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Les grenouilles sont arrivés!

Posted on 06/02/2016 by Martin

A corner of the garden pond. The damp weather brings the frogs out. We counted at least twenty, not including those below the surface.

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Purdown, Bristol

Posted on 03/02/2016 by Martin

Purdown, a large area of land near the M32 motorway north of Bristol, is dominated by the yellow Dower House, built in 1563 as a private stately home, for a long time a hospital and now converted to private flats.

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Three views of a painted shipping container…

Posted on 30/01/2016 by Martin
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Deepest Wiltshire

Posted on 28/01/2016 by Martin

Foxley Church, Norton, Wiltshire: This is one of the few churches in the country with an unknown dedication. The Church is of mainly Early English design with an unusual t-shaped interior, Jacobean pews cut down to make benches, a communion … Continue reading →

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Lyme Regis on the Dorset coast

Posted on 25/01/2016 by Martin
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Sand Point, Somerset

Posted on 23/01/2016 by Martin

Sand Point in Somerset is the peninsula stretching out from Middle Hope, an 84-hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest. More HERE.

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Nature in Art at Wallsworth Hall in Gloucestershire

Posted on 21/01/2016 by Martin

Pictures taken with Samsung Galaxy mobile phone.

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Mells, Somerset

Posted on 17/01/2016 by Martin

Mells is a very pretty village in Somerset with a history dating back to Henry VIII and earlier and is where the Little Jack Horner nursery rhyme started. The place revolved around the Horner family for centuries and the church has the … Continue reading →

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Frank Greenhalgh

Posted on 15/01/2016 by Martin

When I lived in Bath, many years ago, some of the older residents lauded the name of one Frank Greenhalgh (apparently pronounced Greenhouse) who, as City Civil Engineer, had devised a system of weir and sluices on the River Avon … Continue reading →

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In the bleak mid-winter

Posted on 14/01/2016 by Martin

An exceptionally mild December has now turned to an averagely-cold January and all the leaves are at last off the trees. A chance to take a new photo for the header to this blog. This is our road. The same … Continue reading →

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