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Budleigh Saltrerton - Park Lane
The gateposts to the non existent park on Park Lane. The dressed stone that was going to be used to build the Park Mansion, was...

Marshes
Blythburgh marshes

Nettlebed Misty Bluebell Woodlands
Spring misty morning in woodlands in Nettlebed, Oxfordshire

Sheep near Grosmont
Grosmont in North Yorkshire was once a hive of industry but is now a peaceful village huddled in the Esk Valley.

Swaledale

Abandoned tractor at Tyneham Village

Bluebell and wild garlic fields around Tyneham

Upland Stream, The Peak District, Cheshire
This is in the Peak District National Park near Allgreave, Cheshire - not Derbyshire

College Valley in the Cheviots

The Cheviot Hills - Hedgehope Hill

A picture of Bellingham
Hareshaw Linn is a picturesque waterfall and pleasant walk from Bellingham (pronunced Bellinjam), Northumberland, that can...

Breamish valley, Northumberland.

Upper Coquetdale, Northumberland.

Driving in the Cheviot Hills, Upper Coquetdale, Northumberland.

country road near Great Ryle in Northumberland.

Walking trail in the College valley, Cheviot hills, Northumberland.

View Of Cheviot, the Cheviot Hills, Northumberland.

Lindisfarne Castle - Holy Island - Northumberland

From the Cheviots, Northumberland, looking down into Happy Valley

A Walk in the Cheviots, Northumberland

A picture of Northumberland
Crag Lough on the Roman Wall near Twice Brewed on the B 6318, the road is known locally as the Military Road. The Wall can be...

Cragside gardens in Rothbury, Northumberland

A view of Allendale
The River Allen

Village centre Blanchland

Evening peace
Alnwick is in the heart of Northumberland, and is one of the most picturesque areas of countryside in the whole of England.

Going to work
9 am and walking to work

Keilder Water

Hadrian's Wall near Greenhead

Near Alwinton, Northumberland.

Country road between Amble and Alnmouth, Northumberland.

Allen Banks
Allen Banks and Stewards Gorge are part of the Ridley Hall "wilderness walks" which were given to the National Trust in 1942

Bridge

The Lake at Cragside
The Lake at Cragside

Looking South from Housesteads Crags woodland.

Monnow Bridge & Gatehouse Pub, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales

Dobson's Brook
Sunday mornings walk around the village of Chipping in Lancashire ... loved the bridge for us to cross the brook and the gate...

Bridge over a stream.

Bridge

Ashness Bridge - Borrowdale

St. Nectan's Glen (Near Tintagel)

Dovercourt Lighthouse
Dovercourt Lighthouse just before sunrise.

Deal sunset

Jervaulx Abbey, North Yorkshire
Jervaulx Abbey near Middleham North Yorkshire was built in the 12th century onwards by the Cistercians.

Early Morning in Wensleydale
Panorama from the village of Worton

The Courtyard - Harry Hotspur

Edlingham Castle

Autumn at Alnwick

Smailholm Tower, Borders, Scotland

Dunstanburgh Castle, Craster, Northumberland
Dunstanburgh Castle stands on a headland on the coast of Northumberland between the villages of Craster and Embleton. The ...

Allen Banks, Northumberland

Howden Reservoir

Heysham Village Church
Good evening lighting really helped to set off this frame.

Castle Stalker

Sunrise over All Saints, Laughton en le Morthern

Waiting for a breeze

Knole Park

Loch Shiel
Taken from the train going over the viaduct

Polperro

Barton Le Clay

Dunstanburgh Castle

Watendlath
Watendlath tarn

Stile
Along the river path near Alfriston

Derwent Island, Derwentwater

St Marys Island from Old Hartley, Seaton Sluice, Northumberland, 27th October 2006.
This picture was taken around 6am on a stormy morning. I saw the sunrising over the sea from my bedroom window and had to...

View from Severn Bridge, Bewdley
Towards Town centre end Photo taken 30th May 2008 with afuji finepifx 2400z I rested on the briidge, its a 2 megapixel...

Misty Lakeside.

Ingleton Falls
Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, North Yorkshire ... The trail first opened to the public in 1885, what a stunning place to walk.

Loch Shiel View
Along the boardwalk at Glenfinnan

Dorney, Buckinghamshire
The church of St James the Less at Dorney, Buckinghamshire is where Kate Middleton's (now Duchess of Cambridge) parents married...

The River Barle at Simonsbath
This is the River Barle at Simonsbath is a small village in the middle of Exmoor it is about 8 miles from Lynmouth and 8 miles...

Misty Morning
This photo was taken near Bungay one misty morning, I took this photo on Falcon Meadow.

Across from the Dartmouth Castle
Quite foggy but managed to bring out the details in the woods and the fortification opposite the Castle at Dartmouth. Every other...

Little Moreton Hall
A real Cheshire treasure.

Sun up, Wheatley, Oxfordshire
I know I posted the other picture, in fact I took a sequence of pictures as the sun was rising. But I wanted to share this...

John o'Groats sunset

River Onny, Shropshire

Dawn on the Lake, Cumbria
Dawn at the southern end of Crummock Water

Walla Crag - Borrowdale - Lake District
Walla Crag - the lull before the storm.

Hothersall Lane
Early morning down Hothersall Lane, near Longridge, in Lancashire.

St. Nicholas' Churchyard, King's Lynn

Custom House Quay, King's Lynn, Norfolk
The quay has been dressed in period for a film.

Sunday 18th October 2009

Warkworth Castle Little Stair Tower

Warkworth Castle

Cottage in Corfe Castle
Peaceful hidden cottage near Corfe Castle (May 2009)

Corfe Castle under the Plough

Corfe Castle

Seven Sisters, East Sussex

A pleasant view at Whaley Bridge

Castle in the clouds
Another from one of my favourite locations - Leeds Castle.

Tin mine engine house, Rinsey Head, Cornwall
The engine house stands empty now but all around is evidence of a once thriving tin industry in Cornwall. This is on the south...

Windermere near Belle Isle.
Windermere near Belle Isle. Canon PowerShot A400

Herstmonceux Castle in East Sussex, converted into a university

Shillingstone in Dorset
Night Hunter; in this case a Barn Owl. There are a number of species of owl in the Shillingstone area. As well as the Tawney and...

The Ridgeway at Scutchammers
Looking North East

Hothersall countryside
Early morning around the countryside of Hothersall, near Longridge in Lancashire.

Peak District Landscape

A stormy view

Stairway to Heaven

Avenue of Gold
This photo was taken on an overcast day, however the vibrant Autumn colours more than made up for the skies

Shillingstone in Dorset
October 2010, Cookwell Brook, Shillingstone.The threat of rain to end the day. 'Time to close the gate and head in doors'.

Freedom
Pitcourt in North Nibley, Gloucestershire

Kirkstone Pass, looking north.
Kirkstone Pass showing autumn colours.

Autumn Cottage
This cottage is next to the West Gate entrance to Fountains Abbey.

Stokesay Castle

Howden Resr, Castleton, Derbyshire

A WINDOW ON THE PAST
I wonder what has been seen through this window over the centuries?

Becky Falls, Bovey Tracey, Dartmoor

Dunstall Church
The recent snowfall inspired me to get up early before the snow melted.

Dean Brook
A winters view along Dean Brook ... at Hurst Green, in Lancashire.

The Avon Bridge

The River Wye at Chee Dale in the Peak District
Rolling river on Chee Dale

Roadscape
South Downs, East Sussex, a view near Telscombe

Edensor

Frosty mornings
Reservoir by Enmore and Durliegh hill

St. Michaels Mount, Cornwall, taken on a beautiful September morning

The Main House Cragside Estate, nr Rotherbury, Northumberland.
The Main House Cragside Estate, nr Rotherbury, Northumberland.

Snow on the lake, Flixton

Dolgoch
The 'Tom Rolt' going into Dolgoch Halt on the Talyllyn Narrow Gauge Railway

Misty Summer Morning
Taken at 05:30 on a June morning looking from Coombe Bottom looking toward Shepton Mallet

Sunset at Mudeford Quay

Bodiam Castle in East Sussex

country road just outside Rothbury, Northumberland.

