Category Archives: Travel

Travel Theme; Sunsets

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Barbara

I love taking photos of sunsets, and have managed to enter plenty of them already in the Weekly Photo Challenge : Silhouette!  In the end I posted 4 sets of photos, and I had lots more to chose from. My … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge; Renewal

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Barbara

I very rarely am up early enough to see the dawn, let alone photograph it.  A few years ago we decided to take our boat from Windsor to Rochester in the Medway at the mouth of the Thames. The river … Continue reading →

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Travel Theme; Bright

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Barbara

The weather in the UK this summer has been a bit damp to say the least.  March was beautiful, and much warmer & dryer than normal.  Water levels in reservoirs dropped, so many water companies in and around London imposed … Continue reading →

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And now for some poetry….

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Barbara

No sun – no moon! No morn – no noon No dawn – no dusk – no proper time of day No warmth – no cheerfulness, no healthful ease No comfortable feel in any member – No shade, no shine, … Continue reading →

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Travel Theme; Spooky

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Barbara

When we first got our boat in 2004 we took her for a fortnight’s holiday in the Med.  The River Medway I mean, one of the tributaries to the Thames near the estuary.  The weather, unlike this September was glorious, … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Barbara

So many photos to choose from with this theme again! I took this one outside a post office in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerela, India.  What interested me was the labelling of the boxes, ‘Local’, ‘Foreign’ and then ‘All Places’ Have a … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Silhouette (4) (This is getting silly!)

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Barbara

I love taking photos at sunset, my first ‘good’ photo was at sunset, so I guess that was what got me hooked.  These two are especially interesting as the West Pier in Brighton has now completely collapsed.  The Pier was … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge; Silhouette (3)

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Barbara

This is my third post on this theme, I love taking photos of sunsets so I have lots to choose from!  I took this on a beach in Goa, India   //

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Weekly Photo Challenge; Silhouette (2)

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Barbara

The last time we went to India we stayed at the Rockholm Hotel in Kovalam, Kerela.  Our room overlooked the sea, and the sea crashed on the rocks outside night and day.  We had plenty of walks in the evenings … Continue reading →

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Weekly Travel Theme; Couples

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Barbara

When I was little I used to think that ‘a couple’ meant ‘a few’ and for some reason, probably because I’m dyslexic and some things take me much longer than others to understand (like right & left and analogue clocks) … Continue reading →

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