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Lewes

by skyadmin November 29, 2021 in Photo Blogtags: boat, cliffs, england, river, sussex, town, tunnel
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Lewes (/ˈluːɪs/) is the county town of East Sussex, England. It is the police and judicial centre for all of Sussex and is home to Sussex Police, East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service, Lewes Crown Court and HMP Lewes. The civil parish is the centre of the Lewes local government district and the seat of East Sussex County Council at East Sussex County Hall. A traditional market town and centre of communications, in 1264 it was the site of the Battle of Lewes. The town’s landmarks include Lewes Castle, Lewes Priory, Bull House (the former home of Thomas Paine), Southover Grange and public gardens, and a 16th-century timber-framed Wealden hall house known as Anne of Cleves House. Other notable features of the area include the Glyndebourne festival, the Lewes Bonfire celebrations and the Lewes Pound. I took this photo from the side of the golf course to get the view of the tunnel going through the cliff.

Lynmouth

by skyadmin September 23, 2021 in Photo Blog0 commentstags: boat, coast, devon, england, harbour, river, town
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Lynmouth is a village in Devon, England, on the northern edge of Exmoor. The village straddles the confluence of the West Lyn and East Lyn rivers, in a gorge 700 feet (210 m) below Lynton, which was the only place to expand to once Lynmouth became as built-up as possible. The villages are connected by the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway, which works two cable-connected cars by gravity, using water tanks. I took this photo when the tide was out in the afternoon. You can find another photo of nearby valley of rocks here and the South West Coast Path leading to it here.

Chalfont St Peter

by skyadmin September 14, 2021 in Photo Blog0 commentstags: buckinghamshire, england, snow, town
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Chalfont St Peter is a large village and civil parish in southeastern Buckinghamshire, England. It is in a group of villages called The Chalfonts which also includes Chalfont St Giles and Little Chalfont. The villages lie between High Wycombe and Rickmansworth. It is one of the largest villages, with nearly 13,000 residents. The urban population for it and Gerrards Cross is 19,622, the two villages being considered a single area by the Office for National Statistics. I shot this photo early in the morning as soon as I saw that winter had hit, it was during the pandemic when everyone was isolating at home. You can find another photo of the village here, here and here.

Polruan

by skyadmin September 13, 2021 in Photo Blog0 commentstags: boat, coast, cornwall, england, harbour, river, town
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Polruan (Cornish: Porthruwan) is a small fishing village in the parish of Lanteglos-by-Fowey in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is bounded on three sides by water: to the north by Pont Creek, to the west by the River Fowey and to the south by the English Channel and neighbours village Bodinnick to the north, connected by a 4-mile walk along the hill tops. Polruan is very steep and well protected from the prevailing winds and Polruan Pool is a haven for small boats.   Polruan also has a blockhouse fortification built in the 14th century that guards the entrance to the river Fowey, one of a pair—its partner being situated on the Fowey side of the river. The Polruan blockhouse is well preserved due to the efforts of various enthusiastic councillors and conservationists on the Polruan side of the river, in contrast to the blockhouse in Fowey. Between the two blockhouses was strung a defensive chain to prevent enemy ships entering the harbour, the chain being lowered for friendly vessels. This was primarily used during the wars with the Dutch   I took this shot from from the Fowey side of the harbour and whilst it sits by itself in many ways I prefer the Instagram composition. You can find a photo of nearby Caerhays Castle here.

Supermoon

by skyadmin September 11, 2021 in Photo Blog0 commentstags: buckinghamshire, church, england, moon, town
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A supermoon is a full moon or a new moon that nearly coincides with perigee—the closest that the Moon comes to the Earth in its elliptic orbit—resulting in a slightly larger-than-usual apparent size of the lunar disk as viewed from Earth. The technical name is a perigee syzygy (of the Earth–Moon–Sun system) or a full (or new) Moon around perigee. Because the term supermoon is astrological in origin, it has no precise astronomical definition I shot this supermoon from the carpark of Chalfont St Peter, UK, you can see another photo of the village here, here and here.
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