Index of posts by year

                   Index of posts by year

 

                                        2024

Autumn Colours in Ipswich parks
Armistice with Ipswich schools - Christchurch Park
Wild Walls in Ipswich (2)
Wild Walls in Ipswich (1)
Sudbury - home of Thomas Gainsborough
Beccles - a brief visit
Abbott`s Bridge in Bury Abbey Gardens
Colchester - A walk around some landmarks
Ipswich Town FC reach the Premiership
Lowestoft - The Walking Men
Changing the Guard at Buckingham Palace
The amazing ceiling of St Mary - Huntingfield
RSPB Frampton Marshes 
Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre
Lincoln and the Cathedral Minster
Boston and the Church of St Botolph - The Stump
Kirton - Our holiday base
The North Norfolk coast
Ingleborough Caves
Ingleton Waterfalls
Ribblehead Viaduct  - a magnificent Victorian achievement
Kirby Lonsdale
Ingleton - the start of our Yorkshire holiday
Flowers in the landscape - with Gill Moon
Helmingham Hall Gardens - Birthday visit
St Edmunds Church, Southwold
Southwold and Dunwich
Sizewell - Beauty and the Beast
The three Marys -  local churches
Snape Church of St John the Baptist
The Harvest Mural
Busking Showcase - Ipswich
Private Aaron McClure
Three Churches - Shottisham, Alderton & Bawdsey
Norton - All Saints
Flatford - floods and frost

                                            2023

Mistley - short walk with Gill Moon
Storm Babet in our area of Suffolk
The New Forest for two days
Lyndhurst and Alice in Wonderland
Morwellham Quay - The Victorian mining village
Buckland Abbey - The home of Sir Frances Drake
Plymouth - a day by the Ho
Dartmoor and around
Colchester Castle Park Gardens
The amazing paintings in St Michael & All Angels Church Copford
A visit to St Stephens Chapel or Chapel Barn, Bures
Languard Point - To see the world`s largest container ship
Felixstowe - a day out 
Boxford - memories
Groton - The Winthrop legacy
Bramford - and the sad story of baby Innocent
Bawdsey - Long exposure and sunset
Exmoor - Watchet and Clifton Suspension bridge
Exmoor - Valley of the Rocks
Exmoor - Cleeve Abbey & Crowcombe Church
Exmoor - Minehead
Exmoor - Tarr Steps and Dunster
Exmoor - Porlock Weir
Exmoor - Nether Stowey & The Great Wood
John Clench of Holbrook
Church flower decorations on Coronation week
Coronation Celebrations - Layham & around
To the woods to see the Bluebells - and more.
Agriculture - April Gill Moon Challenge
Pin Mill 50mm Challenge - with Gill Moon
Snowdrops at Hedingham Castle
Detail - Southwold with Gill Moon 
December and January Frost

                                                                                     2022 

Woolverstone  Hall and St Michael`s Church
The Abbey - Celebrating 1000 years in sculpture
Castle Acre and Massingham
Glamping in King Nutkins, Happy Valley, Grimston
Sandringham - the Royal residence
Broadway Folly and the quiet village of Stanton
Chipping Camden
Sudely Castle & Gardens
Upper and Lower Slaughter, then on to Wych Rissington
Castle Combe
Lacock Abbey and Village
Stow on the Wold - our holiday destination
The Wenhaston medieval Doom
Landguard Scavenger Hunt with Gill Moon
Pembrokeshire with Hayley and Izobelle
Jubilee Celebrations
Some old buildings in Ipswich
Bury St Edmunds - the story.
The Ipswich Charter Hangings in St Peter's Church
Yoxford Man
St Matthew`s and Our Lady of Grace
Little Finborough and Needham Market _ Parish Churches
Woman who helped change the world - Princess Sophia Duleep Singh

