Motion Blur
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Love Birds
Lindisfarne
Walking back from the boats and lobster pots we viewed the ruins of Lindisfarne a short way off. Click either picture below to see them larger.
Foggy Morning Breakfast
Sitting at breakfast in the hotel that morning we looked out on a foggy scene. Then went out and took pictures (below) before the fog had cleared. Click on any of them to see larger.
Before and After
One shot from before we reached St Cuthbert’s Cave (last post) and one from after. Except for at the cave we hardly saw a soul.
Postmodern decomposition
Happy 90th, Mom!
When monks first abandoned Lindisfarne, carrying the corpse of St Cuthbert, this cave was, according to legend at least, the first resting place of his miraculously un-decomposed cadaver. The people you can see in this shot were virtually the first we ran into on our walk.
Hill Descent
Some more images from the first few hours of our 14½-mile walk the first day (click on any of the images below to see them larger).
Hill View
Leaving Wooler, we followed the trail marks for St Cuthbert’s Way and found ourselves alone, with fine views and varied terrain, on a lovely day – click any of the images below to see them larger.
Unicorns at Easter
Easter Sunday morning we took off from our Wooler hotel, walking though town before coming to St Cuthbert’s way and beginning what would turn out to be a 14½-mile walk, nearly to Beal. Click on the images below to see them larger.
North of England
Another view from the train to Berwick-upon-Tweed and, below, our first view of the sea.
Train View
The train ride mentioned in my last post was to London (Waterloo), thence via tube to King’s Cross where we caught another train to Berwick-upon-Tweed. Here, a lovely scene from the train with the distance stopped by my 1/320-second shutter speed but the foreground motion blurred, an effect I rather like.
Fog Pond
When I take the train to London, before even getting to Alderhsot, I always see beautiful bodies of water out the train window. Some weeks ago I resolved to go find them and photograph them. Of course, the train is elevated at this point, so I wasn’t sure I’d get the same view, and I wondered if I could get passed the obscuring treeline. Looking on the map, I found the Badshot Lea Big Pond was a walk of only a little over a couple of miles so we set off on the firs nice day. Unfortunately, when we got there, we discovered it was a private fishing club with no admittance and no real view through the shrubbery. Then, about a week later, a train ride to London on a foggy morning, at low speed, presented another opportunity (click the images below to see them larger).
Reflection
Spring, Shard, and Cranes
Lloyd’s
The iconic building – tree’s-eye perspective.
Beginning to get backed up on these daily snapshots – moving back to multiple posts per day for a while till I begin freeing up the backlog.
Creature Comforts
Seen from the bus window on our way from Hamiltons Gallery in Mayfair to the really excellent Street Life exhibit at the David Hill Gallery in Ladbroke Grove.
Richmond Reflections
The day after the gallery visits we went into London again to check out possible neighborhoods, starting in Richmond (see below).
Parakeets
After the Serpentine Galleries we walked back through Hyde Park to the Lancaster Gate tube station, not too far from where I lived in Bayswater in the ’80s. We were stunned to see a lot of parakeets fluttering around until one of our Indian classmates explained to us that they had arrived here some years ago, escaping the homes of Indians in England who had brought them from someplace in India where they’re common.
Empuddled
A walk up to Caesar’s Camp a couple of weeks ago showed the many large puddles and flooding from recent rains had not yet fully receded. Glorious reflections, though. Click on the images below to see them larger.
Tree Reflection
