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A stranger at Green Knowe
From the train’s misted windows we see fields still covered with snow, rooks perching on skeletal trees, the wide sky clouded grey. It’s noticeably colder than London as we leave the train at Huntingdon; coats and scarves are wrapped tighter as we scan the map looking for the quickest route to the bus station. Failing [...]
Abandoned
Abandoned, originally uploaded by olystad.
I found this on Flickr a while back when looking for photos of the Lofoten Islands in Norway.
This abandoned house looks quite unwordly set against the backdrop of the red sky and captures the sense of solitude and isolation one can feel on the Lofotens, even despite the reasonably high numbers [...]
Maidenstone Hill
A footpath connects Winforton Street and Maidenstone Hill in Greenwich. I tried to take a photo of it this evening but managed to choose an aperture setting that meant the shutter had to stay open for way too long. This is the result. Quite fitting maybe seeing as Jack Cade’s Cavern is reportedly nearby.
According to [...]