Since we have just three weeks left in the UK before embarking on Project Koru it would seem apt to share an image from a favourite local location. Curbar Edge is in the Peak District National Park and literally minutes from our home in Chesterfield. On a good day the view is glorious; you can just make out the fountain at Chatsworth House in this image. In wet and windy weather Curbar Edge is a wild place that makes you feel alive. We've seen the landscape purified by snow, and blushing with the purple of flowering heather. Once, on a clear night years ago, we lay on our backs on the ancient seabed (you can still see the ripples in the stone) and admired at the stars away from the lights of civilization. A special place where you can walk, talk, and think.
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During our visit to Barcelona in 2003 we took the cable car down from Castell De Montjuic to the harbour. This view is from Torre Sant Sebastian looking towards Torre Jaume I, and beyond to Palau Nacional & Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya.
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People. Not my favourite photographic subject to be honest. I tend to concentrate on landscapes, and usually find myself having to make a conscious effort to take a few pictures of the locals during our travels. One reason for this is the feeling of discomfort I get pointing a camera at someone going about their daily business. Another reason is that people's behaviour changes as soon as they seen the camera; it can be tricky to get pictures of people doing as they often start posing or hiding.
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Chilean Patagonia, November 2003. The Grey Glacier and Lago Grey on an unusually calm day. Icebergs break off the face of the glacier and are guided by the wind to the far shore of the lake where they beach, slowly disolving in the summer sun.
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Ummm... Italian ice cream. It makes a satisfying sandwich.
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No politics this week; an uncomplicated natural scene instead—or is it an alien landscape?
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