I was at Bongseonsa (temple) in Namyangju today with my wife and daughter. The fires of summer are still blazing here, as you can see. As ever, the only panama-wearing white chap wandering around all day, but I wouldn't have it any other way. View from the courtyard, facing the main buildings. Reverse shot showing the 'gate house' I passed through to get in—tipping my hat to the Four Heavenly Kings. The 'belfry'. Shrine for the recently dead (rather poignantly decorated with family photographs inside).
The castle at Conway (Conwy) (oils): A royal charter of 1284 set out that its Constable was also the mayor of the new town. He oversaw a castle garrison of 30 soldiers (including 15 crossbowmen) supported by a carpenter, chaplain, blacksmith, engineer, stonemason and other retainers. I might have expected a larger garrison, the numerical equivalent of a platoon. The first prototype Mulberry Harbour was assembled close by at the Morfa, Conway, prior to being tested at Garlieston in Scotland.
Capital CF, just capital. In photo 3 is the grassy area on the far bank where crew chief Mickey Rooney tried to rescue the downed Bill Holden from? Kind regards, always, Jim.
Not unless I've strayed very far north! That said, the bridge in the foreground does seem incongruously old. Most of those thrown up after the war in the 50s and 60s were replaced by much more modern structures in the 80s and 90s.
There'll be a plaque on there somewhere saying " The Bridges at Toko-Ri wuz shot 'ere", which would clearly give it protected status Kind regards, and Grace Kelly, always, Jim.
Pitkäkoski of the River Vantaan, on the right Helsinki, the capital and the most populous city in Finland, and on the left the city of Vantaa, the fourth most populous city in Finland. Photo from Tuesday, it has been a long dry season here, so the water level is quite low. .
Stopped here for a break on my hike. Skirted disaster on the descent, but have only horribly scratched arms and legs—you live and learn!
Lovely sunny day in North Yorkshire on part of the Cleveland Way from Lordstones Country Park, Carlton Bank.
But for all his great powers He's wishful like me To be back where the dark Mourne Sweeps down to the sea ............... from the song Mountains of Mourne; view from Murlough Beach On 20 May 1944, newspapers in Northern Ireland announced that General Dwight D Eisenhower had been in Ulster over the preceding couple of days. This had included a visit to an amphibious school and the 28th Infantry Battalion at Newcastle (at the foot of the mountains) and to Dundrum, just off to the right, where he observed a simulated attack by an infantry battalion with support from a tank platoon.
The head of the Briksdal glacier in Norway: (acrylic study) The Briksdal glacier is an arm of - and lies on the north side of - the Jostedalsbreen, attributed the largest ice cap in mainland Europe. In WW2, a plan was considered to parachute a small force of Allied commandos (principally US/Canadian) into the Norwegian mountains to establish a covert base on the Jostedalsbreen for guerrilla actions against the German army of occupation - an element of Geoffrey Pyke's Project PLOUGH. Pyke features at: Project Habakkuk: Britain’s WW2 Ice Warship and PLOUGH features at: WW2 Canadian Airborne Units and First Special Service Force - Wikipedia
Beautiful area of bonny Scotland. Had that view earlier this past summer while in the Pitlochry and Tummel Bridge area Pitlochry a splendid town to visit...houses a superb butchers shop. Excellent quality of meats on display, including haggis which became a favourite at dinner Have a good photograph of the impressive Black Watch Memorial.....yet to transfer the image off the camera.