Herb Riddle's photos

Taken and heard whilst taking a stroll around the edges of the city of Faro, Portugal in the Summer of 2013. We heard this splendid guitar type music and looked up to see this musician happily playing here. Notice the cigarette hanging from his mouth. Fado is a music genre that can be traced to the 1820s in Lisbon, Fado music example to listen to whist viewing this full screen here.

A reminder of sun, warmth and a beautiful seaside. The sloping tree is an Algave plant that can grow many metres high and is seen often at an angle like this. Part of my 2013 summer holidays. Enjoy

Another capture from our local Tandle Hill park. Not the first time I have shown this footbridge but I make no apology for showing yet another view of it here for our HFF group. The truth is, I just love this little spot! I wish you all, a great weekend, Herb

Just a 15 minute car ride away and then a 45 minute walk brings you to this spot. It is the lower of two same named reservoirs to where I walk along quite a nice path from the village of Delph. I am stood almost on the dam embankment of the higher reservoir. This area was the home of a Roman fort in days long gone by. Only some ditches and mounds remain. PiP = nearby Winter scene. Enjoy full screen.

As Autumn turns to Winter around here we see one of those rare mornings of mist and sun. A long view towards my historic favorite tree from over the reservoir here. We also see the glistening steep path climbing and curving up the length of Chew valley. Pips show same tree Enjoy large

On the edge of the Yorkshire village of 'Rishworth' (famous for its old boarding school), we can see the first real vestiges of Winter in our sheltered valleys. A thick frost covers the ground flora and even the fences glisten.

The nice thing about our British weather is that after weeks of none-stop rain and dullness it can suddenly come beautiful. Taking advantage f such a day we visited a small Yorkshire town mad famous by its canal and railway connections. Here we are on the wide 'Calder & Hebble Navigational' with the Copley Viaduct passing over us. Just to my right here is the River Calder too. Best full size

Another set of fences from this delightful Greek Island. Here we are in the town of Chania and a couple of fences greet our eye. Together with sweeping curves and harmonic colours, what more could we ask for. I wish you all, a great weekend, Herb PiP shows my other Chania fence.

We have always been great lovers of Scotland and so have traveled and holidayed up there whenever we could. This was Summer 2014 and this time we got up to the Northern highlands. We had a week on the very top Northwest coast about 15km from this spot at a small village called Durness. Enjoy my memory and pleasure of it here in this photo. Best full screen

A last look at this big valley in Autumn towards Black Hill. As can be seen, it is quite big. The crags on the top edge are called Laddow Rocks. On a good day, and when I am in good form, this is an edge that I hike from my Dovestones Reservoir area. The Pennine Way also runs from the top there and traverses down the left side of these hills to a spot near where I am standing. Mono artistic PiP of the valley bottom near here.

Now that almost the last golden leaf has dropped here, I can reflect on our park again. This taken only weeks ago showing one of the many lanes that crisscross this delightful park. As I prepare to snap this, a squirrel has just ran across here. In these days of climate change - the importance and beauty of these trees gets to be key! Enjoy large.

A small lake not too far from my home -this is in the village of Greenfield. An almost silent view, broken only by the plaintive call of a nearby water-fowl. Just an hour or so after it would have been perfectly clear here. Enjoy large on black

It seems a while now since I was here on this lake in Switzerland and so I share some of the memories of it with you. This one taken from the Swiss town of Lugano itself. The lake actually border's Northern Italy and Southern Switzerland. Nice full screen.

A look at the Crowden Valley showing its river called 'Crowden Great Brook'. Just on the right side of the footbridge is a flat short grassed plateau perfect for playing with your dog. My dog? -well I can switch len's on it and I do need to keep it on a lead -around my neck. Enjoy full size.

An early Autumn view of my local Dove Stones Reservoir. Just over twelve months ago the water level was almost 5metres below the top of this bell-mouth drop-shaft overflow. You can imagine that we would not want to fall down here, hence the fence –that also keeps rubbish from floating over. The water running down here simply drops into a deep tunnel and quickly out at the bottom of the dam wall into the river. The water in the dam supplies drinking water to the surrounding area. Enjoy the light. I wish you all, a great weekend, Herb

A panoramic view of this big reservoir here in North Derbyshire consisting of three photographs (approx 170°). On the far side accompanying the full length of this water runs the infamous A628 Woodhead Pass trunk road, passing over the nine-hole bridge that we can just see too. Woodhead reservoir was created between 1847 and 1877 with much difficulty, to supply the urban areas of Greater Manchester with fresh water. The Longendale chain of five reservoirs, of which this is the top one, were once the biggest chain of man-made reservoirs in the world. At the far end near the electricity pylon was the start of the Woodhead railway tunnel complex too. Three parallel trans-Pennine tunnels each 3-mile (4.8 km) long, now all closed the last in 1981) took at one time as many as 400 trains a day under the moorland. Many people died on the construction of these. The largest one now carries the national electricity power cables underneath instead of over the moors on pylons. See PiP for tunnels

As I walk along by the river here at Crowden, I glance up the valley hillside behind me to see the light doing its magic on these trees. A very low directional sunshine shows the recently made-bare trees in a wonderful silver light which as you can see can be most attractive. Essential full screen viewing