Images taken walking the Exeter Ship canal around Turf and the Exe estuary towards Powderham in May 2011. The canal is one of the oldest in the UK. [...]
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Walking the Hound Tor area of eastern Dartmoor during the bluebell flowering season with photos of that and a rather nice sunset. [...] 
There is some dust from the Sahara which has affected sunsets here recently so I wandered out to catch the effects. As is so often the case other things caught my eye while I was out. The Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) was out and looked great in the late light. It really [...] 
Some spring flowers and a plea to help those people who need it in Japan [...]
I thought that the really cold weather was maybe over around Totnes by now (22 December 2010) but checking the thermometer this morning it had hit -6 deg C overnight. The minor road I live on has had little traffic so had some aspects of a skating rink but I’d arranged [...] We headed for Haute-Provence which was a completely new area for me. I had seen a little of the area further north and south during previous visits however I found this area very attractive indeed. We stayed at a very good b&b a little south of Sisteron. The building was old and [...] I’ve been thinking about changing my camera for a while now and not for another Sony for a few reasons. Given this I’d not looked at getting any other lenses as I’d not be using them on a new camera. However conversations with a couple of friends made me rethink my plans a little. [...]
And experimenting with macros. There are some delicate and interesting plants and parts of plants showing beautiful colours to be seen in the garden just now. The leaf of the rose above has such colour to it – it is an old rose that was in the garden when we arrived [...]
While overall the countryside still looks rather faded and winter like a trip to Dartington Hall gardens yesterday showed that there are the start of signs of Spring.
In addition to the snowdrops (the scent was lovely) the shoots of a number of bulbs indicated that the next [...] |
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