Tag Archives: Rural

Three Counties…

Finding the words. Where are the words? I’m really not sure what to write about yesterday. The aim was simple: Capture more images for Boudica and Bosworth project. Aim achieved. Tick in the box. Then today I started to work … Continue reading

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That Was a Summer That Was…

None of us know. None of us know what will happen tomorrow. If we are lucky we’ll wake in the morning refreshed and wonder. Maybe at the beauty we behold. We take a deep breath and get on with our … Continue reading

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I’d rather be on horseback …

Courageous Richmond, well hast thou acquit thee.Lo, here, this long-usurped royaltyFrom the dead temples of this bloody wretch Have I pluck’d off,to grace thy brows withal:Wear it, enjoy it, and make much of it. Richard 3rd Act 5 Scene 3. … Continue reading

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Something Old, Something New…

Storm Goretti came and went. I had great plans: Get up at dawn and capture some heroic images in the local park of the snow covered trees. It was looking so good when I went to bed 3 or 4 … Continue reading

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Winter Sunlight…

Bright winter sunlight. A chill in the air. A photography project to work on. What’s not to like? Actually a great deal. It was bloody hard work to get some half decent photographs. But I guess that is half the … Continue reading

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The Monolith of Hrepingas…

Buried deep in the folds and dales of middle England this memorial to the past stands a lonely sentinel. A witness to the whimsical eccentricities of the caprice of the chronometer. Its man made passage cataloguing vagaries of the follies … Continue reading

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Upside Down…

A couple of days away is always fun. This weekend we spent some time in London and then took a leisurely drive back through the south midlands stopping off at Stowe Gardens, just outside Buckingham. Certainly not the quickest way … Continue reading

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Last Tree?…

Is this the first or last tree in Blaby District Council? I’m really not sure other than it depends on where you observe the tree from. The same question could be asked about the ruins of St. Mary in Arden … Continue reading

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Filling in the Blanks…

If its Sunday then it must be time to visit villages in Harborough that I have missed. Today it was Newton Harcourt. For anyone unfamiliar with Newton Harcourt it is a small village around 10 miles outside of central Leicester. … Continue reading

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The view from Freezeland…

The last 10 years of my photographic journey is captured in this photograph. It was taken near a point where the district councils of Harborough, Melton and Charnwood meet. The last time I captured this view it was living upto … Continue reading

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