Another Bench by the Sea

Posted on May 24, 2015 Posted in DevonTagged Bench Series, Devon, Morte Point, Photography, South West Coast Path21 Comments

Jude, I promise you there is a beach down there when the tide is out. The problem is you would need to swim, paddle board or arrive by boat. Or, you could roly-poly, because unless you ‘re one of the hundreds of sheep that live on the side of the hill below the coast path, I don’t think you could walk down to it.

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This bench is on the South West Coast Path, England’s longest waymarked footpath, 630 miles around the peninsula from Minehead in Somerset, via Cornwall and Devon to Poole in Dorset. It goes without saying that is it one of the best walks in the world. Pick yourself a stretch when you visit the UK.
Jude’s Bench Challenge for May is ‘At the Beach’ and you still have time to join in.

A Bench beside the Beach

Posted on May 9, 2015May 5, 2015 Posted in PhotographyTagged Beach, Bench Series, Exmouth, Photography16 Comments

Jude’s fun and addictive challenge features benches at the beach this month. ‘You must be able to do it’ she said, ‘living as close to the coast as you do’! Well the weather is lousy so I’m not likely to go to the beach yet, maybe later in the month. Meanwhile I have found this photo taken at Exmouth – my nearest and dearest beach.

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Share your bench photos, do you have a favourite beach side resting place? Visit Jude to find out more.

Another bench with a view

Posted on April 27, 2015April 27, 2015 Posted in Gardens, PhotographyTagged Bench Series, Forde Abbey, Gardens, Photography20 Comments

Late April and there is still a little time for another bench for Jude. This one was taken in April but several years ago. It’s Forde Abbey in Somerset, a lovely garden worth visiting in any season, and there are several benches with pretty good views. Forde Now, everyone has photos of benches so why not join in over at Jude’s place. There is a different them every month, May is ‘At the Beach’, in case you can’t make this month.

A Lyme Bay Jurassic View

Posted on April 9, 2015 Posted in PhotographyTagged Bench Series, Dorset, Jurassic Coast, Lyme Bay, Seatown Dorset16 Comments

Jude’s challenge this month is a bench with a view, naturally that’s impossible to resist. As far as I’m concerned, anywhere where there is a view of Lyme Bay is a winner and as it stretches for miles of Devon and Dorset there are loads of choices. This was taken on the south west coast path at Seatown , Dorset, where the Jurassic cliffs may reward you with a fossil or two if you’re patient and lucky.
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My Last March Bench

Posted on March 29, 2015 Posted in Nature, PhotographyTagged Bench Series, Exeter, Green Circle, Nature, Photography19 Comments

green circle bench Wooden benches have been the theme for Jude’s monthly challenge, this is my second entry, just in time. This one is situated along the mill leat path, part of the riverside country park in Exeter’s Green Circle. The Circle forms a green corridor to provide a haven for wildlife, and cycle and peaceful footpaths for everyone to enjoy. If you sit on this bench the leat runs through the wooded area behind you and in front there is a view of the stream that runs off to re-join the river Exe. Sometimes that’s a tiny trickle through mud!

It’s a nice walk with lots of ways out to make it as long or short as you feel like, this bench is often a turning point before heading back to the quay for a coffee, beer or ice cream.

There is still time if you have a wooden bench to share with Jude, or from April 1st the challenge is to photograph a bench with a view.

A bench for many

Posted on March 25, 2015 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Bench Series, Photography, Wisdom22 Comments

I’ve just realised that I walk past this wooden bench every day and that it fits Jude’s March challenge for her bench series.

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“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”
– Winston Churchill

This is very appropriate in my world today!

A Carved Wooden Bench

Posted on March 1, 2015February 22, 2015 Posted in PhotographyTagged Bench Series, Kuala Lumpur, Photography16 Comments

Jude is running a monthly bench challenge and for March the topic is wooden benches. I found this one a few years ago at a cultural centre in Kuala Lumpur and it’s always stayed in my mind. It wasn’t particularly comfortable but it was very tactile!

Perhaps you have a wooden bench to share? If you’d like to join in visit Jude at
https://smallbluegreenwords.wordpress.com/bench-series/

Jude’s Bench Challenge, Black and White February

Posted on February 8, 2015 Posted in GhanaTagged Bench Series, ghana, Photography, Sirigu, Sirigu Women's Co-operative for Pottery and Art, SWOPA20 Comments

Jude likes to photograph benches and has discovered that lots of other people share that little passion, so last month she started a monthly challenge. The topic this month is black and white, visit her here https://smallbluegreenwords.wordpress.com/bench-series/ to learn more and join in.
My entry is a photo from my collection taken in Ghana, when I visited Sirigu Women’s Co-operative for Pottery and Art, a few years ago. It wasn’t the most comfortable of benches, but the thatch roof provided much needed shelter from the extreme heat and sun.
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In case you’re wondering the bench was actually red, white and black but it seems to me it works quite well in monochrome because of the contrast, what do you think?

A Bench with Daisy

Posted on January 25, 2015 Posted in border terriers, GardensTagged Bench Series, Border Terriers, Gardens, Hartland Abbey garden, Photography24 Comments

Jude at https://smallbluegreenwords.wordpress.com/bench-series/ is running a monthly challenge with the theme of benches this year and January’s topic is ‘In the Garden. I’ve already posted one photo but I came across this one today and as it made me smile maybe you will too. daisy bench This is Daisy, I don’t remember what she was laughing at, but this is a typical Daisy expression and it comes with a happy ‘grrrhhh’ and a lot of tail wagging. She was probably enjoying the fresh air at Hartland Abbey garden in north Devon. Or maybe she wanted me to sit on the bench so she could have a rest too!

January’s Bench Dream

Posted on January 13, 2015January 14, 2015 Posted in Gardens, PhotographyTagged Bench Series, Gardens, Judes Bench Challenge, Penshurst Place Garden, Photography36 Comments

For a summer loving lass like me, a balmy hour on a garden bench surrounded by plants is perfect. This one is at Penshurst Place, near Royal Tunbridge Wells, taken last June.
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Jude has created a new monthly challenge, a photo of a bench. She has discovered that lots of people have a passion for taking photos of them, and have many in their collections. I’m a one of those bench anoraks, as well as windows and doors! If you are too, why not pop over http://smallbluegreenwords.wordpress.com/bench-series/ and join in?

Jude says,

For some time now I have been photographing benches when I come across them. I like benches. I especially like them when they are placed in a convenient position, like half way up a hill, or on the top of a cliff, preferably with a view. Some benches have plaques, some have slats, some are made of wood, some are good (to sit on). So for the next year, as a new feature, I am going to post a photo of a bench/seat each week. So you can take the weight of your feet and relax and breathe…

Jude is a real garden lover, so she is kicking off the challenge this month with the theme of garden benches

Lucid Gypsy

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