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I headed up North last week to attend the Rebellion Festival in Blackpool. On the way I stopped off in my hometown of Leeds and took this shot of County Arcade in the Victoria Quarter.
If you walk through Rowney Woods in Essex and you take the right path you will come across this lovely farmhouse with a fabulous pond.
I know, I know, all very poor, but with one thing and another I’ve just not had time to post to both my blogs recently. So there will be a run of posts now on here for at least a week, possibly 2 and then we’ll see where we are.
The sunset was quite dull today so instead of shooting that I turned around and caught this shot of Doctors Pond in Great Dunmow.
I was out shooting the sunset over Thaxted last week and the aircraft trails, along with the wispy clouds caught my eye.
You do find nature reserves squeezed into some interesting spots. Rye Meads Nature Reserve is near Hoddesdon on the Essex/Hertfordshire border squeezed between two large towns – Hoddesdon and Harlow. Power lines march relentlessly across the vista across to the large chimneys in the distance.
Well, OK, it’s not actually called Sunbeam Lane ;-). This is Cooks Lane in Little Bardfield from yesterday. A very pleasant area to walk around, especially if you like bugs and birds. We saw butterflys, damselflys, mayflys, herons, lots of finches and plenty of swallows.
After a large downpour this evening we were treated to a very pleasant sunset including great dollops of mist rolling down the surrounding hills.
Continuing our look at the Gatwick Aviation Museum this was my favourite of all the planes to photograph externally despite being a lot smaller than the Shackletons. It had the added benefit(?) of being home to a crows nest full of chicks (not the only plane being used in such
Went to the Gatwick Aviation Museum today – what a fantastic place. The visit was organised by Tip Squirell and a group of 10 or so photographers arrived at 11.00 to take over this great outdoor museum. Over the next few days we’ll feature a number of the exhibits. Today,
