Tokyo

Monday 14 December 2015

Tokyo

On the way over to New Zealand, we stopped in Tokyo for a couple of nights.

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Ottery Tar Barrels

Thursday 5 November 2015

Ottery Tar Barrels

I've been going to the Ottery Tar Barrels for well over ten years

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Morning Mist

Friday 9 October 2015

Morning Mist

As we got up around sunrise this morning, there was a beautiful layer of cloud hanging low nearby, with the peaks of Downham Hill and Uley Bury visible above it

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Dursley Walking Festival

Sunday 4 October 2015

Dursley Walking Festival

I did two of the walks for the Dursley Walking Festival. Even though I go walking regularly from our house here in Dursley, I still learned a couple of new paths and had a good chat with many people on the well attended walks.

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Total Lunar Eclipse

Monday 28 September 2015

Total Lunar Eclipse

We saw a partial solar eclipse earlier this year in Dursley - and tonight we saw a total lunar eclipse. However it did involve a 3am alarm for us!

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A night on Pen Y Fan

Sunday 27 September 2015

A night on Pen Y Fan

Pen Y Fan is such a busy mountain, I didn't really expect complete solitude by spending the night near the summit

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Berkeley Deer Park

Friday 25 September 2015

Berkeley Deer Park

Berkeley deer park has been a favourite place of mine to take photos for several years now

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Frampton Country Fair

Sunday 13 September 2015

Frampton Country Fair

Our second visit to Frampton Country Fair

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Sicilian summer

Sunday 6 September 2015

Sicilian summer

We enjoyed a little of late summer in the heat of Sicily

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Stoke Park, Bristol

Wednesday 12 August 2015

Stoke Park, Bristol

My friend Ruth organised a photo walk around Stoke Park

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Bristol Balloon Fiesta

Saturday 8 August 2015

Bristol Balloon Fiesta

Balloons and big crowds at Bristol Balloon Fiesta 2015

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Uley Bury

Wednesday 15 July 2015

Uley Bury

Uley Bury is a flat topped hill and site of an iron age hill fort, which we look out onto from our house

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Pembrokeshire Coast and Puffins

Sunday 12 July 2015

Pembrokeshire Coast and Puffins

We went with some friends back to beautiful Pembrokeshire, again camping on the Marloes peninsula. We explored a little more of the coastpath, got down to the wonderful Musselwick Sands (only possible at low tide) and took a ferry over to Skomer Island to see the puffins.

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Dursley Festival

Saturday 27 June 2015

Dursley Festival

It was wonderful to see Dursley so full of happy smiley people of all ages for the festival

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Misty Stinchcombe Hill

Saturday 13 June 2015

Misty Stinchcombe Hill

In contrast to the warm sunshine locally last weekend, the weather was looking grey and miserable.

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Purton and Sharpness

Saturday 6 June 2015

Purton and Sharpness

A mother swan with her cygnets hitching a ride, the abandoned hulks of the Purton ship graveyard, views of the canal and Severn, then the port of Sharpness - this gentle walk has considerable variety and interest.

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Scottish Highlands ~ Mull and Glencoe

Saturday 30 May 2015

Scottish Highlands ~ Mull and Glencoe

We spent a week in the Scottish highlands, enjoying walking, camping and wilderness

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A month of Bluebells

Monday 11 May 2015

A month of Bluebells

The woods change so fast at this time of year, as the leaves grow and flowers carpet the forest floor

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The Lake District

Monday 4 May 2015

The Lake District

It's been some years since I visited the Lake District - too long, but the world is big

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A caving trip through Ogof Cnwc to Daren Cilau

Saturday 25 April 2015

A caving trip through Ogof Cnwc to Daren Cilau

I go caving quite often, but rarely take a camera

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Cotswolds springtime walk ~ Dursley to Coaley Peak

Saturday 18 April 2015

Cotswolds springtime walk ~ Dursley to Coaley Peak

Last week we went for a stroll and found the bluebells were largely still to come out, so I photographed wood anemones instead. Today there were many more bluebells out and they are beginning to look good.

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Wood Anemones

Sunday 12 April 2015

Wood Anemones

We went for a short stroll in Twinberrow Woods, Dursley to see how many bluebells were out

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Easter in Sicily

Saturday 11 April 2015

Easter in Sicily

We spent Easter in Sicily, enjoying great food and time with the family

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Solar Eclipse

Friday 20 March 2015

Solar Eclipse

We woke up to fog and I was tempted to head over to the Forest of Dean as the forecast looked better

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Tortworth Snowdrops and Lake, three weeks later

Sunday 1 March 2015

Tortworth Snowdrops and Lake, three weeks later

We walked around the beautiful snowdrop walk near Cromhall and the Tortworth Estate three weeks ago. Then the snowdrops hadn't reached their peak yet, not even open. Today although they were wide open, they were past their best.

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