The Scottish Village

The Scottish Village – Richard Broom Photography

The Rock Face

Inspired by John’s image here with a bit of Photoshop skullduggery added in…

The Rock Face – Richard Broom Photography

A Moody Day in Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

A Moody Day in Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland – Richard Broom Photography

The Chicken Island

A gathering of chickens on a Scottish island

The Chicken Island – Richard Broom Photography

The Chairs With A View…

The Chairs With A View – Richard Broom Photography

The View from the Mountains

Looking down from the mountains in Crete towards the southern shore of this wonderful island.

The View from the Mountains (Crete) – Richard Broom Photography

The Sunrise and Vapour Trails

The Sunrise and Vapour Trails – Richard Broom Photography

The Scottish View

The Scottish View – Richard Broom Photography

The Neural Filter

Playing around with Photoshop’s new Neural Filter…

The Neural Filter – Richard Broom Photography

The View Over The Water…

More images of Portsoy here.

The View Over The Water – Richard Broom Photography

The Splash of Orange

The Splash of Orange – Richard Broom Photography

The Sunset From Portsoy

If you look carefully, you can see, on the horizon, the mountains on the other side of the Moray Firth – and the odd boat! Read about Portsoy here.

The Sunset From Portsoy – Richard Broom Photography

The Old Railway Track

The Old Railway Track – Richard Broom Photography

The Test of Time

Houses in Scotland….built to last. The Romans couldn’t take on Scotland and win and nor, it seems, can the weather. This house as solid as a rock (well, more than a few rocks in fact).

The Test of Time – Richard Broom Photography

The ‘out of puff’ street…

Bounding up this street in Banff with vigour is out of the question these days. A slow, up-hill crawl, in low gear, with frequent rest stops is a better strategy and the ‘slo-mo’ approach is easier on the creaky old knees! Going ‘down the way’ (as they say here in Scotland) is much easier.

The ‘out of puff’ street – Richard Broom Photography

The Beach Walker

The Beach Walker – Richard Broom Photography

The Farm

The Farm – Richard Broom Photography

The Dying Trees

We’ve noticed quite a few trees up here in the Cairngorms that appear to be dying. Disease? Polution? We’re not sure but a pity to see trees dying off…

The Dying Trees – Richard Broom Photography

The Town

Grantown-on-Spey in the Cairngorms.

The Town – Richard Broom Photography

The Cairngorms (1)

The Cairngorms (1) – Richard Broom Photography

The Old Railway Track…

Until Dr Beeching came along, Banff was connected to the rest of the United Kingdom by a railway line. The railway line to Banff finally closed in 1968. A pity. Given the general state of the roads in the UK (overcrowded and often in disrepair) and the need for us to reach climate targets, perhaps greater use of modern railway trains might have helped us in the longer term. But then, UK governments (especially the so-called Government we have in place now), can’t seem to plan beyond the end of the next week, let alone a year or more’s time. Long term planning? Forget it!!!

Where there were once railway tracks, there are now walking/jogging paths. Every cloud has a silver lining…

The Old Railway Track – Richard Broom Photography

The High-rise

Twice a day the sea rolls in and covers these rocks which, it turns out, are high-rise blocks for marine wildlife. Also, something of a smorgasbord for the local sea birds when the tide rolls out…

The High-rise – Richard Broom Photography

The Coastal Defences (2)

It takes more a little more than a King Canute type approach to hold back the tides and the sometime furious seas here in Banff, Scotland. Ironically, we have a number of politicians about us these days who think they have supernatural powers – but, it turns out, like Canute – they do not!! It is quiet clear (especially from the image below) that, thankfully, our coastal defences are more effective and in much better shape than the grubby crop of duplicitous politicians we have to put up with these days…

The Coastal Defences (2) – Richard Broom Photography

The New Home in Banff, Scotland!

We have arrived at our new home in Banff, Scotland and I am back in business!!

The Beach, Banff – Richard Broom Photography

The Swimmer…

The Swimmer – Richard Broom Photography

The Walk in the Park…

The Valley

The Valley

The Hillside

The Hillside

The Marina Sunset

The Marina Sunset

The Windmill

The Windmill

The Backwater

The Backwater

The Boat House

The Boat House

The Walk on the Frozen Markermeer (1)

The Walk on the Frozen Markermeer

The Railway Line

The Railway Line

The Blue Hour

The Blue Hour

The Street

The Street

The Night Walk

A walk towards the darkness…..

