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Debbie Smyth

-Barcelona

Looking down onto Plaça del Pi

If you can find a vantage point, do take the opportunity to look down onto Barcelona’s squares.  They are often busy places, hemmed in by historic buildings; looking down from […]

-Croatia

Dalmatian cat!

Dalmatia is better known for its spotted dogs, than for cats, but I couldn’t overlook this sleeping native that I came across in a back street of Dubrovnik. Posted as […]

-London

Roses are Red

Roses are red Violets are blue Look what a window I’ve found for you… …the Rose Window from the west gable of the Great Hall of Winchester Palace. This palace […]

Challenges

Victorian Viaduct

Anyone travelling north out of London from Kings Cross, on the East Coast line, will cross this awe-inspiring viaduct. The Welwyn Viaduct, or Digswell Viaduct, was originally opened by Queen Victoria on 6 August […]

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Wordless Wednesday

. Wordless Wednesday – on Wednesdays  all over the internet bloggers  post a photo with no words to explain it.  The idea is that the photo says so much that it doesn’t need […]

-London

Magnificent Magnolia

London is blessed with a plethora of parks, squares and gardens. There is always a surprise around the corner. These glorious magnolias are in a small garden in the City […]

-London

The Queen’s Walk

The Queen’s Walk follows the south bank of the River Thames from Lambeth Bridge in the west, to Tower Bridge in the east, opposite Victoria Embankment. It was the 1951 […]

-London

“Dolphin” lamps

These beautiful “Dolphin” lamp standards are situated on the south bank of the Thames. In fact, the area is known as the Dolphin Zone, though the “dolphins” are actually sturgeons. The lamps […]