A very playful macaque (which I learnt are a type of third world monkey) perched on a balcony in Bali A Balinese market stall with an example of a slightly different species of monkey... A beautiful beach in Candidasa (a little seaside town in Bali) Colourful lanterns strung up in Lombok Back home in English … Continue reading My favourite photos of September
A day of my latest adventure – this is a bit of Bali…
Bali is a province of Indonesia (and one of the Lesser Sunda Islands) - and this was the 5th day of my trip (I always do these trips in groups) round it... A road we were on had a big volcano was at the end of (called Mount Agung – meaning 'The Great Mountain' – … Continue reading A day of my latest adventure – this is a bit of Bali…
Augusts top 10 photos…
...being done early due to a 2 week adventure in Bali rapidly approaching. Some very creative little kids were turning the park into an art gallery! A quiet and sunny British countryside scene... A squirrel who'd gathered up a good amount of nuts - and was starting to nibble... and Mum lost conciousness out in … Continue reading Augusts top 10 photos…
An outing with Uncle at Brandon Marsh
When the car set off, it was 10.53am, 18°C, and with bright sun out; due to having my phone next to me while on the move - I noticed The College Of Policing just off Leamington Road; Allotment Drive was somewhere I forgot; St. Margarets church in Wolston had cows grazing around it; and at … Continue reading An outing with Uncle at Brandon Marsh
The top 10 photos of July
This was spotted on the back gate of a place - on an alleyway going up a hill nearby ... OUR Back Lane - and it reads: Down our back gardens, through our back GatesOur back lane world like a secret awaits.Belongs to no one, Belongs to me and you. Some cats and some dogs, … Continue reading The top 10 photos of July
The return trip from Newcastle…
When we left the hotel we were staying at in Sunderland, it was 11am, sun was out, the A1231 was walked up, the traffic cones balanced on top of each other were passed; and a few more things I forgot before Park Lane Interchange – where there were lots of double decker buses, a few … Continue reading The return trip from Newcastle…
A Day Out at Sunderland’s Historical Souter Lighthouse
A trip up north to Sunderland to attend a National Trust legacy event was made last week. (I wrote about 13 and a half pages and took around 450 photos in the 3 days away from home) – and this was the outing made on Wednesday to the Souter Lighthouse... We were on an E6 … Continue reading A Day Out at Sunderland’s Historical Souter Lighthouse
June’s top 10
I learnt that this is a Leonberger! ...and this was an intriguing sculpture by a lake in a Midlands wildlife sanctuary (so not quite where you'd expect to see an elephant). The plant is cow parsley, and the insect's a soldier beetle... ...these are sprouting by the (partially collapsed) garden fence... ...and there's all sorts … Continue reading June’s top 10
Daily Exercise: litter picking on the local roads
A walk while litter picking had been proposed for todays daily exercise, and when the house was left it was 3.23pm, 23°C, and gusts were at 48km/h: there was a random unopened sachet of flower food on Farm Road, one man on the bowling green practicing, a bottle cap appeared to have been embedded in … Continue reading Daily Exercise: litter picking on the local roads
Adventures at Coombe Abbey
It was 17°C with 58km/h gusts at 10.20am when the car moved, I had my wrist support on and I was trying to write while on the least bumpy bits of these country roads – one of which had a bloke on a motorbike wearing a pair of jogging bottoms that had mostly fallen off … Continue reading Adventures at Coombe Abbey
