PASS THE PORT

THE NEWMAN WINE VAULTS

U-BOAT ATTACK

MEMORIAL TO SEAMEN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AS A RESULT OF U-BOAT ACTIVITY IN NEWFOUNDLAND WATERS.

PICTURES FROM THE PAST

A 14 CENTURY PANEL OAK SCREEN, ORIGINALLY FROM A RUINED CATHOLIC CHAPEL IN WHITFORD, DEVON, AND NOW IN ST JAMES CHURCH, LLANGUA, MONMOUTHSHIRE. DEPICTED ON THE SCREEN ARE VIRGIN AND CHILD, OUR LORD, A KING, SAID TO BE KING EDMUND MARTYR, AND A BISHOP. CLICK ON THE PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT

OLLIE'S LAST PUB

THIS PUB IN VALLETTA, MALTA, IS WHERE THE ACTOR OLIVER REED DIED IN MAY 1999. HE WAS IN MALTA FILMING "THE GLADIATOR".

POND BEAUTY

WATER LILIES

RIDING HIGH

SNOWDEN MOUNTAIN RAILWAY, WALES

HIDDEN BEADSMAN

A SURPRISE AWAITED THE RESTORERS OF THE ALABASTER MONUMENT OF SIR RICHARD HERBERT OF EWYAS IN ST MARY'S PRIORY CHURCH, ABERGAVENNY. WHEN THE MONUMENT WAS DISMANTLED, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE RIGHT FOOT OF THE EFFIGY BORE A BEADSMAN, UNSEEN FOR FIVE CENTURIES. BEFORE THE MONUMENT WAS REPLACED IN ITS ALCOVE, A PLASTER CAST WAS TAKEN OF THE BEADSMAN. FROM THIS WAS MADE AN ALABASTER REPLICA OF THE BEADSMAN, WHICH WAS PLACED ON THE WALL BESIDE THE MONUMENT FOR ALL TO ENJOY.

NIGHT LIGHTS

HARGESUND, NORWAY, AT NIGHT

TIMES PAST

THIS RUSTING IRON ORE CAR AMONG THE LUPINS IS A SAD REMINDER OF TIMES PAST

MEDITERRANEAN HARBOUR

MARSAXLOKK HARBOUR, MALTA

(REMINDER: CLICK ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE)

ZULU HERO

FANS OF THE FILM "ZULU" WILL BE INTERESTED IN THIS POST. THIS IS THE GRAVE OF JOHN FIELDING (WILLIAMS), ONE OF THE HEROES OF RORKES DRIFT. FOR HIS BRAVERY IN THIS BATTLE, JOHN FIELDING WAS AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS.

ALL THE QUEEN'S MEN

TROOPING THE COLOUR

MYSTICAL CASTLE

PRECARIOUS PATH TO

KING ARTHUR'S CASTLE,

TINTAGEL

MARVELOUS MOSAIC

A BEAUTIFUL MOSAIC CEILING IN WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL, LONDON

WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THERE?

CURIOUS SPANIEL CONTEMPLATING THE FOUNTAIN

THE MEETING OF THE WATERS

WELCOMING PUB AT THE

CONFLUENCE OF THE RIVERS

ROSE OR SURPRISE?

HMS ROSE SAILING PAST THE BATTERY

THE TALL SHIP ROSE

(HMS SURPRISE IN THE 2003 FILM, MASTER AND COMMANDER: FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD)

A REPLICA OF AN 18th CENTURY ROYAL NAVY FRIGATE.

BAYWATCH

THE NEW CARDIFF BAY, WITH

THE REMAINS OF THE OLD

IN THE FOREGROUND

DID HE CATCH ANY?

ANCIENT PASTIME - ANCIENT SETTING

PEEK-A-BOO

OLIVER PLAYS HIDE AND SEEK

TREAD CAREFULLY

STEPPING STONES INTO

A MAGICAL GROTTO

SHRINE AT NIGHT

THE GROTTO AT LOURDES,

FRANCE

"SLICE OF LEMON"

LEMON TREE

DUBLIN DELIGHT

HA'PENNY BRIDGE OVER THE

RIVER LIFFEY,

DUBLIN, IRELAND

CHURCH BY THE SEA

ANGLICAN CHURCH IN TRINITY

QUAINT WELSH INN SIGN

THIS WELSH INN SIGN, TRANSLATED SAYS,

"THE GREEN HOUSE 1719

GOOD ALE AND CIDER FOR YOU

COME IN YOU SHALL TASTE IT"

STEEP STREET

A STEEP COBBLED STREET

(MADE WITH LOCAL BEACH ROCKS)

IN CLOVELLY, NORTH DEVON

SILENT CITY

ENTRANCE TO MDINA

(THE SILENT CITY) MALTA

STRIKING BEAUTY

ORCHIDS IN ALL THEIR BEAUTY

500 YEARS BEFORE COLUMBUS

IS THIS VINLAND?

THE ONLY KNOWN NORSE SETTLEMENT IN NORTH AMERICA WAS FOUND

AT L'ANSE AUX MEADOWS,

NEWFOUNDLAND

PASTORAL SCENE

RIVER WYE AT BROCKWEIR,

MONMOUTHSHIRE

THE GROTTO

A GROTTO, COMPLETE WITH WATERFALL,

IN THE HIDDEN GARDEN

FRENCH CATHEDRAL

AMIENS CATHEDRAL IN THE HEART OF

PICARDY, FRANCE

PLACE OF PEACE

CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL

AND ALL ANGELS

SPRING SUNSET

SUNSET ON CONCEPTION BAY

INFORMATION ON THE MOVE?

TOURIST INFORMATION CARAVAN,

KEEL, COUNTY MAYO,

IRELAND

WISE OLD BIRD

A PENSIVE LOOKING OWL

BLEAK OUTLOOK

MIDNIGHT SNOWSTORM IN THE WOODS

LONDON LANDMARKS

LONDON LANDMARKS FROM THE AIR.

HOW MANY CAN YOU SPOT?

(CLICKING ON THE PHOTO TO ENLARGE WILL HELP)

TABLE MOUNTAIN

GROS MORNE NATIONAL PARK, NEWFOUNDLAND

PILGRIMS' CROSS

THIS 13TH CENTURY STONE CROSS, IN THE CHURCH OF ST MARTIN, CWMYOY, IS BELIEVED TO BE ONE OF A SERIES OF CROSSES WHICH MARKED THE PILGRIMS' ROUTE OVER THE BLACK MOUNTAINS TO THE SHRINE OF ST DAVID, PATRON SAINT OF WALES, IN WHAT IS NOW PEMBROKESHIRE.

VICTORIAN INNOVATION

BANGOR PIER, NORTH WALES

A REMINDER OF SUMMER

SUMMER IN THE VILLAGE OF LOWER SLAUGHTER

FRIENDLY JAY

A JAY COMES TO VISIT

HYMN OF PRAISE

A MEMORIAL PLAQUE AND A HYMN BOOK IN A QUIET CORNER OF A COUNTRY CHURCH

PRETTY AS A PICTURE

PICTURESQUE COTTAGE IN

BETWS-Y-COED,

NORTH WALES

FROM THE SMITHY

A TYRING RING, USED WHEN PUTTING IRON TYRES ON WOODEN WHEELS

ROMAN MOSIAC

COMPLETE ROMAN FLOOR MOSAIC DISCOVERED IN RABAT, MALTA

MARCHING FORTH

IN GUARDIA, FORT ST ELMO,

VALLETTA, MALTA