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                                                 Photo Archive:
             
Click on images to view extensive themed albums from my online archive

     Landscape & Geology: General

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Seascapes & Sandscapes

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Skyscapes & Sunsets

A field of flowering oilseed rape aglow in the Summer sunlight

Fields & Farmland

An undulating traditional dry stone wall leads the eye to Dean Scar, near Malham, North Yorkshire

Limestone Landscapes

Waterfall amid towering tufa screens, Gordale Scar, Malham

Waterfalls, Caves, Potholes & Sinkholes

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Glacial Erratics

Half Dome, a glacially smoothed exfoliation dome in Yosemite National Park

America: Geology & Landscape

Landscape & Geology: Scotland

A solitary tree, trimmed by grazing sheep, growing in limestone pavement at Newbiggin Crags, Cumbria

Limestone Pavements

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Isle of Skye:

Sunsets, Skyscapes & Seascapes

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Isle of Colonsay

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Isles of Coll & Tiree

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Isle of Mull: Coast

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Isles of Ulva, Gometra
& Little Colonsay

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Treshnish Isles

Pladda, dolerite & tholeiite dykes, Kild

Isle of Pladda

Isle of Mull: Interior

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Isle of Staffa

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Garvellachs, Insh Island & Scarba

Isle of Jura: Interior

Isle of Mull:
Sunsets, Skyscapes & Seascapes

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Isle of Inch Kenneth

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Isle of Kerrera

Isle of Jura: Coast

Isle of Erraid

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Isle of Iona

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Isle of Lismore

Ailsa Craig

Isle of Arran: Coast

Isle of Arran: Standing Stones & Ancient Sites

Isle of Arran: Interior

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Scottish Highlands: Interior

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Scottish Highlands:
Sunsets, Skyscapes & Seascapes

The Salisbury Crags & Hutton's Section, Edinburgh

Edinburgh

 Landscape & Geology: Northern Ireland

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Antrim, Causeway Coast:
Seascapes & Sandscapes

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Antrim, Causeway Coast

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Antrim, Causeway Coast:
Sunsets & Skyscapes

 Landscape & Geology: England

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Peak District [Derbyshire]

Isle of Pladda
Glacial erratic boulders of greywacke ['Millstone Grit'] sit atop the limestone pavement of White Scars beneath Ingleborough

Three Peaks [Yorkshire]

The knife-edge arete of Striding Edge seen from the summit cliffs of Helvellyn

Cumbrian Fells [Lake District]

A traditional stone field barn in the shadow of Robin Proctor's Scar, nr. Austwick, North Yorkshire

Yorkshire Dales

Aquatic plants thrive in the drainage channels of the Somerset Levels, near Lyng & Athelney

Somerset Levels &

Lincolnshire Fens

Crackington Haven to Voter Run 2019.10.3

Cornwall: Coast

The Pinnacles, text-book chalk sea stacks on the Dorset coast near Studland Bay

Dorset: Coast

Towering cumulus clouds mirror the zig-zag chalk path around the perimeter of Avebury stone circle, Wiltshire

Wiltshire: Chalk Downlands
& Ancient Sites 

Botanical & Garden

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Wildflower Meadows

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Woods & Trees

Glowing Autumn leaves & pendulous fruits of an Oriental Plane [Platanus orientalis] tree against a blue sky

Autumn Colour

Campanula tumbling down Cotswold stone steps

Gardens: Informal

Kidney-Vetch [Anthyllis vulneraria] & Wild Thyme [Thymus praecox] growing on the cliff-face at Salisbury Crags, Edinburgh

Coastal & Clifftop Wildflowers

Vineyard at the Medieval Bishops' Palace, Lincoln. The most northerly vineyard in Europe

Orchards & Vineyards

A contorted native Hawthorn [Crataegus monogyna] tree grows out of the edge of a limestone pavement near Malham, North Yorkshire

Monochrome [Black & White]

English Bluebells [Scilla non-scripta or Hyacinthoides non-scripta] carpet the floor of West Woods, Wiltshire

Bluebell Woods

A row of raindrop 'paperweights' balance along the serrated edge of a rose leaf

Raindrops

Quince [Cydonia oblonga] blossom & Forget-me-nots [Myosotis arvensis]

Spring Blossom

Reflections of a riverbank tree amongst water lilies in the Lancaster Canal

Water & Reflections

Emerging Ginkgo biloba leaves sunlit against a blue sky

Opening Buds & Unfurling Leaves

Opium Poppy [Papaver somniferum] 'Single Plum', its taffeta-like petals dusted with freshly-shed pollen

Botanical: Plum & Black

Helleborus orientalis 'Metallic Blue Lady' flower centre in close-up

Botanical: Violet & Lavender

A bee gathering nectar from a native wildflower, Scabiosa columbaria

Bees, Butterflies & Dragonflies

A Rudbeckia 'Marmalade' flower centre in close-up, with visiting insect

Botanical: Orange

An Oriental Poppy [Papaver orientale] flower emerging from a prickly bud case

Botanical: Red & Maroon

A detailed macro image of the centre of a Helleborus argutifolius [Corsican Hellebore] flower

Botanical: Green

Single Snowdrops [Galanthus nivalis] in a woodland garden

Woodland Wildflowers

The pendulous, maroon-black hips of Rosa pimpinellifolia 'Altaica', an improved form of the wild 'Scotch Briar', have a deep sheen like polished leather

Fruits & Nuts

The heart of a Magnolia grandiflora 'Exmouth' flower

Botanical: White

Scabiosa columbaria [Small Scabious], a native British wildflower of fields and meadows

Meadow Wildflowers

A pair of 'friendly' chives buds [Allium schoenoprasum]

Botanical: Purple & Mauve

A ring of bristly stamens at the centre of an Oriental Poppy [ Papaver orientale] 'Medallion' flower.

Botanical: Magenta & Pink

Hebeloma crustuliniforme ['Poison Pie'] fungus, sometimes misleadingly called 'Fairy Cake' fungus, this mushroom is poisonous!

 Fungi & Lichen

Perfect Symmetry: Paired Box topiary standards in the Knot Garden at Hatfield Old Palace

Gardens: Formal

A forest of towering hoar frost crystals formed around the edge of a Brachyglottis leaf

Frost & Snow

Nigella damascena 'Miss Jekyll'. A cottage garden favourite known as 'Love in a Mist'

Botanical: Blue & Indigo

Rudbeckia laciniata 'Juligold' has unusual reflexed petals and prominent conical flower centres

Botanical: Yellow

Raindrops hang from the reflexed petals of Rudbeckia laciniata 'Juligold' during a Summer shower

Flowers in the Rain

The brown stripes of a Fritillaria elwesii flower perfectly match the glossy brown leaves the background Heuchera in this woodland garden

Botanical: Brown & Beige

Architecture & Heritage

Concentric arches & foliate carving in Lincolnshire limestone & marble in the Gothic Lincoln Minster

Medieval Gothic Interiors

A row of Jacobean Cotswold stone almshouses and St.James's church, Chipping Campden

The Cotswolds

Dawn light at the ruins of Crowland Abbey illuminates a spider's web in a Gothic window casement

Medieval Gothic Exteriors

An unusual triangular Cotswold stone dovecote in the village of Blockley

Dovecotes, Lock-Ups
& Wellheads

Jettied hopper lofts with decorative cast iron bracket supports at the spectacular Bass Maltings, Sleaford [a building at risk]

Mills, Factories & Jails

A stunning Medieval buttressed manorial barn and multi-gabled dovecote in Cotswold stone

Medieval Stone Barns

The magnificent Victorian cast iron interior of the Industrial Gallery [formerly the Water Hall], Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

Victorian Gothic Interiors

The magnificent Victorian Gothic Westholme House, Sleaford, built in the 'Chateau Gothic' style by the architects Kirk & Parry

Victorian Gothic Exteriors

Detail of the stunning original Art Nouveau gates and railings at Nottingham Station

Art Nouveau

Elizabethan Doddington Hall, Lincolnshire, seen through the arched doorway of the entrance lodge

Elizabethan [Tudor] & Jacobean

The quatrefoil-shaped Clifford's Tower, on a conical defensive mound in York

Norman [Romanesque]

A traditional narrowboat moored on the Kennet & Avon Canal at Devizes, Wiltshire

Canals & Narrowboats

The remains of an iron hopper at the former limestone quarry, Ingleton, North Yorkshire

Mining Heritage

'Sir Nigel Gresley', one of the six last remaining A4 steam locomotives, at The Great Gathering, York Railway Museum

Steam Engines & Railway Heritage

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