A Reminder...

...of the sacrifices some made for us. (Hill 62 again)

Yes, I'm in Cornwall...

(and loving it!)

I'm Off

to my favourite bit of the world:

Back in a week ... no doubt re-charged with more photos of beaches, gardens, plants...

Arty Shot

(taken in St Omer Cathedral, scene of yesterday's shot)

Some counterbalance for the last two days

(St Omer Cathedral)

More from Hill 62

More from Ypres..

(although not so cheerful, I'm afraid. This is from "Hill 62", a museum created around some original 1914-18 trenches that have remained undisturbed since then. Even now, dry and quiet, you can sense the tension.)

Late Evening in the Countryside

See - Britain can export...

Spotted in an Ypres supermarket:



(why don't I see these varieties at home? Are they on sale here?)

Always have a camera with you

Always:

Cassel, pt 3

Detail of the plaque beneath the war memorial:

(Clicking on the image will open a larger size version in which the inscription is legible)

Cassel, pt 2

This is their war memorial:
I'll provide some detail, tomorrow, as to whom it is there to remember.

Civic Pride

Yesterday's picture was from Cassel, a town in Northern France that is clearly proud of itself. So proud, that its cobbles are marked thus:

This is not one-sided selfish pride, though; come back tomorrow to see the other side.

The Moulin Rouge

(in the French town of Cassel)

Sandbanks, Dorset

Why I'm missing Cornwall ... pt 2

Why I'm missing Cornwall... pt 1

Hughenden Manor, again

Can we have the blue skies back please?

(taken on board a floating museum moored at Brixham, for those that are interested)

Summer idyll

Serenity

A Taste of Japan

(from the Japanese Water Garden at Cliveden House, Buckinghamshire)

Fit Bird Pic

A Web, Slightly Less Than World-Wide

Still missing my summer hols...

Mother Nature provides...

...our daily bread. As ever, though, her sword has a double edge. Other plants want to crowd in too, and she is just as willing to help them. And what of the coeliacs?

Wish I was here...

...looking out from the balcony, at the beach and the sea.

Urban Day

London, from Blackfriars (?) bridge. (Please feel free to correct me)

Urban Night

High Wycombe, Eden Centre

Another, Sunday Morning, Another Clean Car

OK, more flowers

(all I know is, they're not roses)