From one of our favourite routes through the local part of the Forest of Dean. Rain threatened today, so we took an early walk in relative gloom. This picture is from a brighter day, as these posts are intended to pass on some cheer. Enjoy! If you’re visiting here, please be generous to those who …
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A rocky shore on the Greek island of Samos. Taken in October 2016. If you’re visiting here, please be generous to those who can’t escape their own four walls at present, and share this widely on social media, so they can enjoy it. Thank you.
The River Wye runs at the foot of the village. The Wye Valley is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. If you’re visiting here, please be generous to those who can’t escape their own four walls at present, and share this widely on social media, so they can enjoy it. Thank you.
Cretan Coast. Taken in August 2008. If you’re a visitor here, perhaps you’ll be generous to those who are trapped indoors at present, and share this widely, so others can enjoy it? Thank you.
We pass this stone wall almost every time we take a walk. It's Victorian architecture, built to hold back the steep hill above from sliding down onto the track that used be a railway line until the 1960s. They knew how to build to last, those Victorian engineers! If you’re a visitor here, perhaps you’ll …
Continue reading Today’s Picture: 20 Aug 20
As it's dull and very wet here in the Forest of Dean today, I thought I'd give you a hot, dry walk on the Greek island of Rhodes to cheer you up. Photo taken September 2017. If you’re a visitor here, perhaps you’ll be generous to those who are trapped indoors at present, and share …
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The local kids have dammed the brook above a small fall, forming a small pool to jump into in this hot weather. It has a strange serenity when unoccupied. If you’re a visitor here, perhaps you’ll be generous to those who are trapped indoors at present, and share this widely, so others can enjoy it? …
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The Acropolis at Lindos on the Greek island of Rhodes, seen from a walk along the coast. Photo taken in October 2017. If you’re a visitor here, perhaps you’ll be generous to those who are trapped indoors at present, and share this widely, so others can enjoy it? Thank you.
The River Wye as seen from Symmons Yat. If you’re confined indoors and unable to get out and enjoy nature, this series is for you. I’m aiming to brighten the days by posting pictures of natural beauty. Spent most of today online for a Twitch TV event organised by my publisher, so our walk this …
Continue reading Today’s Picture: 16 Aug 20
Looking south up the valley. If you’re confined indoors and unable to get out and enjoy nature, this series is for you. I’m aiming to brighten the days by posting pictures of natural beauty. If you’re a visitor to this site, and able to go where you like, perhaps you’ll do something for those less …
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Each year, Dan Grubb and his publishing company, Fantastic Books Publishing, run a Fantasticon event in England. Always a great place for fantasy, sci-fi, gamers, readers of all sorts, and those who simply enjoy a bit of fun. This year, 2020, the Covid 19 pandemic has prevented such events going ahead because of social distancing …
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49 pages Time Travel Romance This short book has a gentle, naïve charm. It is, essentially, a fairy tale. But a fairy tale for adults. As a reader, I enjoyed the story. As a writer, I found some elements in need of editing, but that’s so often the case these days that it hardly merits …
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A walk through the hillside forests above Stresa, Lake Maggiore, Italy, on the way down from Mottarone. Stuck indoors and unable to get out and enjoy nature? Then this series is for you. I’m aiming to brighten the days by posting pictures of natural beauty. We had thunderstorms again last night, and the rain hasn’t …
Continue reading Today’s Picture: 14 Aug 20
Stuck indoors and unable to get out and enjoy nature? Then this series is for you. I’m aiming to brighten the days by posting pictures of natural beauty. I didn’t think I was going to get this done today, due to the need to redesign my website. However, that went better than I expected. We …
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This sums up my current state! This is to let visitors know that my website may be disrupted for the next couple of days. WordPress works on 'Themes' and it appears my current Theme has been 'Retired', which means I have to choose another. That means I may have to completely redesign the site; not …
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