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Great Gable from Honister Pass
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A terrific hike and a personal achievement in the central-western Lake District on our anniversary.
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The Lake District
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The Lake District is a mountainous region of countryside in north-west England, to which I’ve been returning over and over again since the 1990s.
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Great Asby Scar
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Leaving the familiar fells and valleys of the Lake District to visit a less familiar part of northern England.
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The Way to Green Crag
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I don’t usually bother celebrating my birthday in any great fashion, but as I turned forty this year, I decided to make an exception and plan a short break away with Jo, so that I could look back on the arrival of mid-life with some fondness. After some to-ing and fro-ing on a destination, I…
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Review of 2014
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A blessed year of travel, fun, new and re-discovered sights, and plenty of sore legs.
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2020 Retrospective – The Wettest Walk
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Of all the walks Jo and I have undertaken, the path to Haystacks in the English Lake District seems to be the most prone to failure. The attempt we made in 2020 was no exception, although a sudden change in the weather led us to an alternative success.
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Looking back on 200,000 kilometres
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All good things come to an end, and it’s time to say farewell to my trusty Avant.
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F is for Festival
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The latest in a alphabetic series on aspects of my life: this time, the letter F is inspired by this weekend’s Glastonbury Festival.
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Zytglogge, Bern, Switzerland
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The “Zytglogge” (literally, time bell) stands in the middle of the Bern, at the junction between the more modern shopping streets and the older, lower city. It was originally constructed in wood around 1220 as part of the old city wall and served as an entrance gate and prison. Once the defensive nature of the…
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Doctor Who has been sending chills up my spine since I was a teenager. And the trailer for the next series looks as if it may be great. Although I agree with Thomas Capon: give the Daleks a rest, for goodness sake!
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Einsiedeln Monastery
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Visited with Mum and Dad earlier today, en route (the pretty way) back to Zurich airport. This was only a grab shot for my collection, as photography isn't allowed. Hence the low quality.
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Schloss Banz
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Construction of this former monastery began in 1698. The church, built in Baroque style, was consecrated in 1719. The main altar, the chancel and the statues of saints in the church and on the facade are by Balthasar Esterbauer; the ceiling frescoes are by Melchior Steidl. In 1933 Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria sold the…
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D is for Darkroom
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It was amazing to watch him in the darkroom at an advanced age, still get excited when the results were pleasing. He still struggled like we all do in the darkroom and he struggled behind the camera, and when he had a success he was beaming. John Sexton It’s a bit scary to think that…
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Iona: a new favourite place
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When we first began planning a visit to the Isle of Mull, off Scotland’s west coast, we decided to stay in the tiny port of Fionnphort. We chose the Seaview bed and breakfast primarily because we’d planned to visit the island of Staffa, travelling by boat from Fionnphort to see Fingal’s Cave, but also because its…
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Cable cars, funiculars and cog railways
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Walking in the mountains is a great pastime, even if the weather isn’t great. But sometimes, getting to a mountain peak is a huge effort: even lesser summits than the four-thousand-metre monsters in canton Wallis are difficult to reach on foot. Although Switzerland is famous for its cable cars, funiculars and mountain railways, Switzerland Tourism…
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The evil of Hans Landa
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Christoph Walz’s masterpiece performance as a subtly menacing and monstrous S.S. officer in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds, from 2009.
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In the Old City
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Another of my One Frame Movies, of friends Habi and Nina in the Nydegg area of the old city of Bern.
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Au Voleur*
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The next in my series of theatrical photographs, featuring fellow photographer Tilman Jentzsch.
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You can’t protect people against themselves
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Giving up on trying to make sense of the public attitude to the coronavirus.
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Summer afternoon at Oeschinensee
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Jo and I visit the alpine lake of Oeschinensee, in a mountain valley above Kandersteg, and take a dip to cool ourselves off.
