Travel with Intent

House of Books

Birmingham Central Library, West Midlands, January 2019 Copyright Debbie Smyth, 29 April 2020 Posted as part of Wordless on Tuesday

-Hertfordshire

Sharp meets soft

-Northern Ireland

Message in a window

Beauty of stained glass The design cleverly unites the inside and the outside And a written message about unity on theBelfast Dockers’ Strike of 1907 Window, Belfast City Hall, image […]

-Devon

A mere interlude

A mere interlude and Moomins in love A short story about love (deceit, trust, acceptance, forgiveness, …) with a spot of disguised travel to Torquay (Tor-upon-Sea), Penzance (Pen-zephyr) and the […]

-Wales

Top composer

Ivor Novello statue, Cardiff, July 2017 This statue in commemoration of one of Wales’ top musicians, is perched high on a plinth outside the Millennium Centre, with names of some […]

-Hertfordshire

I’m a fan of surprises

St Albans, Hertfordshire, April 2020 Copyright Debbie Smyth, 27 April 2020 Posted as part of Fan Of...

-Scotland

Cheers, Scottish style

Raven Black by Ann Cleeves Accompanied by a Scottish gin (coffee still on the brew)I had intended this to be a gin from Shetland, but that bottle had been consumed.So, […]

-Edinburgh

Fortress on the skyline

Edinburgh Castle This wonderful place had to be included in this month of top squares; both for its top physical position and its top beauty. It is the top site […]

-London

Tokyo on Brick Lane

It has been a while since I shared a Dan Kitchener mural. So here we go, with his first piece of street art in 2020. He painted this on New […]

-Hertfordshire

Splashes of yellow buttercups

View to St Albans Cathedral, Hertfordshire, April 2020 Five seconds with a mix of holding the camera steady and moving it up and down, gives this gently blurred image. […]

-South Korea

High on my favourites list

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee This book tells a gripping story of several generations of a Korean family, starting in 1883. It is a great read and covers many aspects […]

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