Come away with the raggle taggle gypsy-o
My blogging friend Frizztext called for other examples of solutions to city traffic so this is for him.
Not the best photo Frizz but one a bit like yours! This one is in Kuala Lumpur, enjoy 🙂
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As promised here are a few more photos from yesterdays Dartmoor walk on the Granite Way. Today the focus is on the views and nature. At present the air is filled with the aroma of gorse, sweet like coconut! The undergrowth is carpeted with the green of the bluebells to come in a month and foxglove leaves have sprung up for late May and June. So  much promise of the beauty to come. Maybe one day you will come to Devon and visit Dartmoor. There are walks for everyone, the Sunday mile stroller and the three day hiker.Hope you like my photos.
Meldon quarry sits high on a hill between Okehampton and Lydford on the northern edge of Dartmoor. After nearly 100 years it closed in 2011 and has now become an industrial graveyard and a train cemetery. A footpath, The Granite way, also national cycle route 27 runs past it and on to Meldon viaduct from where the Meldon dam can be seen on a clear day and High Willhayes, the highest point on the moor is in the distance. The dam forms a stunning reservoir 900 feet above sea level. Today we walked the first section of the granite way to the viaduct and then scrambled down to the valley and along the banks of the River Okement. Climbing down was hard on the knees, but I was quite pleased to be able to climb back up without needing my inhaler!
The quarry was served by a trainline constructed for its workers and their families but fell into disuse when Mr Beeching made his cuts in the 1960’s. In the summer season the Dartmoor Railway company now provide a service as well as a café and visitor centre.
The train carriages appear to be relics of a more recent past. As any abandoned wreckage they have been grafitteed and their windows smashed. They look very sad, neglected and are rusting away.
For some of its route, the noise from the dual carriageway below intrudes on the bird song, but the walk has lovely views of the Devon countryside which I will post separately, and is well worthwhile.
This post if for Jakes regular Sunday post here http://jakesprinters.wordpress.com/ have a peep, join in and share your photos and check out Jake’s stunning graphics!
These are my mermaids of light! I’ve been waiting for a reason to post this photo, IÂ love it, click on it to appreciate the light. Incidentally my novel in progress is about a modern day girl caught up in the mermaid myth.
Do elephants have lips? if so then this is through them and into the depths!
An Australian blogging friend Lynne, over at http://2011onthebench.wordpress.com/ spotted that I am from Devon, in the south west of England and asked if I  knew Kenton. Well, it’s one of those places that you drive through to reach the coast and is just six miles from home. Can you believe that apart from one visit to a pub I have never stopped to look around the village? So I promised Lynne I would go and take some photos, because it’s where her ancestors came from.
On the look out for the oldest parts of the village we saw lots of sweet cottages some probably two hundred years old. The church was very special. We had a look for any Sanders graves in the churchyard but couldn’t find any. One of the church ladies working on the flowers thought there could be a Mrs Sanders ‘Up near Castle Gate’ but we found a  post lady and she didn’t know of her.  There has been a place of worship on this spot for 1500 years and the current building is 650 years old. There are some views from inside including the rood screen, a lucky survivor of Cromwell’s armies. Also look out for St Michael with satan under his feet and angels on each side.
There are some photos taken around the village and on the Earl of Devon’s  Powderham estate. The houses in the background of the deer photo are right across the Exe  estuary, at Exmouth. My friend and I had a really good time wandering around this morning, it would have been even better with some more sun, but never mind. Thank you Lynne and the Sanders family for giving me reason for the trip!
What a difficult challenge! After all what is unusual to me in England is commonplace to lots of you. Most of the people who visit Lucid Gypsy are in the USA so I think this may be unusual for you, it’s a forest of Dishtrees with the Atlas mountains in the background 🙂
I just love it and you seem to quite like it too!
That’s Winchester for now, if I get a chance I’ll go back in summer when the water meadow looks lovely and hope for some blue sky!
Lots to see in Winchester but I’ve tried to find some less obvious shots!
Lots of delights to be found, history on every corner, lovely water meadows in summer, unusual shops and best of all the choccy shop!
My question is, at what point does it become my design and not the original artists? Maybe never? What do you think?
The original photo, from a frieze on a wall in a museum in Ankara
Not very exciting but I changed it into this to make a card for a friend, better maybe?
and then for today’s theme, I really began to play 🙂
My favourite – today at least!
This post is part of Jakesprinters Sunday Post photo challenge …you can join in too … check it out at http://jakesprinters.wordpress.com/2012/03/10/sunday-post-design/
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