places archives
lyttelton - do something beautiful
i'm not sure if this is telling us to do something beautiful, or suggesting that lyttelton was/is beautiful. i suspect it's a cry of desperation for the former
whatipu
various signage
the lifejacket is particularly good for very short people
the content is made in thailand
no wonder Thai people look so content. it's the source of kama
stone
this is stone at a place called stone. not sure if it's the actual stone
room with a view
i think this might be keswick
i've no idea where this is but i like the fluffy clouds
portsmouth docks
we had a great day in portsmouth yesterday. we started by going up spinnaker tower, then we went to hms warrior (see in the foreground here) and hms victory which is near the middle.
there's plenty more photos to come and we'll definitely be going again to see the rest of the stuff we didn't have time for on this trip.
living rainforest
we had a kezia and daddy day yesterday so we went to the living rainforest and then beal park. much fun was had by all
forde abbey and gardens
(click for big niceness)
2 views
when we were in minehead back in easter i went for a walk up a hill which looks back over the town. the image above is taken with my widest angle using my Sigma 18-200mm lens . the one below was at the biggy zoomy zoom end.
i love that lens. and you should too !
i heart hoxton
i'm not convinved dragging your family across a roundabout is a good plan. even if they are made of stone
the slaughters
jane and i spent our 10th wedding aniversary in the slaughters. good name. great place.
brighton on a sunny day
everyone in england is required to travel to the seaside on a sunny summer day. esther, kezia and i spent the day in brighton so we could meet jane when she'd finished her bike ride.
it was very hot and there were lots of people there:
this isn't always a great plan:
people as far as the lense can see:
hambleden
there's a lovely village in south Oxfordshire called Hambleden. it's where they filmed some of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the Vicar of Dibley.
You can walk from this picturesque village down the valley to the River Thames. you should do it sometime.
click for big pic
bracknell
bracknell is a funny place. here is a gold building with a reflection of an equally attractive building.
word 25 - heat: powerstation at sunset
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sunset
click for biggness
the vyne
a trip to the vyne today. it's very nice and worth a visit if you are in the area (or even not as we aren't):
and again with tony's head in the way:
cambridge
i got up early to arrive in Cambridge an hour before my meeting today so i could have a mooch about. it's a very nice place.
i got thrown out of King's twice as it wasn't open (i didn't realise - twice)
king's church with some nice music coming from it (but you can't hear it on this picture):
some other college that was open, but i found it too late to fit in a visit before my meeting:
