About ten years ago I visited Scotland for the second time. I took a six day small group tour right around the country, which included a day in the Orkney Isles. The neolithic village of Skara Brae still has to be one of the most remarkable sites I've ever visited. Talk about endurance. The remains … Continue reading Endurance: Ring of Brodgar
I like to think of myself as adventurous. It's probably one of the reasons I love fantasy so much -- with its quests and great sweeping landscapes. And it's definitely what drives me when I travel. The above photo epitomises adventure for me -- I'm sharing for the weekly photo challenge. Last year my desire … Continue reading Adventure in the rain
And now for more Travelling in the 90s -- tripping back in time to 1994 and my road trip around the UK. Last installment from my travel journal saw us in Scotland and we've now come south again to hang out with family friends on a quaint little farm near Lincoln in northern England... [Monday … Continue reading Travelling in the 90s: cool places like Sherwood Forest, York, moors
I love photographing textures. I'm sure there are others who do a much better job of it, but I make the attempt all the same. Especially when I'm travelling, because that's often when I'm looking and seeing and breathing in the atmosphere of a place. Today's textures are once again inspired by the WordPress weekly … Continue reading Textures… of France and Spain
Today I bring you two very different images from my journeys through Spain a few years ago, inspired by the latest WordPress weekly photo challenge theme, which is ZIGZAG. The featured image (above) is from the Alcazar (palace) in Seville. It's a simple staircase descending into a tiled foyer, but I've always loved the angles … Continue reading Zigzag
Welcome to Travelling in the 90s -- the tale of my adventures in Europe, drawn from my original travel journal from 1993-1994... Our fresh-faced 20-something selves have just been road-tripping through Wales and are now heading north in our trusty Rover towards Scotland for a few days. *** [Thursday 13 January, 1994] Yesterday we drove … Continue reading Travelling in the 90s – Hadrian’s Wall and a few days in Scotland
I'm continuing with my Travelling in the 90s series today... Excerpts from my travel journal kept during my 1993-1994 grand adventure in Europe and the UK. We pick things up in the Midlands, where H and I have been staying with family friends and touring the region with a hire car. But two is about … Continue reading Travelling in the 90s – Of Stratford peregrines and Welsh cockerels
Dusk falls between day and night -- This photo of Hookney Tor on Dartmoor in Devon, UK, is for this week's weekly photo challenge. On this particular occasion we were some way off the road in the middle of nowhere, and as dusk started to fall the mist came rolling in... One hears many stories of … Continue reading Between
More Travelling in the 90s today... and we've arrived at one of the most thrilling weeks of the entire UK road trip. Warwick Castle... Stratford-upon-Avon... Bath... Salisbury... Stonehenge. It doesn't get much better than this. *** [Monday 3 January, 1994] Yesterday we went to Warwick Castle, which is supposed to be the “finest castle in … Continue reading Travelling in the 90s – Stratford, Bath, Stonehenge…
I really like standing on top of things... It's a compulsion. I don't know where I get it from, but if there's something to clamber on top of -- wall, post, clifftop (cliff edge), tree stump, fallen log... I can't help myself. OK, so I obviously didn't take this photo, but it was the first … Continue reading On top (of Bodmin Moor)
Ellen Gregory 