You can read about this afternoon’s hike here.
Lakes and Creeks
Lakes, creeks, rivers, ponds, streams. Just about anything wet that isn’t the sea.
One of my favorite pictures from this afternoon’s hike.
January 17, 2015 20:47
Cairn – St. Nectan’s Glen, Cornwall — The River Trevillet and particularly the area near the falls is chock-a-block with dozens of little stone cairns, just like this one.
June 25, 2014 20:02
Charms at St. Nectan’s Glen – Charms hanging on a bush at St. Nectan’s Glen, an example of the things left by visitors to St. Nectan’s Glen & Keive.
June 25, 2014 15:40
Lanie and St. Nectan’s Kieve, St. Nectan’s Glen, Cornwall – Vaction Day 21 – After a chance to dry out and warm up we visited St. Nectan’s Glen. 4 pictures
June 25, 2014 15:28
Grasmere in the Lake District – Vacation Day 16 – Having taken our leave of Penny we headed North. By fitting in a couple of days in Wales we’d lost some time we’d planned to spend in the Lake District / Scotland. 7 pictures
June 20, 2014 21:53
Vacation Day 12 – We hired a sailboat in the vain hope of getting in some sailing. x4
June 16, 2014 17:34
The River Thames from Tower Bridge.
June 12, 2014 14:20
HMS Belfast.
June 12, 2014 13:24
The Shard, River Thames and HMS Belfast — After visiting the Tower, we took a stroll around St. Catherine’s Docks – mainly because I wanted to see the barges.
June 12, 2014 13:22
The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up, 1838. Artist: J.M.W. Turner (1775- 1851).
June 11, 2014 11:00
A Late Afternoon Paddle on the James River with Lanie – Lanie had a break in her rehearsal schedule, so I thought I’d take her kayaking to get her out and about for a while. One-minute read, 5 pictures
August 27, 2013 21:23
Spent the day with cap’n John getting the boat ready for some real sailing – he has a mainsail. Unfortunately, the ‘iron Topsail’ is currently broken, and beyond my knowledge to repair.
August 26, 2013 10:25
Some chores then sailing on Stockton Lake — John asked if I fancied going sailing. He had to ask? That’s a given. Five-minute read, +13
July 13, 2013 21:28
I really like this series of pictures of John I took while we out sailing yesterday. 3 pictures
July 13, 2013 14:33
I’ve had a long outstanding arrangement to take Jonathan out in one of our kayaks. Last week we agreed some mutually convenient times, and today we finally got out on the water. 8 pictures
July 1, 2013 19:38
Sailing with John on Stockton Lake -When my friend John said he wanted a sailing buddy to help him out on his first day sail in a keelboat without an instructor I jumped at the chance. Video: 1 minute. Five-minute read and 15 pictures
June 1, 2013 14:02
A picture from last weekend’s backpacking trip. We were checking out a stock pond to see if it might provide drinking water. The pond was not only quite large, but also surrounded by cattails which had started to break apart and seed.
April 19, 2013 18:49
Morning coffee and hot chocolate by Long Creek.
September 23, 2012 22:13
Morning Coffee at Long Creek Falls, Hercules Glades Wilderness – A wonderful and peaceful way to to start the day.
September 23, 2012 22:10
Cooling off in a pool on Woods Fork – Busiek State Forest and Wildlife Area. Birthday solo backpacking for a couple of days at Busiek.
June 20, 2012 14:50
This was the last bit of the shore we examined before heading back to the campground.
April 21, 2012 15:23
Ascend D10 & Ascend FS10 Kayaks at Berry Bend, Harry S Truman Reservoir – The dew and the quality of the light caught my eye.
April 21, 2012 14:32
This was our view of Truman lake first thing Saturday morning. Wonderful. Ginger got a better picture of this, but I’m quite happy with this image.