#ScenicSaturday 26th August 2023

My photos here show our beautiful world. I hope to encourage viewers to help save it from human carelessness. Today, I bring you a glorious sunset, taken from my study window. The fiery sky inspired me to capture it in the few moments it existed. We are engaged by sunsets more than any other daylight …

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#ScenicSaturday 19th August 2023

My photos here show our beautiful world. I hope to encourage viewers to help save it from human carelessness. Today, I show you a river in North Yorkshire, the River Swale running through Richmond. The water appears polluted, which is the real case for 90% of England’s fresh water at present, due to profit superseding …

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#ScenicSaturday 12th August 2023

My photos here show our beautiful world. I hope to encourage viewers to help save it from human carelessness. Today, I bring you a shot of the Yorkshire Dales, a National Park in England. This is a region where agriculture must follow certain rules to ensure the natural world is left as pristine as possible …

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#ScenicSaturday 5th August 2023

My photos here show how beautiful is our world. I hope to encourage viewers to help save it from our carelessness. Today, I give you a shot of a path through mature oaks and beeches in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England.The world is currently deeply scarred by wildfires on most continents. Elsewhere, trees, usually …

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#ScenicSaturday 29th July 2023

Sunset Over Crete My photos here show how beautiful is our world. I hope to encourage viewers to help save it from our carelessness. Today we bathe under the warm glow of a sunset on the historic Greek island of Crete. It was taken on a spontaneous trip organised by the husband of our hotel …

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#ScenicSaturday 22nd July 2023

My photos here show how beautiful is our world. I hope to encourage viewers to help save it from our carelessness. This one depicts a panorama of part of the glorious Yorkshire Dales under a summer sky. This part of the country, most of it a National Park and therefore protected from adverse development, has …

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Progress Inspired by a Walk?

I don’t know what inspires ideas in other writers, but I gather a lot of my writing thoughts and inspiration from walking. I live in the Forest of Dean, so I’m surrounded by beautiful places in which to walk, usually with my wife. Yesterday, we decided to visit a local spot of significance, Symonds Yat, …

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#ScenicSaturday 15th July 2023

My photos here show how beautiful is our world. I hope to encourage viewers to help save it from our carelessness. This one shows the River Wye as it flows through the Forest of Dean. The far bank, left on the picture, is actually Wales, as the river forms part of the border between the …

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#ScenicSaturday 8th July 2023

The Greek island of Thassos My photos here show how beautiful is our world. I hope to encourage viewers to help save it from our carelessness. This one shows the eroding effect of wave power on the strong rocky cliffs of the Greek island of Thassos over eons. Imagine how much more of this island …

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#ScenicSaturday 1st July 2023

My photos here show how beautiful is our world. I hope to encourage viewers to help save it from our carelessness.This one shows a newly created space on the right following the felling of some diseased trees in the Forest of Dean. Climate change has increased the incidence of tree infections, resulting in the cutting …

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#ScenicSaturday 24th June 2023

My photos here show the often-fragile beauty of our world. My hope is they will encourage viewers to act in ways that will help save it from the destruction we humans constantly cause to nature.This one shows the natural beauty of an ancient tree surrounded by newer relatives in an English forest. Trees provide a …

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#ScenicSaturday 17th June 2023

My photos here show the often-fragile beauty of our world. My hope is they will encourage viewers to act in ways that will help save it from the destruction we humans constantly cause to nature.This one is of a calm sea under a rising moon shortly after sunset on the south coast of England. I …

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#ScenicSaturday 10th June 2023

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA My photos here show the often-fragile beauty of our world. My hope is they will encourage viewers to act in ways that will help save it from the destruction we humans constantly cause to nature.This one depicts the uneasy relationship between nature and farming to grow food. These hills, part of the …

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Gliding Into the 70s

A Towing Plane Lifts a Glider Into the Sky Last year, we celebrated Valerie’s birthday with a hot air balloon flight launched from Bath. This year, she wanted to try gliding. I’d flown with the RAF (only 55 years ago, so the memory’s still quite strong), so made the event entirely for her. I searched …

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#ScenicSaturday 3rd June 2023

My photos here show the beauty of our world. My hope is they will encourage viewers to act in ways that will help save it from the destruction we humans are causing to nature.This one depicts part of the Jurassic Coast in southern England. # If you comment, like, and share the post, it’ll help …

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