbour is the Spinnaker Tower and Gunwharf Quays.
March 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Clarence Pier, Southsea, Portsmouth…

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Ferris wheel in the amusements at Clarence Pier, which are currently being readied for the start of the season at Easter. Ferris wheel in the amusements at Clarence Pier, which are currently being readied for the start of the season at Easter.
March 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM