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Comet Neowise This is Comet Neowise or, more officially, C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) - a retrograde comet - during July it is just visible with the naked-eye (not directly looking at it, you have to use averted vision due to the way ours eyes work) - better with
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Sycamore Gap Here is the tree at Sycamore Gap on Hadrian's Wall Path - taken fairly late in the day, so now in shadow, but nicely silhouetted against the stunning blue sky! When the weather is good, it is really good! This tree and section of wall was mad
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Time to head home... After a trip for a second look around Durham University with my daughter in September 2019, we then headed up to Hadrians Wall – as for some previous posts (https://ift.tt/2YKYGXr and https://ift.tt/3gbaAzL), we parked just near the w
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Taken yesterday on a dog walk through part of the Wychwood Forest not far from home - such a nice sunny day for a long walk! Fuji X-E1; 30mm(XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS); 1/200s@f5.6; ISO200 – handheld – post-processing in Luminar 4 and Lightroom – DSCF1906
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I was thinking that I might not be able to see the lunar eclipse - there had been a fair amount of cloud when I went out at lunchtime. Thankfully, while I was walking Sparky the dog during the evening, I could see that most of the eastern sky was clear!
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Peel Gap Tower And here is the view from Peel Crag looking down on the Peel Gap Tower - apparently this tower was added after the wall was completed - it was built abutting the wall rather than recessed into it like other towers. Since this very brief t
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Climb To Peel Crag Here we are in Peel Gap next to the remains of Peel Gap Tower - the climb up to Peel Crag and Steel Rig is rather steep (almost feels like rock climbing in places - good exercise!) - the path goes out of shot before the lower wall and
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Flowing River Tyne A slightly more abstract photograph today of the River Tyne at Corbridge - taken from the bridge over the river with a slow shutter speed to allow the water to ‘move’ rather than be caught in an instant - the river is quite wide and sh
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God rays Technically crepuscular rays, but photographers know them as God rays, where shafts of light radiate from the sun through clouds and can be seen against darker clouds in the background - and this is a nice example taken near the Mithraeum Temple
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Hadrian’s Wall This is a very small part of Hadrian’s Wall - taken above Peel Crags from south of the wall, looking east - The water of Crag Lough is just visible in the middle distance. The wall was 73 miles long, stretching from Bowness-on-Solway to W
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A delightful installation of umbrellas above the street in Durham designed ‘to brighten up our cloudy days’ - well, Saturday was not cloudy! Figured as there would be many other pictures taken of the colourful umbrellas, I took of of the shadows that they
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This sensational glass building is The Sage, Gateshead - situated on the south side of the River Tyne in Gateshead, it is a concert hall and exhibition centre. I love the way the light is reflected from all the glass panels that make up the roof! #2019
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A Postcard from Newcastle Couldn’t go to Newcastle and not take a picture of the Tyne Bridge! So here it is…with the Millenium bridge in the background along with the Sage Gateshead - a concert hall and exhibition centre. Taken from the Swing Bridge, on
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The Angel Of The North On a trip to Newcastle-upon-Tyne for the University Open Day last Saturday, I had to stop off here to view this 20m sculpture - The Angel of the North. Designed by Anthony Gormley and finished in 1997, the Angel is 20m tall and ha
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At long last, we get to see her running on the North Cotswold line! The last time she was due to pass through, she had a problem and was substituted at the last minute for The Royal Scot, but here she is, in all her glory! On return leg (we normally see
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Royal Albert Bridge, Saltash Here is a view of the Royal Albert Bridge spanning the Tamar River between Saltash in Cornwall and Plymouth in Devon – designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, work was started in 1854 and opened by Prince Albert in 1859 – Brunel
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Cow Parsley Sunset - 2 Taken on a recent summer evening walk with Sparky going up to the top of Shipton Down near Shipton-under-Wychwood. This photograph was taken with a much smaller aperture to accentuate the light coming from the sun giving a 'starburs
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Cow Parsley Sunset - 1 Here is a photographs that was taken recently on a summer evening walk with Sparky going up to the top of Shipton Down near Shipton-under-Wychwood - Cow Parsley that has gone to seed with the setting sun beyond - glorious evenings i
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A picture at sunset from a couple of weeks ago - beautiful sky and a spurious oat stem (I think!) making a nice silhouette - and this is in a field of Soybean - this has now been harvested, so the combine harvester cut everything in the field - it is quit
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Here are some busy bumblebees captured on a walk up to the top of Shipton Down in the Cotswolds - this was captured with the standard 18-55mm lens, so I was pretty close, but due to a gusty breeze, the flowers were moving every so often - so I am lucky th
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Here is the LNER Pacific class 60009 Union of South Africa locomotive pulling another Cotswold Venturer from London Paddington to Worcester - here seen between Shipton and Kingham stations - a panning shot on a slowish shutter to give the impression of th
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After a long hiatus, here is one of many photographs I have taken over the past few months - Five ducklings and a watchful mother! Coaxed out of the pond by some pitta bread that I had brought with me…greedily eaten by all five - I think mum got some as
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View of North Hill from the Worcestershire Beacon above Great Malvern - a quick walk up the hill in the late afternoon sunshine yesterday to walk Sparky the dog before collecting Freya from school - what you cannot tell from the photo is the strong (and v
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This is the super blue moon - taken from the edge of the Wychwood Forest, near Charlbury. It is super because the moon is closer to the Earth than usual, blue because this is the second new moon this month (2nd January 2018 and 31st January 2018) - and, i
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This is a temporary sculpture installation called ‘Three Dancing Fairies’, currently sited at the Rollright Standing Stones, Oxfordshire. The sculpture is sited near the stone circle (about 20m behind me when I made this photograph). From the notice near
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Merry Christmas…with the view of our cake – only got round to tasting it today after stuffing ourselves yesterday! It’s a snowy scene (not completely unlike a couple of weeks ago) – the cabin is a bought cake decoration, but the cake, icing and trees are
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Church Path in Shipton-under-Wychwood with some early morning sunshine - taken a few days ago. #b&w #church #path #cotswolds #oxfordshire
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A rather snowy view on the way up the Worcestershire Beacon above Great Malvern earlier today - at low levels, very little settled snow, but up here there was 2cm or so. Quite a steep climb out of Malvern - takes around 30 minutes to get from the town to
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Me and my dog…a shadow selfie. Photograph from a few days ago when we had early morning sunshine…dreary grey skies at the moment… :( Taken in the Secret Garden at Shipton-under-Wychwood, UK #shadows #selfies #dog #labradorretrievers #Cotswolds #UK
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More detail of Worcester Cathedral from the choir stalls (we were here for the cheap seats during the performance of Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man - couldn’t see the choir (Freya was singing) or orchestra, but the music was superb) I discovered this delight
