statue – Travel with Intent

Out for a dog walk

A dog drinking fountain in Kensington Gardens, London, November 2022 This bronze sculpture by Silvia Gilley was erected in 1961 in memory of Esmé Saville Percy (1887–1957), an English actor, manager […]

- Kyrgyzstan

Last met this guy in Tiraspol

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, September 2022 Now over to all of you. Do come and join us in our Saturday six-word musings. I’ll admit that many of us openly break the numeric […]

-London

Drama with Achilles

Achilles in Hyde Park, London “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery” Copyright Debbie Smyth, 23 March 2022 Posted as part of Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge …

-Essex

Sometimes her highness’s finger goes missing

Queen Victoria by J H Swynnerton, Southend-on-Sea, 2022 Now over […]

-Edinburgh

Oddly blue

Edinburgh, 2021 – Copyright Debbie Smyth, 16 February 2022 Posted as part of Becky’s SquareOdds and Marsha’s PPAC challenge …

-London

Looking longingly towards the rising sun

John Donne outside St Paul’s Cathedral, London, May 2021 This statue of Donne was erected in 2012. He clearly turns towards the East, away from St Paul’s and towards his […]

-London

Bright ribbons

Dancing with ribbons on Oxford Street, London, March 2021 Bourne & Hollingsworth was a large department store in an 1894 building on Oxford Street. It was remodelled in the late 1920s in […]

-Tyne and Wear

Picnic time

Picnics are extremely popular in England at the moment, despite the changeable weather – relaxing of lockdown means that picnics are now allowed. And this couple were making the most […]

-Sweden

Admiring the view

Stockholm, April 2015 Copyright Debbie Smyth, 26 February 2021 Posted as part of Weekend B&W …

-Hertfordshire

Salvation of a statue with a story

This statue was maliciously decapitated in 2016 by some not-so-merry locals, who felt that wrestling with a Victorian statue made good nighttime entertainment. The next morning, the head and shoulders […]

One Word Sunday

Body

Angel of the North, Gateshead, August 2020 – Welcome to One Word Sunday, and over to all of you to join the challenge with your own body post.To join the challenge, please […]

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