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Clevedon Pier
Sunset at 'the most beautiful pier in Engand' as described by the poet laureate Sir John Betjeman. Clevedon Pier is located in the town of Clevedon, situated in North Somerset, England on the east shore of the Severn Estuary. After a partial collapse in the 1970s the pier was retored and is now open most days for visitors to stroll along once more.
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Swanage Pier
Eerily surreal, this is the remains of an 1859 pier. Built not for Victorian ladies to take the sea air but to load Purbeck stone onto ships to be carried to London. Funded by amongst others, John Mowlem, the pier was not a success as the local stone merchants decided to load stone from the beach as they always had, rather than pay the pier tolls!
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holy Island
Picture yourself at Lindisfarne, eingmatic and atmospheric perched on an outcrop of stone in the North Sea. Lindisfarnen, also called Holy Island, was a tidal island off the northeast coast of England but is now reached via narrow spit of shingle. As the tide rolls in over the mud flats, flooding the bay, the small fishing and pleaure boats re-float, infront of the beach huts , some of whch are constructed of old upturned black tar coated boat hulls.
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Venice Grand Canal
Water Taxis ply theglorious Grand Canal of Venice, also known as Canalazzo. Not only the most important waterway through the amazing city of venice, to travel down it provides some of the most iconic vitas on offer. Standing on the bridge Ponte dell'Accademia looking south shows Campanile di San Marco in the distance with the canal ined with the old merchant vilias.
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Autumn Colours
Ephemeral Autumn coloursat the edge of the Mendip Hills. Often short lived are the golden brown leaves before being blown away by the first winter storms. This view is local woodland fringe nestling in a dip in the hills where the colours often linger a little longer.
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Glen Coe Scotland
Flowing down Glen Coe is a small river that over the millennium has etched a gully deep into the bed rock. At this location ust before a waterfall the river has meandered such that the winding course has formsed what is locally named the 'S bends'. The backdrop to the scene is a view of the three sisters mountains. Recent Spring rain has filled the river just to a height to show the path between the rocks.
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Loch Assynt
Loch Assynt is a freshwater loch in Sutherland, Scotland, 5 miles east-north east of Lochinver. Situated in a spectacular setting between the heights of Canisp, Quinag, and Beinn Uidhe, it receives the outflow from Lochs Awe, Maol a' Choire, and Leitir Easaich. Within the Loch are several small islands on which the trees have died due to being water-logged.
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Durness Beach Stack
Durnes beach on the North East coast of Scotland is a small sandy bay surrounded with sea stacks of various shapes and sizes. Great to explore and excellent for photography.
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Red Squirrel
Within the rural landscape of Scotland, one can sometimes come across Red Squirrels; as the years pass, the seighting have become less frequent as the march of Grey Squirrels carrying the squirrel pox virus can and decimated the Red Squirrel population.
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Lagangardh Hut
Lagangarbh Hut the property of the Scottish Mountaineering Club, refurbished in 1994 and located at the top of Glen Coe. This scene shows the cottage isolation at the base of the mountians towering around, made all the more bleak by the winter's snow. The two returning walkers give scale to image.
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Beacon Wood Sunset
All day the mist had been around the Mendips, and just before the sun set, the red / yellow light streamed in through the trees of Beacon Wood on the Mendips Somerset. It was a question of being in the right spot and the right time for sure and was lucky to witness it on this day.
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Breacon Water Fall
Waterfall Country is an area in Vale of Neath in South Wales. This one of the many falls you come across when walking the Elidir trail that runs along ide the river Neath.
A feature of the river and falls is the volume of water that flows down from the Brecon Beacons hills and after heavy rain, not uncommon in the winter months, the river can become a raging torant.
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Cot Beach Cornwall
Porth Nanven is a beach in the far west of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is located half-a-mile west of the town of St Just. The honey coloured 'egg' shaped stones on the beach are surrounded by the smooth granite cliff rocks.
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Burnham Lighthouse
The wooden lower lighthouse at Burnham North Somerset as the sun sets
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PLODDA FALLS
Plodda Falls is a waterfall, situated 5 km south-west of the village of Tomich, near Glen Affric, in the Highlands of Scotland. The falls are 46 m high; the photo is taken of the lowest section.
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Three Sisters Glen Coe
View of the river 's' bend in Glen Coe during winter. Overcast clouds and snow on the ground with ice cold water running.
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Buachaille Waterfall
Waterfall on River Coupal and mountain range Buachaille Etive Mor at Glen Coe in Scotland, United Kingdom
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Clevedon Marine Lake
The 'infinity pool' at Clevedon North Somerset has been ranked among the best spots for wild swimming in the UK. Marine Lake floods on high tides a few times a month and the photo was taken at sunrise.
