One of our traditional winter walks when we are back at home is to Bamburgh. The only problem is that post Christmas it is actually quite busy. I would also say that this time I have never seen the tide so far in which made things even worse. Still the light was lovely and it certainly blew the cobwebs away.
One of the difficulties of the beach is finding some foreground interest but I did like this driftwood.
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One of my favourite travel blogs is the travel past 50 site travelpast50.com/. Aside from the fact that its written by people from an atypical demographic to the average bloggers (This means it's a little more thoughtful and is generally better written) they are happy to return to a subject or place again and again. Walking the walls of Berwick always seems to offer something new. Each combination of tide, time and weather seem to offer a new view. So, with that in mind, here are some more shots of my old friends the Bridges of Berwick. These were taken with my phone rather than camera and, believe it not, we had been to Tesco's late in the afternoon and there was a hail storm. I particularly like the blueness of the water in these pictures. There is almost no post production processing. A little bit of curves just to make it 'pop' and straightening the horizon on the Royal Border Bridge shot.
The Alhambra is one of Europe's most impressive buildings and, as such, is a touch busy. To regulate the flow of visitors you have to buy your tickets in advance and then get given a specific time slot on a specific day. Woe betide you if you miss your slot.
Not a problem... We knew all this and booked in advance to get the time slot we wanted. However, when we went to collect the tickets something had gone wrong and we had bought tickets for nearly a month later! Obviously, no tickets left for today. Not a happy camper! First job is to sell our tickets for the future back to the Alhambra.... Didn't cost us anything so a small plus. There was one small silver lining. You could still book for the night-time slots. By the time we had gone round the Generaife (Which means overseer's garden in Arabic) we had bucked up at the thought of coming back later when it was fully dark. I have to say it was excellent and in many ways better than going during the day time. Would like to do both in one day to compare and contrast. ![]() The Summer Palace is mainly dominated by Longevity Hill and the Kumming Lake It covers an expanse of 2.9 square kilometres (720 acres), three-quarters of which is water. The lake is entirely man-made and the excavated soil was used to build Longevity Hill. The Palace's history is entwined with the Empress Dowager Cixi's. She was around when the British and French torched the place in a reprisal to atrocities committed by the Chinese during the First Opium war. Then, money was diverted from the Chinese navy to rebuild as part of her 60th Birthday celebrations but the Chinese lost the Sino Japanese war the year before due, largely to a weakened navy so plans for the celebration were dropped. The 'other' reason for hitting Yogja is Pranbanan. Although by the looks of it there were plenty of other places to go too, for example a couple of volcanoes to climb and what looked like reasonably safe bike tours (Indonesian traffic is proper nuts!). All-in-all it was a shame we didn't have a bit longer there. Ho-hum!
Any-hoo Pranbanan will be the subject of the next update. This one is a couple of paddy-field shots taken on the drive out there. The company we used emphasised that this was not the quickest way to the temple but used smaller back roads. Very nice it was too. Additionally, for every tour booked through them they plant a tree. Finally, the passion fruit and lemon cheese cake I had on our return to their restaurant was epically good! If your ever there I commend Via Via to you. |
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