Now the clocks have fallen back for winter, I count every moment of daylight. The work day dawns as I head to the train station, but has long since given way to night by the time I arrive home.
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The Dying of the Light
Category: Moving
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Clevedon Pier
I was fortunate enough to have two staycations this summer. While I missed travelling (and seeing friends) overseas, I was able to visit parts of England I have not seen before. One such was Clevedon in Somerset. Staying nearby, in Portishead (itself a revelation), one evening I went to catch the sunset facing west from Clevedon Beach, looking over to Wales. The pier, opened in 1869 and described by Sir John Betjeman as ‘the most beautiful pier in England’ was the perfect vantage point.
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September Sunset
This week the Thames Sailing Barge Reminder moored up in Wivenhoe. In the nineteenth century there were over 2000 of these cargo boats, now Reminder is one of only a few. Built in 1929 in Mistley as a racing barge, she was repurposed as a leisure vessel in 1975. A present glimpse of times past.
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Through the Woods to the Water
Down to the River Colne by Whitehouse Beach, heading home.
Views from a long summer’s Sunday afternoon walk.
The more I move, the more settled I feel.
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Three Seconds: Bliss
On a long Sunday afternoon walk in the June-light, a short stop by a stream then followed down to the estuary.
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Distant Shore
If I want a break from the computer screen, I can be here in minutes. Another world, on my doorstep, the perfect tonic.
Broad Views 