Rainbow at sunset. Piney Creek Wilderness, Missouri.
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Sunset at Piney Creek Wilderness, September 2024.
September 12, 2024 19:22
Back at my Lakeside Retreat — Time for five days R&R by Table Rock Lake. +2
September 12, 2024 15:43
Welcome to Eastney Beach — No trip back home to Portsmouth would be complete without a visit to the beach — Ginger was getting her nails done, and I spent an hour on the beach and even went for a swim.
August 30, 2024 13:50
Heysham Nuclear Power Station. Quite blurry, but it is eleven miles away. I’ve spent a lot of time there. +1
August 23, 2024 10:02
Morning run at Grange-over-Sands — the return leg, with the railway station caught in a shaft of sunlight.
August 23, 2024 8:13
Morning run at Grange-over-Sands — From the Netherwood Hotel along the entire length of the promenade and back was just over two and-a-half miles. Just right for my morning run. 2
August 23, 2024 7:49
Netherwood Hotel & Spa, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria. We are here for a couple of well-earned rest days before heading to Glasgow, and our final business event.
August 22, 2024 10:31
Another hotel sea view, this time of Morecambe Bay. Netherwood Hotel & Spa, Grange-over-Sands.
August 21, 2024 15:34
Farlington, Farlington Marshes, Langstone Harbour and Hayling Island from Portsdown Hill.
August 20, 2024 16:29
Langstone Harbour and Portsmouth from Portsdown Hill.
August 20, 2024 16:29
Langstone Harbour and Portsmouth from Portsdown Hill.
August 20, 2024 16:26
Flickr meet-up — We first met Jacqi in person in 2008 at Bletchley Park in the UK. Then again in Springfield, Missouri as she traveled to her new home in New Zealand in 2011.
August 8, 2024 19:19
Folkestone beach and habour wall — Ginger captured this excellent view of the beach and harbour wall. The next morning I had a great run here, from the hotel, through the back streets and passages down to the harbour, out along the wall. Then back along the beach and sea front ending with the 200 ft climb back to the hotel.
August 6, 2024 15:19
Dressing Room at St. Benedict’s B&B — Complete with a home altar, storage, and, of course, the en-suite. +1
August 5, 2024 21:31
Our room at St. Benedict’s B&B — What an absolute gem this B&B was. We stumbled upon it quite by accident, and it was wonderful. +1
August 5, 2024 21:20
Fox — seen on the way to visit my brother. +1
August 3, 2024 19:24
HMS Prince of Wales — Today is our last full day at Gunwharf Quays. We took a stroll along the Millennium Walkway to pass the time and were there to watch HMS Prince of Wales leave Portsmouth Harbour.
August 2, 2024 12:53
Interesting things happening in front of our hotel — We were fascinated by the construction of this miniature golf course going on below our hotel window.
August 2, 2024 10:26
What Gare Bears might wear in the woods — With the emphasis on might. Well actually, might not. We had a good laugh though.
August 1, 2024 11:07
Fish & Chips and a couple of pints at The Still & West — A pint and pub grub on our first evening in Pompey.
July 31, 2024 20:35
Ginger, Gary and the Spinnaker Tower — Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth.
July 31, 2024 18:35
Ginger watching the dawn at 30,000 feet. We are off on the first leg of a visit to the UK. Our first since 2019.
July 30, 2024 5:57
Early evening on an Ozarks farm road — It’s all looking very lush and green. Nowadays this road has a lot more traffic than it used to. One-minute read.