HAPPY NEW YEAR

BIG BEN HAS RUNG IN MANY NEW YEARS AND NOW WILL RING IN 2010.

MAY 2010 BE A GOOD YEAR FOR ALL BLOGGERS.

SPECTACULAR VIEW

LOOKING DOWN ON LOURDES FROM

LE PIC DU JER

THE LORD PROTECTOR

STATUE OF OLIVER CROMWELL IN

ST IVES, CAMBRIDGESHIRE

CANTERBURY TALES

A LANE IN CANTERBURY LEADING TO CHRISTCHURCH GATE, THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE CATHEDRAL PRECINCTS

DEPARTURE POINT

FOLKSTONE HARBOUR

HAUNTED HOUSE

LLANCAIACH FAWR MANOR, NELSON, MID GLAMORGAN

A TUDOR MANOR HOUSE, VISITED BY CHARLES I IN 1645, WHICH IS SAID TO BE THE MOST HAUNTED HOUSE IN WALES.

SIEGE ENGINE

TREBUCHET AT CAERPHILLY CASTLE.

TREBUCHET WERE SIEGE ENGINES USED IN THE MIDDLE AGES.

RARE BEAUTY

RARE WILD ENGLISH ORCHID

(BE SURE TO CLICK ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE, AND APPRECIATE THE DETAILS, i e. THE DEWDROPS AND THE FLY.)

IS IT A CAR? IS IT A BIKE?

YOUR GUESS IS AS GOOD AS MINE!

FIND THE FACE

DEWSTOW GARDENS, SOUTH WALES

"MIND THE STEP"

CAN THIS REALLY BE AN OUTHOUSE?

RESCUE ME

RAF HELICOPTER TO THE RESCUE

O TANNENBAUM

TO ALL MY BLOGGING FRIENDS,

A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND

HAPPY BLOGGING IN 2010

CANDLELIT SERVICE

ST JAMES' CHURCH LLANGUA MONMOUTHSHIRE. THIS EARLY 15TH CENTURY CHURCH HAS NO ELECTRICITY SO ALL SERVICES ARE CONDUCTED BY CANDLELIGHT.

HAGRID'S COTTAGE?

SUMMER HOUSE IN THE GROUNDS OF LLANVIHANGEL COURT

CITY LIGHTS

VIEW OF ST JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND FROM CABOT TOWER

HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS

CHRISTMAS PARADE AT DISNEYLAND PARIS

NORMAN CONQUEST

CHEPSTOW CASTLE,THE FIRST STONE BUILT CASTLE IN WALES. BUILDING WAS BEGUN IN 1067 BY WILLIAM FITZOSBERN AS A BASE FOR THE NORMAN CONQUEST OF WALES.

POET'S HIDEAWAY

THE BOAT HOUSE, LAUGHARNE,

HOME OF DYLAN THOMAS

BEHIND THE WATERFALL

TOURISTS WALK BEHIND A NORWEGIAN WATERFALL

CHRISTMAS WITH MICKEY AND MINNIE

GOOFY SANTA DECORATES THE CHRISTMAS TREE, ASSISTED BY MICKEY AND MINNIE

NEGOTIATING THE LOCKS

RAISING THE LOCK FOR THE HORSE DRAWN BARGE TO PASS, WHILE THE HORSE WAITS PATIENTLY TO RESUME HIS JOB

RINGING FOR TEA

THE SWANS OF WELLS CATHEDRAL, SOMERSET

The Mute Swans of the Bishop's Palace, Wells Cathedral, know when it's time for tea.The Swans which live on the moat are trained to pull on a chain below a window, thereby ringing a small bell. For this they are rewarded with food.

LOOK TO THE MOUNTAINS

VIEW OF THE PYRENEES THROUGH DOORWAY OF ANCIENT CHURCH IN GAVARNIE, FRANCE

THROUGH THE WINDOW

VIEW FROM A WINDOW OF CHEPSTOW CASTLE, SOUTH WALES

LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS

A PILGRIM'S CANDLE SHINES OUT IN LOURDES, FRANCE

ANCIENT HOUSE OF WORSHIP

ST DAVID'S CATHEDRAL, PEMBROKE, SOUTH WALES

IN FULL SAIL

TOLE MOUR SAILS INTO HARBOUR

STARK LANDSCAPE

BIG PIT, A REDUNDANT COAL MINE AT BLAENAVON, SOUTH WALES, IS NOW A POPULAR TOURIST ATTRACTION.

GRACEFUL BEAUTY

THE CANAL'S LOVELIEST INHABITANT

NO CROWDS YET

SPRINGTIME AT THE BEACH IN TENBY, SOUTH WALES

GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER?

A BANQUETING ROOM IN WARWICK CASTLE

DID ARTHUR "POST" FROM HERE?

THE OLD POST OFFICE, TINTAGEL, CORNWALL

POPEYE VILLAGE

SET BUILT FOR THE MOVIE "POPEYE"

CHRISTMAS POINSETTIA

POINSETTIA TREE (NOT A POT PLANT) IN A MALTESE GARDEN

NEAR THE LOCKS

A QUIET DAY ON THE CANAL

OVERLOOKING THE TOWN

HAVERFORDWEST CASTLE, WALES

ARE THESE TWIGLETS?

SNACK TIME

GUIDING LIGHT

PORTLAND BILL LIGHTHOUSE

FROM TOP TO BOTTOM

GOLD HILL, SHAFTESBURY, DORSET

LOOKING DOWN

LOOKING UP

OLDE TYME KITCHEN

THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER'S KITCHEN

BRIDGING THE GAP

NEWQUAY, CORNWALL

CHRISTMAS SHOPPING

CHRISTMAS MARKET OUTSIDE AACHEN CATHEDRAL

ALMOST HOME

COMING TO THE END OF THE JOURNEY

CABOT'S LANDFALL

CAPE BONAVISTA

ANCIENT STONES

STONEHENGE

"FIND NEMO"

TROPICAL FISH

"HIGH LOOKOUT"

PEOPLE IN A POD ON THE LONDON EYE

SAFE HARBOUR

POLPERRO IN LOVELY CORNWALL