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Blue Bell Wood
Its always a joy to see the Blue Bells after the winter and at this location the Blue is set off by the white of the Wold Garlic flowers. Wiltshire mixed wood land UK.
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Porthreath Pier Haed
Portreath is a very narrow harbour located about 5 miles north of Redruth Cornwall . It was once a busy port, importing coal and other goods but is now well known for being a location to witness large Atlantic waves crash in during winter storms .
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Corran Ferry
Early morning start for the Corran Ferry. The ferry makes the crossing continiously so save the long road jouney around the sea loch. This day in early winter taken with bording lights shining
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Sand Ells & Puffins
Puffins returning with Sand Ells to feed young on the Farne Islands are a group of islands off the coast of Northumberland, England.
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ICELAND CHURCH
Storm brewing over lone church in Iceland during winter.
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Groyne at Swanage
Timber groynes at Swanage on the Dorset Coast were first constructed in 1925; eighteen of them were reconstructed in 2006
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Porlock Dead Trees
Dead tree, Porlock salt marsh, North Somerset. Severe storms in 1996 breached the shingle barrier between the sea here and the freshwater pasture behind it.
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European shag Farne Islands
The main draw of visiting the Farne islands are the colourful puffins but the location is an important breeding site for several other species. Amongst these is the Shag, a close relative of the larger cormorant.
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Newlyn Cornwall
Newlyn is home to a fleet of beam trawlers, stern trawlers, potting boats and ring-netters with a wet fish Market, Unloading the catch before the storm rolls in.
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DARK HEDGES IRELAND
The tree lined road that has become famous for the setting in the 'Games of Thrones'. On this morning a local is out walking her dogs before the Tourest decend on the location in Northern Ireland.
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Kingfisher Dinner
Taken in Scotland in the early summer. Kingfihers need to catch fish every day to feed thier brood at this time of year.
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Wild Garlic in flower
Each spring the wild garlic flowers adorne the woodland floor across the Mendips. The foot path gives a good focus point.
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Pair of Shire Horses
Two Shire horses plough a fild strip during the Mendip Farmers competition held each year on a farm within the Mndip region.
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WONAKA NEW ZEALAND
Lone tree semi submerged in the lake at Wonaka New Zealand. Early morning as the sunrises and the roosting birds still yet to fly.
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TUSCAN HILLS
Tuscan Hill with group of Cyprus trees in an open field after the wheat has been gathered for the season.
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BURNHAM LIGHTHOUSE
The Low Lighthouse is one of three historic lighthouses in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England, and the only one of the three which is still active.[It is a Grade II listed building and stands on the foreshore. It was built by Joseph Nelson in 1832, in conjunction with the High Lighthouse, to replace the original Round Tower Lighthouse (which itself had been built to replace the light kept burning in the tower of St Andrews Church to guide fishing boats into the harbour)
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CLEVEDON SEAPOOLS
Clevedon Marine Lake is the world's largest sea water infinity pool and a piece of aquatics history.
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Old fishing boat
Sunrise on a cold and frosty morning along the River Brue Somerset. At high tide an old fishing boat becomes suspended once again.
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SWANAGE OLD PIER
Sun set over the old pier at Swanage Dorset with the gulls finding thier perch.
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DURNESS BEACH SEA STACK
Durning Autumn time the rough seas make for interesting sceens when the sky looks moody and the waves wash well up the sandy beach.
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Tuscany rain showers
Val D'Orcia overlooking the farm countryside towards Palazzo Conti A as the rain shows drift across.
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Tuscany Rainbow
The Chapel of the Madonna di Vitaleta is a small chapel in Tuscany, Italy, that sits on a hilltop in the Val d'Orcia.
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durness beach scotland
Durness is a village surrounded by the dramatic landscape of Sutherland on the north coast of the Scottish Highlands. The beach is attractive as a ay asand with a number of Sea Stacks that make good subjects when the tide comes in.
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Somerset Dark hedges
On the boarder between Somerset and Wiltshire is a small road that runs under the brows of old Beach Trees. Depending of the time of year the colours can be a mix of shades of greens and browns with the light shining through at the end of the day.
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portleaven cornwall
Large waves, produced by storm force winds, break along the coast at Porthleven smashing into the sa front cliffs. At times the clock tower becomes engulfed in sea water spray but today relatively quite so the people are safe to stand and watch.
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The spectacular ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle defend a headland on the rugged Northumberland coast. This now-ruined castle was begun in 1313 now sits isolated on the cliff tops as the North Sea waves crash over the rocky coastline.
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clevedon sea pools
When there is a high spring tide the seawater floods over the sea wall into the bathing pool, refreshing the water. Railings become partially sunk below the water with the iconic Clevedon Pier isolated in the back ground .