A picture of Roseberry topping
View of Roseberry topping, just outside Middlesbrough. Roseberry Hill offers magnificent views across Yorkshire.

Watendlath Tarn

The bridge at Watendlath

Lulworth Cove

Edensor, Derbyshire

All Saints Church
Pictured during a heavy summer shower in the hamlet of Shortwood, Gloucestershire.

Scotney Castle

Autumn in the Woods, Hurst Green, Lancashire
An Autumn picture in Mill Wood, Hurst Green, Lancashire.

Church at St Just in Roseland
The setting for this Church is beyond words. I have never felt so calm. I will return here again and again.

Sunrise over Laughton en le Morthen

Laughton en le Morthen, South Yorkshire

Stokeinteignhead Village
The village shown nestling in its valley.

Ightham Mote
Ightham Mote pronounced (item Moat) is a medieval moated manor house close to the village of Ightham near Sevenoaks in Kent. The...

Ightham Mote 2
Another view of the building

Curber Edge.
This was taken just after mid-day, so the light was very harsh! It was a grab shot as we were coming to the end of Curber Edge...

Hothersall near Longridge
Early morning along Hothersall Lane, near Longridge, in Lancashire.

Chrome Hill near Buxton
Chrome hill and Parkhouse hill behind are located a few miles south of Buxton in the peak district.

Hadleigh Castle, Hadleigh, Essex

White duck on a rock.
I saw this duck and it looked like if it was wondering how deep the water was!

Alnwick Castle

Rising Through The Mist, Bodiam Castle, Robertsbridge, East Sussex
Another photo from my visit early one morning

Reflections
Picture taken while on an early morning walk along the tow path of the Leeds Liverpool Canal. Near Skipton

Lowestoft Harbour

Sunset from Applethwaite, Cumbria

Warwick Castle
Bridge outside Warwick Castle

Frosty fields
A hard frost near King's Nympton

Magdalen College, Oxford
This picture is taken from Addison's Walk on the grounds of Magdalen College.

The stepping stones, Cannock Chase, Staffordshire

Badgers Holt on Dartmoor

Sunrise over St Marys
The sunrises here are really amazing in October. My house over looks this view and often I cant help but stop and take photos...

Waterfall copper coloured stream
Taken in the summer Brecon Beacons National Park.

A Garden, Brecon, Powys
A Garden in the Brecon Beacons

Bridleway
A picture of Diamond Lane on Dartmoor, it really is a bridleway, but has over the years got very eroded.

Greenfield, near Oldham, Lancashire

Hurst Green, Lancashire.
Spring through Mill Wood at Hurst Green, in Lancashire.

Between Witney & Minster Lovell

Afon Mellte
Afon Mellte tributary, Brecon Beacons National Park

A walk through Mynydd Du Forest near Abergavenny

Waterfall
These waterfalls are between Penderyn and Glyn Neath

Waterfall stream
Taken in August

Waggoners Wells
Waggoners Wells is a National Trust reserve comprising of a series of man-made ponds with a connecting stream set amongst...

View of The Seven Sisters
July 2007

Shoal hill, Cannock Chase Country Park, Staffordshire
Shoal hill, Cannock, Staffordshire. End of the day. Part of cannock chase, nr Huntington.

Selwicks Bay, Flamborough, East Yorkshire. Shrouded in Mist on a Crisp March Afternoon

Wheal Coates Mine, St Agnes
Part of the abandoned Wheal Coates tin mine at St Agnes, Cornwall. This building was the arsenic calciner.

Arnside sunset
The last glimpses of sunlight, Kent estuary, Arnside.

Horwich Parish Church, Horwich, Lancashire. December 2004

Mountains around Windermere
View from the shores of Windermere

Derwentwater.
Derwentwater.

Ashness bridge, Derwent water, Cumbria. July 06

The Lake

Winter scene of Ribchester in Lancashire
Winter scene on the Boathouse Road at Ribchester, in the Ribble Valley on Boxing Day 2004.

A picture of Lizard
Lizard; Church Cove. From here you can follow the coast west to the new lifeboat station, orwalk along the road provided for...