                                                                                 2021 


                                           2020 

Listed houses of Hadleigh - Bridge street & Corks Lane - (2)
Listed houses of Hadleigh - High Street - (1)
Staverton Thicks - glorious oaks and holly
Autumn comes to Rendlesham
Shapes in trees - Flatford
Swilland and Crowfield - two unusual Church buildings
A morning walk in Snape
Another walk in Walberswick
Redundant church of St Mary, Washbrook
Signs of Autumn`s approach
Coastal erosion at Walton on the Naze
Wasp Spiders in Landseer Park, Ipswich
Views of the Dunwich heather
A short walk from Ramsholt on the Deben
A morning in Walberswick with Gill Moon
V-J Day or Victory in Japan
Scarecrow time in Bildeston
Shingle Street with Gill Moon
Bridges and butterflies in Pipers Vale, Ipswich
Swans and their family - (2)
Swans and their family - (1)
Signs Of The Times - Coronavirus
One form of exercise a day …
Seen on my walk - Bluebells and more.
Spring Flowers in Lock-Down time -  (2)
Spring Flowers in Lock-Down time -  (1)
Every Church has a story - St Margaret`s, Ipswich
Felixstowe Ferry Scavenger Hunt
The Round Church of Little Maplestead
More images of Ipswich Waterfront
The Tudor connection - St Mary`s in Bury St Edmunds
The shrinking village of Kettlebaston
A bright cold morning in Walton 

