Treesa

Nelson

The UK weather gods smiled on us for our one chance to get to Skomer Island.

janisj

I love LOVE your puffins

How can they not make you smile.

Not been to Skomer -- the one time I had hoped to visit when staying a couple of days in St Davids the weather was pretty awful - But I have seen puffins up close in other places, especially on the Isle of May.

ms_go

I used to go to London regularly for work, but I haven't been to the UK for work or fun in a number of years. We have two trips planned for later this year. I'm hopeful for the second one. I'm not so hopeful for the first, which would be in June for the Cubs-Cardinals game. We'll see. The two photos below are among the travel photos on our walls.


Oban Harbor ~2003. This was about 10:30 pm or so, by the way.

Nelson

Thanks Janis! Indeed in person puffins more than lived up to their comical appearance in photos. We had a wonderful day on Skomer and incredibly fortunate to get out there. The four days on either side of our visit they didn't sail. We met a couple in St. Davids who drove down there one of those days and were turned back.

Here's a few more shots from our time in Pembrokeshire:



St Davids Cathedral



Ramsey Island



Pentre Ifan Dolmen

Gardyloo

Some more...

Forth rail bridge



Skye from Mallaig



Looking south from Tongue



Croick Church, in Strathcarron near Bonar Bridge. The churchyard was used as a staging site for Highlanders evicted from their ancestral homes during the Clearances. Some of them scratched pitiful messages in the church windows.





Stokeinteignhead, Devon, which my nth great grandfather left to come to America in 1630. (The other side were Scots who came after the Clearances.)

danon

Fortnum & Mason


July, 2019

danon

The National Gallery, July 2019


don’t ask

tripplanner001

Thank you for transporting me to the UK for a bit. I haven't ventured too far outside of London yet. And puffins! It's one creature I hope to see someday; they look so fun and playful.

janisj

'don't ask' . . .

The Ugly Duchess really is remarkable. I think it is Matsys' best known work (I hadn't heard of him before seeing her for the first time several years ago)

danon

It definitely caught my attention.
I don’t take photos , but occasionally iPhone is valuable

bilboburgler

Cornish standing stones

Nikki

Here are a few from the Highland games in Dufftown.

Gardyloo

Topping this thread. Why not?

Nobody's home, Sutherland



Morning in the Highlands



Evening in Cambridge



Portobello Road market



Petticoat Lane, 1972. Wrong again.

Paqngo

Stonehenge
Every storefront was getting ready for the Chelsea Flower Show.

Paqngo

Cheesy Toast Borough Market

MmePerdu

Styles of Stiles - on the Southwest Coast Path.

KayF

Colourful mews in London


Mews in London, tucked away like a secret.

KayF

St Paul's, London


Spring flowers, London

quokka

Lincoln