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Golden Hinde

This full sized replica of the Tudor Warship, Golden Hinde, has been berthed in Brixham Harbour for over 50 years.…

Brixham, Golden Hinde

Castel Del Monte

Castel Del Monte (the castle of the mount) sits high on a hill overlooking Apulia in Italy. It was built…

Castel Del Monte

Statues and Monuments: Man and Boy

  Man and Boy a statue in bronze that stands on the quayside at Brixham Harbour. It was sculpted by local…

Brixham

Naturelog: 21st March

  A bright sunny morning and a chance to have a stroll around the Tarn. As I approached a bird…

Canada Goose, Egyptian Goose, Greylag Goose, Tarn

Naturelog: 17th March

This was the first visit that Keith and I had made to the London Wetland Centre this year and it…

Green Woodpecker, London Wetland Centre, Mandarin Duck, Moorhen, Northern Wheatear, Redshank

75014 Braveheart

75014 Braveheart is a BR Standard 4 built at Swindon in 1951. It worked in the Midlands and was withdrawn…

75014 Braveheart, Dartmouth Steam Railway

The Temple of Hera at Metaponto

The ancient town of Metaponto is situated on the Ionian coast of southern Italy. It was originally a Greek settlement…

Metaponto, Temple of Hera

Anna’s Hummingbird

Originally posted on talainsphotographyblog:
7 A male Anna’s Hummingbird watching over his territory. These shoots are all so from California.…

Anna's Hummingbird

Statues and Monuments: Thomas Newcomen

Thomas Newcomen was born in Dartmouth, Devon in 1663. By trade, he was an ironmonger but became interested in the…

Thomas Newcomen

Dartmouth Steam Railway (2)

Some more pictures from our trip on the Dartmouth Steam Railway

Dartmouth Steam Railway

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