Disused Railway Lines
Posted on February 27, 2022
Possibly the most dreaded three words it is possible for any putative rail traveller to hear or see: ‘Replacement bus service’.
In this instance, the replacement is permanent, as the railway no longer serves the town of Chabanais. Although you can get the very occasional bus from outside the station…
Oryx at rest
Posted on February 24, 2022
An Arabian oryx takes it easy in the game reserve on Sir Bani Yas Island in Abu Dhabi.
Pointing the finger
Posted on February 18, 2022
This rock formation in St Andrews juts out accusingly into the North Sea.
Alma mater
Posted on February 16, 2022
This is one of the many fine, typically Scottish stone buildings that form the estate of St Leonard’s School in St Andrews, my daughter’s eye-wateringly reassuringly expensive boarding school all those years ago.
Keep It Clean
Posted on February 10, 2022
Will that ice cream be consumed before any of it drips onto that turquoise polo shirt?
Of course. Never in doubt.
Three Knights
Posted on February 9, 2022
Nothing to see here…
Three knights in armour chatting on a street in the nearby village of Rancon. Couldn’t have anything to do with it being the day of the medieval fair, could it?
Swatters
Posted on February 4, 2022
A close-up look at a small sample of our collection of colourful fly swatters. Hopefully, the fly gets an even closer view – although they usually get away.
Just Hanging Around….
Posted on February 2, 2022
Cee’s theme for her Fun Foto Challenge this week is ‘Oddball’. I think this qualifies.
After all, surely one of the things you least expect to see when you go off to the commune’s depot in order to gather some material with which to decorate a float for a parade is an artificial skeleton suspended from the rafters (and no, it wasn’t for a Hallowe’en parade either).
January’s Last Photo
Posted on February 2, 2022
Brrrr!
Posted on January 29, 2022
It’s been, as they say in northern England, ‘right parky’ for the past week or so, as these Queen Anne’s Lace seed heads testify.
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