                                             2019 

and finally for 2019 ....
And then it rained - and rained...
The `Ark` arrives in Ipswich
Sherwood with Hayley and Izobelle
Photo Walk with Gill Moon at Upper Hollesley Common
King Charles the Martyr - Shelland Church
Autumn stroll in Marks Hall gardens and Arboretum
The Willis Towers Watson building in Ipswich
Rye - the ancient Cinque port
The town of Battle, East Sussex
Hastings Old Town
Hastings & St Leonards - a seafront view
The Wasp Spider at Minsmere
Sculpture at Marks Hall
Theberton and the tranquility of Dunwich
Rosey filming for Countryfile at Woburn Abbey
Woburn Abbey - exploring the gardens
The magnificent Helmingham Hall and Gardens
Snape and across the fields to Iken
Butterflies at Bradfield Woods
Lindisfarne or Holy Island
Bamburgh and Dunstanburgh Castles
The Magic of the Inner Farne Island
Arrival in Beadnell, Northumberland
Swanning about
Burnham Norton church and Titchwell Nature Reserve
Rhododendrons at Sheringham Park
Weird and Wonderful Wood - Haughley Park
A day at RSPB Minsmere
A look at picturesque Dedham
St Mary-at-Elms, Ipswich
Corwen and onto Rug Chapel
Llangollen: The Two Ladies
The Chain Bridge and Valle Crucis Abbey
Chirk Castle and a walk by the Canal
Birds at Lynford  Arboretum
Thorpeness & Peter Pan
Aldeburgh and The Scallop
More ghosts - Walberswick
The ghosts of Covehithe
The retable at Thornham Parva
Bramfield church with its detached tower
Waxwings in Ipswich
Hoar frost in Layham
One frosty morning - Flatford
Kiss and Tell - Christchurch Mansion
2018
The City of Norwich
Lest We Forget - in Layham
Lest we forget - Hadleigh and others
Lostwithiel, Fowey then onto Golitha Falls
The Eden Project 
The Lost Gardens of Heligan
Padstow and  Fish & chips!
The start of our week in Cornwall
Marks Hall Gardens and Arboretum
Autumn colours at Anglesey Abbey
Red deer rut 4x4 safaris at RSPB Minsmere
Burnham Deepdale and onto Titchwell Marsh 
Sheringham Park and  Wells Next The Sea
Heritage Day at Valley Farm in Flatford
Minsmere Nature Reserve
Wicken Fen - some history
Bitterns at Lakenheath Fen Nature Reserve
Across the meadows to Shelly
Lakenheath Fen Nature Reserve
Evening on Bridlington harbour
Scampston Hall walled garden and estate
Bempton and Flamborough Head
West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village
The cathedral city of Canterbury
Sandwich and Pegwell Bay
Dover Castle
A visit to Howletts Wild Animal Park
We begin our Kent holiday
Fox Fritillary Meadow
A walk around Minsmere
Winter brings floods to Layham & Hadleigh
Hares of Havergate Island
2017
The first snow of 2017
The Shelley, Suffolk / USA link
Wolsey's Angels in Ipswich
Rowland Taylor - Hadleigh's Martyr
Exploring the Forest of Dean
Around Symonds Yat
A wander in Monmouth
Raglan castle
Tintern Abbey - The amazing ruins.
We arrive in Penallt, Monmouth
Wingfield
Helmingham Hall Estate
Great medieval churches - Woolpit
Pirate trail on Dunwich Heathlands
Butterflies - Fermyn Woods Country Park
A Visit to Wicken Fen
On the island of Skomer
Stackpole Estate clifftop walk
Little Haven & Broad Haven
Swallowtails at Strumpshaw Fen
Mullon & Duddon Sands
Ulpha Slate mines
Tarn Howe and Langdale
Hardknott Pass & Eskdale
Coniston Waters
We are off to the Lake District
Cars at Kersey Mill
Polstead church of St Mary
A frosty morning at Flatford
2016
The seals at Horsey
Evolution of our garden
Sparrowhawk with kill
Sandymouth and Welcombe Mouth
The Edge of Bodmin
Launceston and The Hurlers
Tintagel and Boscastle
Bude
Crackington Haven
Westward Ho! and Clovelly
Still Life experiments
On the old railway track
Do horses play?
Pigs Gone Wild
Fun with the grandchildren
Lavender fields and Kirkham Priory
The deserted village of Wharram Percy
York and Pickering
Bempton Cliffs and Flamborough Head
Scarborough
Family holiday in Yorkshire
Monster Truck in Chantry Park
Farnborough Airshow
Young kestrels and Ships at Landguard Point
Can we photograph a kingfisher?
Barn Owl hunting
Stag beetle
The RSPB: Strumpshaw Fen
My 70th Birthday
A `Church Micro` cache at Aldham church
Redgrave, South Lopham & Banham
The hidden history of Little Wenham
A visit to Flatford
Flags of Convenience
Nayland and Stoke by Nayland
Ipswich`s Holywells Park
A morning in Ipswich
Colchester Priory and Firstsite Gallery
2015
Christmas tree festival Stowmarket
Bird images - Lackford Lake
Autumn was here in 2015
Nottingham and Sherwood Forest
Anglesey Abbey
Clouds Hill and TE Lawrence
The Giant Man and Sherborne
Around Winterborne Stickland
Lulworth Estate and Durdle Door
Studland, Poole in Dorset
Corfe Castle