The Night Walk

The Smoke Stack

The Smoke Stack

The Boat

The Boat

The Lonely Girl

The Lonely Girl

The Storm Clouds Gathering

The Storm Clouds Gathering

The Field

The Field

The Dales

The Dales

The Bridges in Amsterdam

Amsterdam; the city of canals and bridges…

The Bridges in Amsterdam

The Little Bit of the Netherlands

The Little Bit of the Netherlands

The Stormy Skies Over Paris

The Stormy Skies Over Paris

The Amsterdam Street Scene

The Amsterdam Street Scene

On a warm summer’s day, the Hortus Botanicus (Botanical Gardens) Amsterdam is such an oasis of peace and tranquility. Somewhere to catch your breath…

The Botanical Gardens Amsterdam

The Ship Heading North

The Ship Heading North

The Long Road With No Turning

The Long Road With No Turning

The Sea Far Below and the Sky High Above…

The Sea Far Below and the Sky High Above…

The Sunset Over The Marina Tonight…

Just caught the sun as it was going down…

The Sunset Over the Marina Tonight

The Brown Boat

Eagle-eyed readers will spot something strange here…

The Brown Boat

The Markermeer

The Markermeer

The Stately Home

The big house where most of us don’t live. Most of us live up the hill a bit!

The Stately Home

The Sunrise

The Sunrise

The Truly Classy Tour Guide Agency

The Truly Classy Tour Guide Agency

The Big Sky Over The Netherlands

The Big Sky Over The Netherlands

The Love Me Graffiti

The Love Me Graffiti

The Landscape

A little bit more of Derbyshire, a few more dry stone walls and the rolling countryside…

The Landscape

The Dry Stone Wall

A little bit of Derbyshire

The Dry Stone Wall

The Wharf

The Wharf

The Bridge

Plenty of these in Amsterdam and the Netherlands…

The Bridge

The Lampost

They don’t, sadly, make lampposts like they used to…

The Lampost

Amsterdam is not the largest city in the world but it is forever explorable. There always seems to be an undiscovered and enchanting backstreet somewhere…..

The Back Streets

The Ride With A View

What better way to see Amsterdam…

The Ride With A View

The Trees

The Trees

The Town

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Freetown, Sierra Leone

The Mill

The Mill

The Village in the Hills

Ps: look out for the cable car…

The Village in the Hills

The Hill Farm

The Hill Farm

The Night Scene

The Night Scene

The Islands

The Islands

The Hillside

The Hillside

The Sunrise

The Sunrise

The Lock

The Lock

The Wet Feet Shot

Oh dear….wet feet…..

The Wet Feet Shot

The Big Sky Over Holland

The Big Sky Over Holland

The City

The City

The Vapour Trails

The Vapour Trails

The Rails

The Rails

The Cathedral

The Cathedral

The Arches

The Arches

The Long Road

The Long Road

The Island

The Island

The Posthorn Hotel

The Post Horn Hotel in Monnickendam.  As Dutch and as charming as a hotel in the Netherlands can get. Food excellent. Michelin star restaurant. More on TripAdvisor here.

hyThe Post Horn

 

The Street

Monnickendam (one of the best kept secrets in the Netherlands).

The Street

The Street Market

Monnickendam street market (every Saturday)

The Street Market

The Old Hollow Tree

The Old Hollow Tree

The Empty Harbour

Here is a very rare site in Holland, a marina without any boats.

The reason is the marina here at Hemmeland (Monnickendam) is being dredged to make the water deeper for the boats that are normally here.  All the boats that are normally parked here have been moved out of the way so the dredger can do its work.

The Empty Harbour

The Yang Ming

The Yang Ming

The Harbour Extension

The quayside in Monnickendam town harbour is being extended.  This means that more people will be able to sit and enjoy food, drink and ice cream during the summer.

The Harbour Extension

The Winter Sunset

The winter sunset over the Netherlands today.  For some reason the image came out a bit like a J M W Turner painting.  A hint of The Fighting Temaraire (minus a boat or two!).

The Winter Sunset

The Sunset Over the Ice

The Sunset Over the Ice

The Woods (again)

The Woods at Hemmeland

The Lighthouse (again)

Another image of the lighthouse at Jachthaven Hemmeland.

The Lighthouse

The Ex-Island

This is Marken which used to be an island but it is now connected to the Dutch mainland by a causeway.  A beautiful place to visit.

Marken

The Lighthouse

The Lighthouse

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