Wonderful Britain
A Stick and a Float
Take a trip on the waterways.
Swimming with Stars
Enjoy a summers dip in the sea.
The Little Boats
Festive lights to bring a cheer to the long dark nights.
Poppy Lanterns
Remembering
Time Travellers
The Dover Rings or is it a time portal?
The Tricksy Summer
A tricksy summer and ditsy winds.
From a Hill Top
Finding that 'Happy Place'.
Snapshots of Summer by the seaside.
Smells and sounds of summer at the seaside.
Hold onto your Hats
Wind. sand and surf.
The Curious Sea
Misty Cornwall, Porthtowan, Cornwall UK.
How Pretty is the Roadside Verge
Vibrant and fragrant roadside verges.
Puddles of Clouds
Minnis Bay, Birchington-on-Sea, Kent, UK.
Borrowed Light
As the sun sets in the west casting the last of its amber light over Whitstable, the full moon rises east over Tankerton, sprinkling silver into the sea. Standing at the end of ‘The Street’ a pathway that stretches out to sea at low tide is a wonderful way to see the day gradually morph into the night.
The Bells of St Peters
A weekend of rejoicing, with the ringing of bells.
A Well of Light.
What a fantastic bit of engineering. A triple spiral staircase, all three winding the same way around a central shaft, reaching up 140 feet. The Grand Shaft is hidden in the beautiful White Cliffs of Dover, illuminated by a well of light that cascades down the central shaft. How neat is that?
White Horses
The hovercraft have long gone, Pegwell Bay, is now a little bit of wilderness on our east Kent coast. When a storm rolls in, the sea can be whipped up into a frenzy, it is mesmerising to watch cascades of waves rolling in with the tide, and on those windy days, white horses are seen and heard aplenty galloping across the bay.
Silent Footsteps
This sea of blue caught my eye as I travelled to work one morning. As soon as the weekend was here I ventured to find out what it was. Waking with the sunrise I travelled to the field to discover a carpet of ground ivy and periwinkle with the odd buttercup thrown into the mix. I watched the field come awake as the sun rose, it was one of those rare mornings when the world just felt right. It was perfect.
A Matter of Perspective.
After visiting Langdon bay, I would sit on top of the steep steps that lead down to the bay and watch the tide come in. A great place to ponder the world. It is hard to comprehend that the earth spins roughly 1,000 miles per hour and to think we are being taken along for the ride. How awesome is that?
A Winters Tryst
Something a bit whimsical, a simple love story, between a valley and its errant stream.
Blackthorn Winter
This particular year the snow fell in early March. The blackthorn was in bloom indicating spring was ready to be embraced but winter had not entirely done with us. This is known as a blackthorn winter. Often there is a rivalry between the seasons as one season transitions into the other, but eventually, it is always the outgoing season that will give way letting the new season flourish. Our unpredictable weather will always keep us on our toes.
Orchestral Breeze
The years continue to pass from one to the other like a relay race. We say farewell to the old year and welcome in the new year. Maybe we are the batons being passed from one year to the next. Looking back, 2022 was very hot in the UK and new years day 2022 went down as the warmest on record, and many took advantage of this, it was reported some even had barbeques. Most just took to their feet to get out and enjoy the unusually warm winter's day, southerly winds brought the warmer air making the trees dance and sing. A glorious day to be out and about.
The Folkestone Washer-Women
Folkestone Harbour signal box. UK.
Poppy Lanterns
Poppies are one of a handful of flowers that close at night. This I discovered on a sunny July evening. My husband had arrived home from work and mentioned he had seen a glorious field of poppies on his travels. How could I not visit? Camera in hand off we set. It was now late evening and we found the field to be bathed in the last of the setting sun's golden rays. Most of the poppies had closed up shop for the day, it is apparently what they do and in this seemingly simple act, the field appeared to glow with little red lights. How enchanting. I like to think this is their act of remembrance.
Wrapped in Chains
Grain Tower, Kent, UK
Woods are Great
Woods are great in every season, some woods are good for wildflowers and butterflies others for weird fungi and chestnuts and then some woods are good for getting lost in. I like to think the trees listen to everything, storing away anecdotes to dream about during a long winter's hibernation. Kings Wood near Ashford is a particularly magnificent wood matching its grand name.
Strutting Out To Sea
Deal Pier, Deal, Kent UK.
Blooming Lovely
Deal, Walmer and Kingsdown, Kent, UK