We are off to Dorset
A visit to Framlingham
Wild flowers June 2015
Winnie the Pooh and Glamping
Family Fun at Rendlesham Forest
Family Fun with the Birthday girl 
Stackpole Estate - our first visit
A trip to Skomer
A Geocaching day in Pembrokeshire 
The Marloes Peninsula
Solva and St Davids` Head
Our arrival in Broad Haven
Hunstanton and Snettisham in Norfolk
2014
Lots of water in Layham
Newstead Abbey fungi & gardens
Sherwood and lots of fungi
Butterflies and Moths of 2014
Our last two days on Mull
Fionnphort, Fiddon & Salen
Tobermory and onto Duart Castle
Loch Spelve and otters
Calgary
To the Isle of Ulva
Our arrival in Mull
The wedding of Naomi and Daniel
New life in early summer
Womens Round Britain Cycle Race comes to Layham
Arger Fen bluebells and more
Two weeks in the life of Izobelle
Bittern at Minsmere
What can be seen at Walton on the Naze?
A winter day in January
2013
Dalby Forest and the Bride Stones
Malham Cove and Janet's Foss
Gillamor, and onto Lastingham
Return to the Yorkshire Moors
Let's do some cooking Nana
Dorset for a week
The week I took my first steps
Wells and Cheddar
Bath in Somerset
Woolpit Steam day
Morgan cars passing through Hadleigh
Fun with a hat
What you can do with bubbles!
Norfolk  garden with Danny
Seals at Horsey
2012
Izobelle`s First Christmas
The Spirit of Christmas Past
Grandchildren - Family fun.
A quick look in Ripon Cathedral
Malham Cove and  Janet's Foss
Fountains Abbey on Studley Royal Park
Helmsley, Roseberry and  Mount Grace Priory
High Oak in Yorkshire  and onto Jervaulx Abbey
Caernarfon Castle - on our way to Yorkshire
The Isle of Anglesey - With Graham & Jane
More images of our granddaughter Izobelle
Ickworth House, Bury St Edmunds
The Olympic flame arrives in Ipswich
Volkswagens in Lavenham
National Grid comes to Layham
Floods in Layham
Izobelle - our new granddaughter
A week in Vaynor Merthyr, The Brecons
Smash and Grab - in Hadleigh
Let's try some Still Life
Emily and Adm at play with Bailey
Winter bites but spring resists
2011
Santa with no reindeer?
This was a Misty Autumn
Melford with Sudbury Camera Club
A day in Cambridge
More Cornish coast and colours
Tin Mines in and around Botallack
From Marazion to Mousehole
Ipswich Waterfront Festival
Ipswich Artathon (2)
Ipswich Artathon
Beauty in Nature - 21 days in July
Fire! Fire!
The seaside town of Cromer in Norfolk
Bugs galore - nature's little wonders
Red, yellow, white and blue. Colours of Spring
Nature - seen on my morning stroll.
The journey of the Marquis Cornwallis
More signs of Spring 
Emily enjoys the park
Ipswich - Graffiti and other art
After the snow - high water 
Crocus and Snowdrops - Spring is here!
What we saw in Walton
The Essex & Suffolk Hunt
2010
2010 Beauty in the Natural World 
Winter comes with a vengeance!
It must be Autumn in 2010
Tetbury - a very quick visit
The Bridestones, Rievaulx and Hutton-le-Hole
Staithes - quaint and quiet
Whitby and the famous ruined Abbey
Robin Hood's Bay - Journey and arrival
Emma ties the knot
Hot Car Show Ipswich
Late Summer or early Autumn?
Brighton and The White Cliffs
Norfolk Broads - Windmills and water
Emily - Our granddaughter arrives!
St Non and Caerfai Bay
Fishguard and the beautiful hamlet of Cwm-yr-Eglwys
Exploring St Annes Head
Solva and coastal views on a walk nearby
Pembrokeshire - St Davids` and on to Little Haven
A view of Chester - Part 2 of 2
A view of Chester - Part 1 of 2
The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
The Tithe War
Framlingham and Orford castles
Cold and Frosty start to 2010
2009
A visit to the New Forest
A wander among Suffolk mills, skies and harvest.
Abbey Gardens at Bury St Edmunds
The riverside town of Woodbridge
A visit to Carlton Marshes Nature Reserve
Images of Ipswich waterfront
Lindisfarne or Holy Island
Bamburgh Castle
Berwick-Upon-Tweed
Bird life on the Farne Islands
Newcastle
Along parts of Hadrian's Wall
To Northumberland we go!
Lavenham, Monks Eleigh and Flatford. A local tour.
Cape Cornwall, St Ives and The Lizard
Porthleven and the Minack Theatre
2008
Norwich - County town of Norfolk
Family holiday in Welcombe Mouth, Devon
Ingleton, Jervaulx Abbey and Ribblehead Viaduct
Richmond, Mukka Meadows and The Buttertubs
The City of York - Day two
The City of York - Day one
2007
Australia 2007 - our final few days
Richmond and into the Blue Mountains
ILuka, Uralla and on to Tamworth
Brooms Head, Yamba and Maclean
Dorrigo NP and Sawtell
Nambucca Heads and Gordon Park Rainforest
Hawkes Head and Harington
Australia 2007 - The start






































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