Saharan dust in the air
Almost every year, prevailing winds bring fine dust and sand from the Sahara desert to southern Europe.
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Late afternoon sun across Keswick and Derwentwater
Late afternoon sunshine falling on the town of Keswick and on Derwentwater.
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Corsica on the horizon
During dinner in a hidden local restaurant, very popular with locals and probably hardly known by tourists, we had a grandstand view of the sun as it set gloriously over the Mediterranean. On the horizon, a huge cloudbank obscured the French island of Corsica and added a little drama to the scene.
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Winter Sunset
A tremendously colourful winter sunset in Brienz, where I used to work, looking from the small tourist village along the lake to Interlaken.
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This evening in Spiez
Live view here: www.swisswebcams.ch/deutsch/webcam_bucht_spiez_(3700_spie…
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Evening Flight, Brienz, Switzerland
I wish that I could fly Into the sky So very high Just like a dragonfly I’d fly above the trees Over the seas in all degrees To anywhere I please [Source]
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Dropped, Spiez, Switzerland
Every morning is a step closer to winter, every day sees a temperature drop, until the boots come out and the roads become white. Every day, the dusting on the mountains comes a little lower, a little closer, until it falls, soon, pretty and cold, on the window sill. Mornings are darker, warmth is for […]
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The Night Life of Fudge
Although more prominent memories of Tenby are shops selling polystyrene surfboards and t-shirts printed to order, rock and local fudges are also a strong memory. This shop, closed for the evening and inexplicably illuminated by ultra-violet light, is on the street passing the Five Arches, which we passed on our way from the multi-storey car […]
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