Amelia's photos

The PiP is of the roof inside the temple of Apollo.

It was very crowded outside the Pantheon, but luckily looking up solved the problem. I was surprised by the close-up detail of the roof, shown in the PiP.

The first sight of The Pantheon from a distance.

The Palladian Bridge was inspired by the work of 16th-century architect Palladio. This five-arched stone bridge was built in 1762. Although ornamental, the bridge was intended to look practical. It was designed to create the illusion that a river flows through the village and under the bridge. The whole world and his wife was wandering around Stourhead on Saturday October 8. The weather was just glorious, but I found it difficult to get a photo without any people in it.

happy Bench Monday Morning.

We're away all weekend. Enjoy it and happy photography.

The sea wall was being battered almost ceaselessly by waves, and believe it or not, some idiots were standing right down on the area which was getting soaked. I took this photo while standing on the pier, well away from danger

The cormorant was drying its wings sitting on a branch above the weir. Not as sharp as I would have liked unfortunately.

There were two herons on the weir. This photo shows the one that seemed to be more determined to catch a fish.

The Devorgilla bridge (named after Devorgilla, Lady of Galloway the mother of King John Balliol of Scotland) was originally a stone built bridge built around 1430. The bridge was badly damaged by a flood around 1620 and was extensivly repaired or rebuilt shortly after as a nine arch sandstone bridge spanning over 200 feet, the brige was further modified in 1794 because of reclamation work on the east bank of the river three arches were removed leaving the bridge in its current 6 arch form. The Caul is an old weir which crosses the River Nith at Dumfries and once diverted water to Dumfries Mill on the western bank (now the Robert Burns Centre). It was constructed c.1705 and, following concern from landowners that salmon would not be able to move upstream, features fish ladders at either end. B-listed in 1987, The Caul provides an impressive sight when the river is in spate. We didn't walk far enough away from the bridge to get all six arches in the frame unfortunately. Our visit was a whistle stop on the way to Annan.

Robert Burns’s The Twa Dogs is a tale of those who have and those who have not. The sculptor is Sally Matthews. In Burns’s poem, Luath, his beloved collie, has a conversation with a Newfoundland, Caesar, in which they discuss their owners. A social satire on wealth, poverty and class, Burns uses Caesar and Luath to pointedly examine society’s inequalities. Caesar the gentleman’s dog is going to be sat on the bench looking down at Luath, even though “nae pride had he”. He has a brass collar with a lock and his name engraved on it. Luath is on the ground beneath him, looking keen and faithful.